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13 Night Patagonian Shores and Chilean Fjords Cruise from Santiago (Valparaiso)

Ship: Viking Polaris

Cruise Line: Viking Oceans

Sailed: Monday, Mar 6, 2023 from Santiago (Valparaiso), Chile

Ended: Sunday, Mar 19, 2023

The itinerary information below reflects the original day-by-day port of call schedule for the Monday, Mar 6, 2023 departure of the Viking Polaris. If Viking Oceans modified this itinerary for weather or operational reasons after departing , the modified schedule would not be reflected here.

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Itinerary

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Day 1 - Monday - Mar 6, 2023

Santiago (Valparaiso), Chile

Embark your ship and settle into your stateroom. Chile's modern capital Santiago is one of the largest cities in the Americas. Its impressive neoclassical, Neo-Gothic, art deco, and other architecture spans several centuries. Santiago's port, Valparaiso, is often compared to San Francisco for its many cerros, or hills. The city prospered as a major port until the opening of the Panama Canal reduced its importance. Quaint Victorian-era architecture recalling its 19th-century affluence and steeply sloped barrios are linked by ascensores, or funiculars, and winding byways. From Los Cerros, the views are spectacular.

Day 2 - Tuesday - Mar 7, 2023

Cruising the Pacific Ocean

Sail Mar Pacifico, meaning "peaceful sea", dubbed by Ferdinand Magellan when he crossed these waters almost 500 years ago. As you sail today, attend an informative lecture or watch a film on the 8K laser-projected panoramic screen in The Aula, one of the world's most advanced venues for learning at sea. This indoor-outdoor experience allows nature to take center stage with its retractable floor-to-ceiling windows that unveil 270-degree views.

Day 3 - Wednesday - Mar 8, 2023

Cruising the Chilean Fjords, Chile

A pristine paradise of soaring peaks, countless lush islands teeming with wildlife, and a tapestry of glaciers and rivers spilling into shimmering waters, the fjords of Chile are heralded as one of the most rugged and untamed places on earth. The crystal waters are a breathtaking sight as they journey through vast ice fields, towering mountainsides, and serene fishing villages that hug tranquil shores against backdrops of dramatic forested hills.

Day 4 - Thursday - Mar 9, 2023

Castro, Chile

Castro is the capital of the Chiloe Archipelago, located on an inlet on Chiloe Island's eastern shores. Founded in 1537, it was rebuilt after being destroyed by an earthquake in 1837. The city is renowned for its palafitos, traditional houses built on stilts along the waterfront. Historically the residences of fishermen, these brightly painted wooden structures are a unique architectural characteristic of Chiloe. The island is also home to 16 churches designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites for being outstanding examples of ecclesiastical wooden architecture.

Day 5 - Friday - Mar 10, 2023

Cruising the Chilean Fjords, Chile

The fjords and channels of Chile were first inhabited by indigenous people who used the wood of the endemic Pilgerodendron uviferum, a conifer tree, to build their canoes and homes. Spanish conquistadors began exploring the region during the mid-16th century, navigating the fjord's internal passageways to avoid the heavy seas and bad weather of the Pacific Ocean. The harsh climate and declining local populations limited colonial expansion, leaving the fjords sparsely populated-a situation that continues to this day.

Day 6 - Saturday - Mar 11, 2023

Tortel, Chile

The coastal lumber town of Tortel sits at the mouths of two rivers, between the expansive Northern and Southern Patagonian Ice Fields. One of the most remote destinations in southern Chile, Tortel is surrounded by wild and untamed nature, with rocky shores mixing with blue-ice glaciers and subpolar forests to create unspoiled landscapes of epic beauty. Built entirely on stilts over the dense vegetation and steep slopes around the cove, the residents of Tortel use an intricate wooden walkway system that winds its way for miles through the town and the surrounding wilderness.

Day 7 - Sunday - Mar 12, 2023

Cruising the Chilean Fjords, Chile

Day 8 - Monday - Mar 13, 2023

Cruising the Chilean Fjords, Chile

The gigantic Patagonian Ice Sheet covered southern Chile in a thick blanket of ice and snow during the last Ice Age. Around 12,000 years ago, rising temperatures caused it to begin melting, carving out the Patagonian landscape as it receded. Today, two vast sections, northern and southern, remain of this ancient ice sheet. Together, they cover more than 5,400 square miles and form the third largest frozen landmass on Earth. At their edges are towering glaciers of blue-tinged ice, whose ever-changing faces create the large icebergs that float in the fjords and channels.

Day 9 - Tuesday - Mar 14, 2023

Cruising the Chilean Fjords, Chile

The picturesque Chilean fjords stretch nearly 1,000 miles from Cape Horn at the South American continent's southern tip to the Reloncavi Estuary just below the city of Puerto Montt. Carved out by receding glaciers starting more than 2.5 million years ago, the fjords are composed of several hundred channels and passages that wind their way past walls of blue ice, dense forests, and steep mountain ranges. Its rugged coastline is home to colonies of Magellanic penguins and lazing elephant seals, while its waters welcome dolphins, migrating humpback whales, and orcas on the hunt.

Day 10 - Wednesday - Mar 15, 2023

Punta Arenas, Chile

Punta Arenas was founded as a penal colony by Chile in 1848. Nestled amid spectacular mountain vistas on the eastern shores of the Brunswick Peninsula, it played host to mariners as it is located on the Strait of Magellan. Settlers followed, searching for newly discovered gold and establishing vast swaths of sheep farms locally and throughout the surrounding region. Over time, Punta Arenas became one of Chile's most important ports as, before the opening of the Panama Canal, it laid on the northernmost transcontinental shipping route.

Day 11 - Thursday - Mar 16, 2023

Cruising the Chilean Fjords, Chile

Day 12 - Friday - Mar 17, 2023

Cruising the Chilean Fjords, Chile

Spanning the border of Chile and Argentina, the Southern Patagonian Ice Field stretches along the spine of the Andes Mountains for more than 200 miles. Chile itself is home to almost 80% of South America's glaciers, covering an estimated 7,700 square miles. These glaciers act as enormous freshwater reserves for the mountain habitats across Patagonia, helping to sustain the region's diverse plants and wildlife.

Day 13 - Saturday - Mar 18, 2023

Cruising Cape Horn, Chile

Rising above the point where the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans meet, Cape Horn, named for the Dutch city of Hoorn in the Netherlands, is part of the Hermite Islands archipelago. This remote, stark, and treeless place is often considered the continent's southernmost point. Soaring from Hornos Island is a massive prehistoric-looking massif of Jurassic volcanic rock. Atop, stands its historic lighthouse near the water's edge. A beacon of assurance and safety for countless sailors since 1991, it is the world's southernmost traditional-style lighthouse.

Day 14 - Sunday - Mar 19, 2023

Ushuaia, Argentina

Ushuaia is the southernmost city in the world. Its splendid setting, tucked between the Beagle Channel and the southernmost slopes of the Andes, lends it an outpost atmosphere, as do the Antarctic explorers readying for the expeditions that depart from here. Ushuaia is the capital of and gateway to the celebrated Tierra del Fuego, the "Land of Fire", named by Spaniards upon seeing the constant flames burned by the indigenous Yamana to keep warm. This largely unspoiled region comprises the large island of Tierra del Fuego and countless Chilean and Argentinian islands. After breakfast, disembark your ship and journey home.

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