There is no road between Puerto Montt and Puerto Natales. To cover those 1,500 kilometres you either fly, detour through Argentina, or do what the Ferry Esperanza does: sail for four days through the Patagonian fjords.
It is the only sea route linking the two ports, and you can travel as a foot passenger or with your vehicle on board, which makes it the natural way to continue a long trip through Chile without retracing your steps.
Along the way the ferry follows most of the coast of Bernardo O’Higgins National Park, home to the largest huemul population in South America and to 49 glaciers that are part of the Southern Ice Field. In open sea you may spot humpback, minke and blue whales, as well as Chilean dolphins and seabirds.
This is a ferry, not a cruise: there are no excursions and no scheduled landings. The experience is the voyage itself and the landscape seen from deck.
It is 4 days and 3 nights, subject to sea and weather conditions. Departure and arrival times are not fixed and may change: this trip suits travellers with flexible schedules who do not need to connect with a flight or transfer the same day.
The order and timing of the voyage may vary according to sea and weather conditions.
Price per person in a cabin shared with other passengers, boarding tax included. Please ask about private cabin rates.
During check-in, our staff will take your luggage into custody, which each passenger must pick up when boarding. In case of traveling with a vehicle, they will give you the necessary information to guide you through the process. We will depart from Puerto Natales toward the Golfo Almirante Montt and Continue towards Paso Kirke anda Canal Morla Vicuña.
The ferry sails through the Morla Vicuña, Unión Pass, Farquar, Sarmiento, Angostura channels. Then the ferry passes by Puerto Eden, where the last remaining population of Kaweskar indigenous people in Chile lives. The town is located on Wellington Island, one of the largest in the country and part of the Bernardo O'Higgins National Park. The vessel continues north, passing through the Angostura Inglesa, a slim pass that allows one ship to navigate it at a time. Then into the Messier Channel, home to the cargo ship Capitan Leonidas, stranded there since the 70s on a semi submerged islet called Bajo Cotopaxi.
The ferry starts open sea navigation in the area of the Gulf of Penas. This journey lasts approximately 12 hours. Here, it is possible to see Humpback, Minke, and Blue whales. After sail the Oceanic Area the ferry enters the Chacabuco channel and then the Errázuriz Channel. Finally, the vessel enters through the Moraleda Channel and then take the Chonos archipelago route to Puerto Montt.
In our voyage north, the ferry sails the Gulf of Corcovado, then the Apiao Channel, the Gulf of Ancud, and the Reloncavi pass, arriving at its destination, Puerto Montt in the morning ending your Patagonian experience.
Puerto Natales
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