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Penguin Excursions from Punta Arenas

Rates Per Person

Seno Otway: from USD50 per person (and we can include this for private transfers to Puerto natales).

Isla Magdalena (described below): from USD80 per person

There are three types of Penguin excursions that we can offer from Punta Arenas city or from the airport.

One is the standard visit to the Seno Otway, which is en-route to Puerto Natales, but close to Punta Arenas. Here, in season, there is a penguin colony of Magallanes Penguins that can be viewed and a visit can be arranged either as a half day trip from Punta Arenas or as you pass by on your way to, or on your way back from Puerto Natales.

The other excursions are "more serious" if that is the right way to put it. They both involve a visit to an Island called Magdalena, which is located in the middle of the Magallanes Stretch. On this island are around 150,000 Penguins.

Visits to Isla Magdalena

Visits can either be made on the rather slow ex ferry boat (round trip 6 hrs) or on the much faster hard-shell rib-zodiac boats (see picture above). The slow boat is a ferry that doubles as a passenger boat for the excursion. It departs on a Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at either 11:00hrs or 16:00hrs.

The excursion that we suggest, and that we work with (because it is better) departs daily at 07:00hrs and 16:00hrs and includes a visit to Marta Island where there are around 1,000 sea lions. The round trip takes about 3hrs.

Both the above excursions are subject to local weather conditions.

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