Patagonia Flora and Fauna Tour: Discover King Penguin Colony and Tierra del Fuego

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Embark on a Patagonia Flora and Fauna Tour to witness the majestic King Penguin Colony and explore the enchanting Tierra del Fuego. Discover the rich biodiversity and cultural heritage of this stunning region.

Duration: 14 hours

Cancellation: 5 days

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Highlights

Parque Pinguino Rey - You can observe a colony of at least 40 King Penguins at short distance.

What's Included

Ferry Ticket
English/Spanish tour guide
Transfer from/to Punta Arenas Hotel

What's Not Included

Airport transfers
Optional Gratuities
Lunch
King Penguin Park entrance fee ($13.500 CLP)

Additional Information

Explore the stunning Patagonia, teeming with diverse flora and fauna. Embark on a ferry journey to encounter the King Penguin Colony and uncover the rich history of Tierra del Fuego, the birthplace of the Selknam culture. After crossing the Strait of Magellan and stopping at Porvenir, we’ll travel 114 km east to reach the King Penguin Park. This unique…

Location

Parque Pinguino Rey

Km 14, Route Y-85, Bahia Inutil

Cancellation Policy

If you cancel at least 5 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel within 5 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.

Customer Ratings

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V6895ttsusanl

Mar 18, 2024

Great all around trip - The driver and guide were brilliant- professional but friendly and extremely knowledgeable. We saw so much and photo opportunities were great. Perfect bi-lingual explanations.Thanks to Paola.

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Nicole_l

Mar 18, 2024

great way to see penguins - great tour, our tour guide was very knowledgeable about the area. Definitely plan for a long day, around 12 hours, but we made several stops for food and to see other sites in addition to the penguins

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Malcolm_d

Mar 16, 2024

It was a long long day... - It was a long long day but we loved everything about this tour. It is a long day of driving so you must be prepared to spend a lot of the day in the tour bus. Our guide was just wonderful, so willing to share her knowledge about all aspects of Tierra del Fuego, environmental, natural, cultural both modern and indigenous. We saw lots of guanacos, flamingos and Caiquen and were given explanations about their natural history. We were given ample opportunity to take photographs of all these animals. Of course the penguins were the highlight. For this part of the tour we were handed over to the rangers at the reserve who were absolutely lovely. They were so willing to share their knowledge and answer questions about the penguins and to let us stay at the viewing platforms for as long as we liked. It was incredibly cold. We thought we’d been cold in other parts of Patagonia but nothing like this. A gale was blowing directly in from the bay and the wind chill factor was incredible. After the viewing there was then a long drive to Porvenir for lunch/dinner. By the time we got there it was late in the afternoon so make sure you take snacks and drinks to consume on the way. After this there was a bit of a wait for the ferry back to Punta Arenas which doesn’t leave until 8.30 and takes 2 hours. We spent the time exploring the town and learning more about the indigenous people and their culture. We highly recommend this tour if you are willing to tolerate the long time travelling to have the privilege of seeing something of the wild, bleak environment of Tierra del Fuego and the King Penguins.

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Daire_v

Mar 16, 2024

Great day out! - Great day out thanks to P & JC. Pick up on time and efficient. Drive to crossing with some shorts stops and info + pictures from guide, she made it very interesting throughout day. Highlight was Penguin reserve of course which is amazing! Guides there were very knowledgable and interested in conservation of colony. Trip back was long but worth it.

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Lalacasey

Jan 15, 2024

Brilliant! - Fantastic trip. It’s a long day but worth it. The penguin colony is amazing and the tour also stops at a few other attractions. The guide, Paula, was brilliant and gave us lots of information about the area, history, nature etc.

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Ileana_s

Feb 9, 2024

Positive experience - We had a very positive experience. Previous comments criticized the length of the tour VS the actual penguin seeing time (only 1h) but to be honest, the penguin colony is VERY far, there are inevitably a lot of hours in front of you just to get there. The tour stopped very briefly only 3 times in other places (porvenir square, museum "garden" and San Gregorio) and these stops didn't add at all to the length of the tour, if anything we appreciated the chance to take a short break from the bus ride. The guide was super nice, she called us to let us know that they had started picking up passengers and the time they'd be at our Airbnb. The ferry takes 2h (9 to 11), next is a 50 m lunch break and at 12:30 we started a 2h drive to the penguin colony, where we stayed about 1h. Next we drove 1h30m/2 h to take the ferry at a different spot (luckily the ferry was approaching, so no long waiting times) and the strait crossing only took 30m. We stopped briefly to see the rest of two ships on the shore and we drove back to punta arenas. We were home by 19:00.

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Julie_s

Jan 20, 2024

Parque Penguins Rey - The Park of the king Penguins was really interesting. The English speaking guide needed more language practice, although she was very sweet and friendly.

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Genevieve_s

Jan 11, 2024

penguins are beautiful! - it was so amazing to see penguins, guanacos, dolphins, flamingos, horses, different types of birds, and many many sheep. tierra del fuego is a fascinating landscape, and learning about the native people from there was very interesting. our tour guide was named isabel, and she was such an amazing person! super good tour guide in both english and spanish, very helpful, kind, and knowledgeable. If there is one thing that i would warn about the trip, it is that it is a very long bus ride, and at least 8 hours of your day will be spent in very cramped transit. bring a book! and make friends with your tour group, which made our experience much more enjoyable. everyone was very friendly and had such interesting life stories! comparably, our time with the penguins was not very long. i would not say it is a good activity for young kids. However, overall it was an amazing experience and having the company’s tour guide made it even better.

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Anna_b

Apr 29, 2024

Penguins were awesome, but LONG drive to see them - If you love penguins I would recommend this! But it’s about 8 hours of travelling round trip. It was a really long day of sitting in a car to see the penguins for 45 minutes. Our tour guide, Paula, was very knowledgeable. The tour was a lot of money considering it does not include lunch and entrance into the penguin park. Also if you get motion sick I recommend brining anti nausea medication for the roads on the island.

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