ubeetrip: Punta Arenas, CL

Main

Route: Santiago, Valparaiso, San Antonio, Puerto Montt, Castro, Puerto Chacabuco, Chilean fjords, Punta Arenas, Ushuaia, Puerto Williams, Drake Passage, Antarctica I, Antarctica II, Antarctica III, Antarctica IV, Antarctica V, Drake Passage, Falkland Islands, Argentine Sea (South Atlantic Ocean), Puerto Madryn, Montevideo, Buenos Aires - ship Ms. Zaandam.

Places: Punta Arenas, Embarcadero Tres Puentes - Cruise terminal, Plaza Armas Punta Arenas, Monumento Hernando De Magallanes, Armando Sanhueza (street), Pdte. Jose Manuel Balmaced, Arauco, Mirador Cerro de la Cruz, Mirador De Los Soñadores, Avenida Espana - Juez Valdo Seguel - Chiloe - Jose Nogueira, Ruta 9, Strait of Magellan, Magdalena Channel, Islotes Anxious, Monte Sarmiento.

Wildlife & flora: Cipres macrocarpa, Austral Thrush, Southern Lapwing, Araucaria araucana, Imperial shag, Viscacha, Rufous-collared sparrow, Southern Giant-Petrel, Sealion.

⏳ Dec 2018

Embarcadero Tres Puentes - Cruise terminal

Plaza Armas Punta Arenas

Monumento Hernando De Magallanes - Stately monument dedicated to adventurer Ferdinand Magellan, erected in the Plaza de Armas in 1920.

Armando Sanhueza (street)

Cipres macrocarpa

Pdte. Jose Manuel Balmaced

Cipres macrocarpa

Arauco

Cipres macrocarpa

Mirador Cerro de la Cruz

Austral Thrush

Mirador De Los Soñadores

Southern Lapwing

Austral Thrush

Araucaria araucana

Araucaria araucana (commonly called the Monkey Puzzle Tree, Monkey Tail Tree, Piñonero, Pewen or Chilean Pine) is an evergreen tree growing to 1–1.5 m (3–5 ft) in diameter and 30–40 m (100–130 ft) in height. It is native to central and southern Chile and western Argentina.[2] Araucaria araucana is the hardiest species in the conifer genus Araucaria. Because of the prevalence of similar species in ancient prehistory, it is sometimes called a living fossil. It is also the national tree of Chile. Its conservation status was changed to Endangered by the IUCN in 2013 due to the dwindling population caused by logging, forest fires, and grazing.