Description
- We will sail from Ushuaia, optional Puerto Williams.
- We will make a complete navigation on a sailboat round trip.
- We will sail through the mythical Beagle Channel and look for the most suitable weather window to cross the Sea of Sickles / Drake Passage. We will leave Cape Horn to our starboard side and head south towards the White continent.
- We will arrive at Deception Island in about 4 days. We will visit its abandoned whaling factory. We can bathe in its hot springs and tour its beaches.
- We will head south and after sailing 70 miles we will be on the Antarctic continent.
- We will sail between icebergs and learn a lot about the different ices, from the hand of our expedition leader.
- We will go out in the auxiliary boats to see whales, seals, birds, we will feel completely integrated into nature.
- When the time is right we will set sail north to cross the Sea of Hoces/Drake Passage.
- We will sail again through the Beagle Channel and arrive in Ushuaia, optional Puerto Williams.
Included
- Navigation according to itinerary
- Captain and fixed crew
- Mooring in port
- Diesel
- Accommodation in shared cabin, with shared bathroom
- Full board on board
- Landings
- Management of permits necessary to carry out visits and disembarkations
- Travel administrative costs
- Automatic life jacket with lifeline.
- Emergency telephone assistance (24h)
- Moorings
Not included
- Transport/Flights from the point of origin to the point of departure of the shipment
- Accommodation and transfers before/after boarding
- Activities and crossings, on land, pre/after boarding
- Activities and meals outside the sailboat
- Personal equipment
- Laundry
- Travel Insurance
- Entry costs to the country (visa, customs, etc.)
- Additional expenses to the trip in general.
- Stays, meals and / or additional expenses or damages caused by cancellations, delays in the departures or arrivals of the means of transport, or for unforeseen reasons beyond the control of Alegría Marineros Expediciones
BROWN PILOT
The story of the pilot Pardo, a Chilean sailor who guided Ernest Shackleton to rescue his crew, will be told in detail.
This will be our little tribute.
It will be defined on the date, it depends a lot on the weather.
Captains: Paula Cavicchia and Lucas Hernández
Expedition Leader:
Santiago and Daniela
- This expedition is cataloged within level 1, that means that it is suitable for almost all audiences, but it is necessary: to have good health, to have good physical condition, to have some experience in adventure trips, trekking, navigation or any activity that carries with it some capacity of resistance and willpower.
- Recommended from 18 to 75 years old.
If you want to travel with friends, ask us about discounts for groups (from 4 people)
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Crossing Piloto Pardo
One of the most beautiful and different excursions you can carry out is the Piloto Pardo crossing. On this journey you will discover a place like no other, impossible to find anywhere else on the planet.
Sitting in the armchair at home you can not feel the air of Antarctica or marvel at its views, however, we can contribute by bringing you a little closer to the figure of Luis Pardo Villalón, who gives his name to this beautiful journey near Chile.
Luis Pardo Villalón was a sailor born in Chile in 1882. The main feat known by Luis Pardo Villalón was the complicated rescue of the castaways of the famous scientific expedition of Ernest Shackleton. These castaways had been trapped on Elephant Island for eight months in the middle of the Antarctic winter. It was in 1915 when the famous ship Endurance would be trapped in the ice and carried by it to the north. The advance of the ice ended up crushing the ship and its crew had to abandon it completely to move in boats to Elephant Island.
Shackleton along with some of his men set out for South Georgia in search of help, eventually reaching Punta Arenas. It would be from there where he would leave together with Luis Pardo Villalón who commanded the escampavía Yelcho. The route they would choose would be south through the Drake Sea, crossing the Beagle Channel until they reached Elephant Island to rescue the castaways. The rescue served Luis Pardo Villalón to be promoted to 1st pilot, title by which he is known today.
In addition, he was also recognized a large number of medals such as the Municipality of Punta Arenas or the Patriotic League of Chile among others. After the rescue, Luis Pardo Villalón would retire from the army at the age of three. He died in Santiago at the age of 52 due to bronchopneumonia.
The Brown Pilot Islands are a group of northeastern islands of the South Shetland Islands in Antarctica. These islands have the particularity of constituting a separate group about 100 km from the rest of the archipelago. The Brown Pilot Islands They are bordered on the north by the Drake Passage and on the south by the Weddell Sea. As you can imagine, these islands owe their name in homage to Luis Pardo Villalón, who in command of the escampavía Yelcho was the one who rescued the castaways of the Shackleton’s expedition of Elephant Island.
The islands that are part of the Piloto Pardo Islands stand out for being high and mountainous islands, with steep coasts and an abrupt relief. Of all the islands the largest and best known is Elephant Island. Then, in size it is followed by Clarence Island and then Gibbs Island.
In addition to these islands there are also different islets and other smaller islands named Aspland, Eadie and O’Brien, a group of snowy islands that have their own history for the famous rescue.
