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Punta Arenas attractions
Punta Arenas attractions
Port area.
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.
Maggiorino Borgatello Museum, a Salesian Society museum of natural history and pre-Hispanic ethnic groups.
Punta Arenas Cemetery, dates back to 1840's, with many English and Croatian graves.
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).
Torres del Paine National Park, near Puerto Natales.
Seno Skyring
Puerto 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.
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