Puntarenas

At the tip of Brunswick Peninsula, Punta Arenas takes its place where the Andes make their amazingly dramatic final descent into the Strait of Magellan. Remote but remarkably sophisticated, the city surprises with grand stone mansions in Plaza de Armas, the elaborate tombs of Pioneer Cemetery, colourful frescoes, and vibrant festivals. This global centre for Antarctic research is home to a colony of more than 100,000 penguins and thousands of sea birds. A landscape more breath-taking than anything imaginable that becomes even more mesmerising with an optional flight to experience Antarctica's extreme King George Island.