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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Definitely worth the experience!!! - This was really a fantastic experience. It was coordinated well. We were picked up around 7 am, drove around to pick up the rest of the group and boarded the ferry. The guide, Paula, explained everything in both English and Spanish. It took 2 hours to reach Tierra del Fuego and we arrived for a quick basic lunch. We then drove 1.5 hours to the king penguins. We were divided into two groups (Spanish or English speakers) and a ranger was assigned to our group to give us a short explanation about the penguins. We went to 2 viewing areas that had scopes that everyone could use. Penguins were relatively active in terms of moving around and swimming. We had a hour there and I would recommend bringing a camera with a zoom lens rather than counting on your phone. The penguins were relatively close, but not too close to disturb them (about 30 m). We drove north and boarded a different ferry at the north end of the island for a short trip back to the mainland and on the way back, stopped to see a couple of shipwrecks at an estancia that was appropriated by the government. We returned back to the hotel around 7:30-8 pm. Overall, a really fantastic experience. And we did get to stop to take pics of a the guanaco.

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.

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.

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.

Penguin tour - Too much traveling. The tour operator could communicate better in hostel pick up and inform the customer earlier.