Located at the southern tip of Patagonia in Chile, the Magellan region is home to the fantastic Torres del Paine National Park, which limits the north with the National Park Los Glaciares (Argentina) and south with Puerto Natales and  Punta Arenas.

. This region is an obligatory stop for those who go from El Calafate and El Chalten towards Ushuaia on the island of Tierra del Fuego and vice versa.

 
Torres del Paine National Park is ideal for trekking from one to several days, also visit by 4x4  cars on full day tours from El Calafate, visiting its “Cuernos  and Torres del Paine. In the middle of the Paine river flowing forming spectacular waterfalls.

 
Located  140 km south of Torres del Paine, is located the picturesque town of Puerto Natales, gateway to the National Park and from where they organize various activities including the highlights to  Glacier Balmaceda and  Serrano, full day tour to the National Park and River Navigation Up or Down Serrano River, a spectacular journey that visits the Balmaceda and Serrano glaciers and later navigate the river Serrano in Zodiac ending in  Torres del Paine or  in Puerto Natales.

 Further south, just 312 kilometers away, is located the city of Punta Arenas, just opposite to  the island of Tierra del Fuego, and stop for those who are heading to Ushuaia.

 
The city is home to numerous cruise ships, among which is the famous Mare Australis that sails through the fueguinos channels  visiting fjords and glaciers and ends in Ushuaia. Every season from November to February, cruises depart from Punta Arenas to visit Antarctica, in ten days expeditions cruises.