Traffic to Double in Tierra del Fuego

Traffic to Double in Tierra del Fuego

Traffic to Double in Tierra del Fuego

Chile-based Australis is the only line doing regularly scheduled cruises in the waters of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego and they offer the voyages aboard their one ship, the 210-passenger STELLA AUSTRALIS. But that’s about to change. The expedition company that has been exploring South America’s southernmost channels for a quarter century, just announced they’re building a nearly identical sister ship named VENTUS AUSTRALIS to do similar cruises.

The new Ventus Australis will look just like the Stella Australis. * Photo: Australis

The new Ventus Australis will look just like the Stella Australis. * Photo: Australis

 

Latin for “Southern Wind,” it’s being constructed in the Asenav shipyard in Chile and is set to debut in January 2018 offering 4- and 8-night programs exploring the stunning glaciers, narrow fjords and unspoiled landscape of southern Patagonia. A highlight is reaching Cape Horn island, the point where the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans merge, and weather permitting, going ashore.

STELLA AUSTRALIS, built in 2010, does 3-, 4- and 7-night cruises that traverse the Magellan Strait, Beagle Channel and the waters surrounding Tierra del Fuego from the cities of Ushuaia, Argentina and Punta Arenas, Chile.

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