Port area.
The La Cruz Hill Cerro de la Cruz viwpointgives a panoramic view of the city. It will take a 10-minte walk from Plaza de Armas.
Austral Brewery. The southern brewery plant in the world were you can enjoy the traditional production process and a beer tasting session. It's located in 508 Patagonia St.
Regional Museum, with historical artifacts and part of the Braun-Menéndez Mansion
Museo del Recuerdo, with an outstanding collection of old steam engines, horsecarts, cars, historic houses furnished in the 1875s style and farm implements.
Patagonian faros.
Sight walles on Carlos III Island.
The Sheperd's monument is a traditional monument located in Bulnes Av. 11 blocks away from Plaza de Armas. It is one of the many traditional places of the city.
Maggiorino Borgatello Museum, a Salesian Society museum of natural history and pre-Hispanic ethnic groups. Entry 2000 CLP.
Punta Arenas Cemetery, dates back to 1840's, with many local aristocratic families, English and Croatian inmigrants. It's famous for its magnificent mausoleums, architectural construction and shaped pine trees.
Out of town:
The penguin colony "Seno Otway" north of Punta Arenas is a place where each spring hundreds of Magellanic Penguins come home to their birth place to breed. Many travel agencies offer day trips from Punta Arenas that leave you very little time at the colony, so it's best if you have your own car.
Rey Jorge Island Natural Sea Park whale observation.
Fuerte Bulnes, a historical reconstruction of the site were Chile took possesion of the Magellan Strait.
Torres del Paine National Park, near Puerto Natales.
Seno Skyring
Puerto del Hambre, an early Spanish colony which failed and under the name of Port Famine became a Royal Navy base. It was here that Captain Pringle Stokes, the captain of HMS Beagle, shot himself in his cabin due to severe depression and temporary command was given to Lieutenant W.G. Skyring. Stokes' fatal depression was attributed to the boring nature of the local geography.
Fauna Patagónica "Estancia Lolita". A beautiful place for watching different species of native animals and birds.
Visit Pali Aike National Park. 1000 CLP per person, ??? CLP per car.
