Sailing every Saturday from Puerto Montt, a city located 1000 kilometers south of Santiago, to the San Rafael Glacier, the majestic relic of the planet's last glaciation, Skorpios takes you on a Dream Cruise of six days and five nights.
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Sailing from the Skorpios terminal in Puerto Montt, this marine voyage initiates through the Tenglo
channel, navigating between the spectacular Llanquihue, Chiloe and Chonos archipelagos, channels such
as the Moraleda, Ferronave, Pilcomayo, Costa, Tempanos, Pérez Norte, Leucayec, Yal, Estero de Castro,
Lemuy, Dalcahue, Quicaví, Calbuco and the Ancud and Corcovado Gulfs to visit a territory of cities such
as Castro and fishing village of Puerto Aguirre, where and exuberant nature stands out in all its splendor
reflecting specially in Quitralco, with its thermal baths and excursions, where softly shaped islands
are scattered in the ocean and in which man’s presence is barely perceptible. All of this sums
up as an interior preparation for the maximum moment of this unique adventure. The
amazing encounter with the millenary and magical ice of the San Rafael Glacier. An
unforgettable journey and a re-encounter with oneself. |
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Saturday:
12.00 noon. Weigh anchor from Skorpios Terminal in Puerto Montt. Sailing through the Llanquihue archipelago. Catch sight of Calbuco city. Ancud Gulf, archipelago of Chiloe and Corcovado Gulf crossing at midnight.
Sunday:
08.00 hrs. Navigation through the Moraleda and Ferronave channels. Arrival at the fishing village of Puerto Aguirre at 11.00 hrs. 12.30 noon, continue sailing through Ferronave, Pilcomayo and Costa channels. At 21.30 hrs. approximately, anchor at Hualas cove or Punta Leopardos, 20 nautical miles from the San Rafael Glacier.
Monday:
07.30 hrs. Crossing of the San Rafael Lagoon entrance and Tempanos channel. 09.00 hrs. The ship enters the Lagoon and anchors at 2 kilometers away from the Glacier. Boat excursions among multicolored icebergs, if the weather allows to. 15.30 hrs. The ship gets closer to the Glacier. 17.00 hrs. Set sail to the Quitralco fjord.
Tuesday:
08.00 hrs. Berth at the Quitralco pier. After breakfast, passengers can take hotspring baths were the water temperature is at 32ºC and 30ºC, in covered and outside pools. If the weather allows to, boat excursions in motorboats through the inside of the fjord. 19.00 hrs. Sail towards Chiloe, navigating through the Moraleda and Perez Norte channels.
Wednesday:
08.00 hrs. Corcovado Gulf crossing. In this area, if the conditions allow to, there is a possibility of watching humpback whales and blue whales. Continue to sail through the oriental coast of the Chiloe island, Yal channel, Castro stream, arriving to this beautiful city at 15.00 hrs. Disembarkation to visit this place. 22.00 hrs. Set sail towards Puerto Montt through Lemuy, Dalcahue and Quicavi channels. Farewell party, Captain’ dinner, dance.
Thursday:
08.00 hrs. Docked at the Skorpios Terminal pier in Puerto Montt. 09.00 hrs. Breakfast, disembarkation and passengers’ transfer.
End of our services. |
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SAN RAFAEL GLACIER
The San Rafael Glacier is, without a doubt, a great spectacle of magic and color with its floes of
various shapes and sizes, being one of the glaciers with the most precipice activity in the Patagonia.
The National Park San Rafael Lagoon is home to a varied marine fauna
and a prodigious flora which live together in harmony and
are not altered by the silent sailing of the M/V Skorpios
II, whose magic can be perceived with greater
astonishment when navigating in the safe Hercules
(special excursion ice-breaking crafts), towards
this Glacier of 2,000 meters width and towers
of 70 meters of altitude, to live in the
overwhelming sensation of the millenary... then,
between this amazing floes, captivated, it is
inevitable to toast with twelve year old whisky
and this astonishing 30,000 year old ice.
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QUITRALCO FJORD
Quitralco an old glacier riverbed, which means "Waters of Fire" in the Mapuche language, is a
fjord with high, snow-covered mountains and impenetrable vegetation, where the flora surges
spontaneously, wild and colorful with ferns, forming a unique and exuberant vegetation in a
temperate microclimate beside a calm and transparent sea. Here Skorpios owns a wonderful
place where its passengers can rest in its pools, both indoor and outdoor, with thermal waters
at 32 and 38 degrees Centigrade, a fine country style grill to gather, widespread parklands
and paths that can be followed to appreciate nature. There are also excursions on the
fjord’s quiet, transparent waters in safe motorboats, where you are shown the rich marine
fauna, such as the banks of mussels and the playful southern dolphins. |
CITIES AND VILLAGES
The Skorpios routes that you choose will take you to different cities and villages such as:
Puerto Montt: with its arts and crafts and German traditions. Castro, land of mythology, legends and crafts.
Villages like Puerto Aguirre: fishermen and their children, acting as hosts.
You will come into contact with the local population and admire their houses and customs, feel the hospitality of our southerners or simply use the regional city services. Cities and villages that are both fascinating and charming. |
CHANNELS AND FJORD
When we sail between channels and fjords in these southernmost latitudes, we find incredibly beautiful spots surrounded by abundant vegetation, virgin forests that are still to be explored by man. These labyrinthine archipelagos and islands are incredible, and this cruise is a privilege for the adventurous. |
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