Punta Arenas

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Punta Arenas is a port city in the Extreme South of Chile.


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Get in

There is an international airport on the outskirts of the city with numerous connections to Puerto Montt and Santiago.


Get around

Penguins at Seno Otway
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Penguins at Seno Otway

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The penguin colony "Seno Otway" north of Punta Arenas is a place where each spring hundreds of magellanic penguins come home to their birth place to breed. Many travel agencies offer day trips from Punta Arenas that leave you very little time at the colony, so it's best if you have your own car.

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Get out

Punta Arenas is the launching point for various expeditions to (relatively) nearby Antarctica.

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