Punta Arenas Travel Guide

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Punta Arenas, Chile – General Info

Getting There The city has a good international airport that has reasonably priced flights to Ushuaia and other important Chilean and Argentinean destinations. Most people try to avoid travelling by plane in this spectacularly beautiful area and rely heavily on the excellent bus services. There are regular buses to Santiago, Puerto Natales and Rio Gallegos [...]

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Punta Arenas, Chile

A little bit of History and Geography Punta Arenas, which lies at a southerly latitude of approximately 54° south was discovered by J. Byron in the 17th century who named it “Punta Arenosa” (Sandy Point). Today, it is Patagonia’s largest and most commercially important city and the capital of Magallanes provincia and Magallanes y de [...]

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Punta Arenas Travel Guide Overview

If you make it to Punta Arenas, you are at the southern most point in the world.