• Walking
• Hiking
• Bird watching
• Wildlife observation
• Nature photography
• Exploring the seashore
• Snorkeling marine habitats
• Fly fishing remote rivers.

Chilean Fjords discovery Cruise Sample itinerary
This is Chile's last frontier, a vast area of coastal land with hardly any human habitation and not accessible by roads, that has remained unexplored until now. The following is a special invitation to a Sunday-Saturday cruise to areas only a few have ever seen. Navigate where the Andes Mountains meet with the South Pacific Ocean, a place with outstanding beauty, “gin” clear waters, virgin temperate rain forests, waterfalls and wildlife that has rarely seen any humans.  The rich sea life will show you, penguins, sea lions, rare birds and one of the world's rarest sea mammals, the five-foot black dolphin of Chile. All this aboard a comfortable, safe and fully equipped Hatteras 53 ft. motor yacht, with ample exterior decks, separate living and dining areas both with great views to the outside, double passenger staterooms with private baths, separate crew bath and Staterooms and 2 motorized Zodiac type inflatable boats.
 
Saturday:
At the Santiago airport you will board the 3-hour flight to Balmaceda.  Upon arrival, your driver will be waiting to take you to the base port, this drive take a bit less that two hours. Here you will check in at the beautiful and comfortable “Loberias del Sur hotel” where you will spend the first night at the to board the yacht early next morning. The hotel looks to a beautiful bay with steep mountains in the background where the yacht will be moored. During your time here you can relax, take short walks to the water front or hike several rain forest trails on the hotel’s private park located 5 miles away ( coordinate with reception desk )  In the evening you can enjoy a great fish and seafood  dinner accompanied by a good selection of Chilean wines.

Sunday:
After an early breakfast at the hotel, a short 5 minute drive will take you to the port. Here you will Board the yacht which will serve as a floating lodge for the next six days and meet your host, guides and crew. While the yacht navigates towards our first destination, we will discuss the maps showing the different fjords, bays and islands we will visit during the week. The head guide and host will also describe to you the different adventures we have planned for you. Later after getting organized, we will enjoy lunch. As we approach our mooring site, we get our gear ready for an evening’s exploration and hike or if you prefer, a session of great fishing. We return to the boat for showers drinks and Dinner.  After our first adventure and some Pisco Sours (a typical Chilean drink), you will be invited by the Captain to join him for a delicious dinner while we hear our fresh stories and the next day's plans.

Monday-Friday:
Coffee is hot and ready from early hours, cup in hand you enjoy beautiful vistas while the boat navigates through the fjord which will takes us to our next exploration site. From the observation deck we see magnificent landscapes unfold in front of our eyes, offering the opportunity to observe a variety of marine birds, including the Megellanic Penguin or flightless Steamer ducks, common to these unique marine environments.

You will also have the opportunity to enjoy the vistas or take beautiful photographs as the morning sun rises above and the mountains and is reflected in the ocean. Once we arrive to our first destination, and after breakfast, Zodiacs will take you to shore. The guides are able to contact the boat by radio in case we need some assistance or to bring us the camera or jacket we forgot on board. Once on shore, we begin our adventure by navigating and exploring the seashore, seeping in the pristine beauty around us. Later we will disembark and walk along the shore where we will observe a rich and varied eco system including, mammals such as porpoises, sea lions or sea otters, birds such as penguins,  king fishers , albatross, herons, wild geese, steamer ducks, cormorants, etc.

The surroundings are truly magnificent, tall mountains covered with temperate rain forest almost to the snow line. Later we will venture into the temperate rain forest where a different and beautiful world will unfold in front of our eyes; with an amazing variety of plants, trees and flowers all  unique to this area as well as many species of curious birds that will approach you because they are not afraid of humans, the most common, but non the less interesting is the “chucao” a small bird with an enormous and beautiful voice belonging to the Tapaculo family endemic to this part of South America, this is also the opportunity to listen and hopefully see the great Magellanic wood pecker a beautiful black bodied  and redheaded  17 inch bird that favors these old growth forests.  We will also observe several species of moss, lichens and ferns typical of the temperate rain forest, including our only specie of tree fern. 

The “coicopihue” a pink bell shaped flower two and a half inches long, several species of wild orchids and the wild Fuchsia are among the beautiful wild flowers that populate the rainforest.  The elephant ear or Gunera, a plant related to the rhubarb, with giant leaves that can reach more than 8 feet in diameter and two species of bamboo are also a must see.  For the more adventuresome explorers a hike through the forest further up the valleys, navigation along the seashore looking for sea life or beautiful water falls by zodiac is an attractive option. If you enjoy snorkeling bring your wet suit, mask and slippers.

There are ample opportunities to explore unique environments below the surface, with rich sea life; variety of interesting species of fish, coral, mollusks, crustaceans, echinoderms (star fish and sea urchins), etc. If you are able to gather stone crab, sea urchin or Abalone, the chef will be most thankful.In general a days program flows as follows: After an early breakfast, the Zodiacs will take you and your guide to shore, you will explore, hike, dive, photograph or fish until around 2:00pm, then you either go back to the boat for lunch and a "siesta" or enjoy a shore lunch, so you can continue you adventure until day's end to go back to the boat for a hot shower, cocktails and a delicious dinner.

During the week we generally explore two or three islands and 4 different fjords, each with one, two or more river valleys in them. Some of the river valleys are quite long, and you can hike upstream quite a distance, others we explore only a couple of hundred yards from the ocean. We will move the Yacht as required by conditions or if the area is of special interest to out guests, we can stay longer as flexibility is the name of the game when you have the option of moving your " lodge".Saturday: 8:30 AM departure from the boat in base port for a 2 hour transfer to Balmaceda airport in time to catch the afternoon flight to Santiago.