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Stella Australis Itineraries

The calendar on this page highlights places visited during each Darwin cruise. A more complete schedule will be distributed on board the ship.

The map below shows the routes of the Stella Australis in white, and the routes of HMS Beagle in black. See map legend for additional details. Complimentary copies of the map will be available on each Darwin cruise.

The Cruceros Australis Darwin Lecture Series

In addition to the regular series of lectures and films presented by Stella Australis guides, each Darwin cruise offers additional presentations in English and Spanish by guest lecturers:
  • Charles Darwin in Tierra del Fuego
  • Darwin and FitzRoy at Wulaia
  • Putting Tierra del Fuego on the Map (from before Magellan to FitzRoy and beyond)
  • With Charles Darwin in Glacier Alley [Punta Arenas to Ushuaia]
  • A look at The Literature of HMS Beagle (and a book that almost wasn't) [Ushuaia to Punta Arenas]

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Ushuaia, Argentina to Punta Arenas, Chile (3 nights)

Wednesday
Day 1		 Board the Stella Australis between 5:00 and 6:00 PM. Enjoy a welcome cocktail reception hosted by the captain and crew. Our voyage to the Cape begins during dinner.
Thursday
Day 2		 This morning we disembark on Isla Hornos for a pre-breakfast visit to the Cape Horn lighthouse and memorial and to view the Cape itself. In the afternoon we visit Wulaia Cove, where Captain Robert FitzRoy and Charles Darwin landed. Later on, we begin our westward passage through the Beagle Channel.
Friday
Day 3		 We pass through Whaleboat Sound, then make our way northward through the Cockburn and Magdalana Channels, with a zodiac ride at Seno Chico to view the Piloto Glacier. Tonight enjoy a farewell champagne cocktail and auction of the navigation chart used yesterday to bring us to Cape Horn.
Saturday
Day 4		 This morning we go ashore at Isla Magdalena—home to some 85,000 penguin couples, and for good reason popularly known as “Penguin Island.” Then it's back to the ship for breakfast and a late-morning disembarkation at Punta Arenas, Chile.

Punta Arenas, Chile to Ushuaia, Argentina (4 nights)

Saturday
Day 1		 Board the Stella Australis between 5:00 and 6:00 PM. Enjoy a welcome cocktail reception hosted by the captain and crew. Our voyage to Ainsworth Bay begins during dinner.
Sunday
Day 2		 Early morning brings us to Admiralty Fjord, where after breakfast we'll go ashore at Ainsworth Bay. Here we may find a small colony of elephant seals on the beach, and then enjoy a short hike into a nearby forest. In the afternoon, our zodiacs will take us along the shore of one of the Tucker Islets, home to Magellanic penguins, cormorants and many other Fuegian birds.
Monday
Day 3		 You're invited to tour the engine room this morning, and in the afternoon we go ashore at the Pia Glacier, followed by a cruise through the Beagle Channel's “Glacier Alley.”
Tuesday
Day 4		 This morning we disembark on Isla Hornos for a pre-breakfast visit to the Cape Horn lighthouse and memorial and to view the Cape itself. In the afternoon we visit Wulaia Cove, where Captain Robert FitzRoy and Charles Darwin landed. Tonight enjoy a farewell champagne cocktail and auction of the navigation chart used this morning to bring us to Cape Horn.
Wednesday
Day 5		 After breakfast we disembark at Ushuaia, Argentina.

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