Punta Arenas Hostels - Reviews and Rates

Wow! We had another great day. Once the ship had dropped anchor in the harbor we loaded onto a tender with our tour group and had a short ride to the dock. There we loaded onto our bus where Rosa Marioso, our guide, welcomed us to Chile. We headed out of town on our way to an
estancia or ranch which is located on Riesco Island about 95 km fro...

cest mort de chez mort ce matin. rues desertes! heureusemnt javais prevu le coup ( et oui des fois je peux anticiper) jai prix une hospedaje ac petit dej!!! ms bon on est dimanche et lendemain de bringue, cest normal! la compagnie aerienn est fermee , pas dinternet non plus, je file alaeroport et prds mon billet la bas (suspens, car ca ne se fai...

We awake to a wonderful morning at Estancia Rio Verde. It is windy but this is Patagonia and we have learned to expect wind, most of the time 30-40 mph. This working estancia dates to the late 1800s with many of the original working buildings in still in good condition. The windswept site with magnificent ocean and land vistas lies along the Sky...

Punta Arenas is a very windy city. The wind at times can blow you backwards. The hostel I'm staying at is pretty anti social as it operates more like a B&B. I def wanted to get out of here a day early. Unfortunately its a ***** to get to Ushuaia. I guess getting down there is much like getting to phantom ranch in the Grand Canyon. Only 10% o...

25th to 26th March 2008 On Tues 25th, I caught the 0900 bus from Puerto Natales for the 3 hour journey to Punta Arenas, arriving around 12pm. Punta Arenas is situated on the Straits of Magellan. The buildings around the main plaza are of a grand architecture. Had about 10-15 minute walk from the bus station to my hostel. On the way, I bumped int...

En 1520 cuando Fernando de Magallanes descubrió estas tierras, se intentaron hacer unas colonias. Los colonos lucharon contra la fuerza de la naturaleza (viento, nieve) y intentaron adaptarse a la condiciones de las tierres pero resultó que no lo consiguieron... de una colonia de esta zona murieron todos y se llama desde entonces Puerto Hambre. ...

Aunque los dos días en Ushuaia nos han sabido a poco, sabemos que aún nos queda mucho camino por recorrer. Es cierto que cuando ves los cruceros que parten hacia la Antártida uno se queda con las ganas, pero hay que decir que cuestan un pastón (desde 4000 euros los más baratos hasta 60 o 70 mil euros en barcos privados). Quién sabe, quizás algún...

Hola a todos...!!! Estamos en nuestro segundo día en Punta Arenas. Por supuesto que pasamos por Santiago de Chile y nos quedamos una noche en casa de nuestros amigos Chantal, Rodrigo y la pequeña Ambar... nos recibieron calurosamente en su casa por una noche...GRACIAS..! El vuelo desde Caracas fue muy tranquilo y las vistas muy buenas; pero el v...

After a kind of good night's sleep considering we were rooming dormitory style with 5 women in our room, we headed out for an early morning 10.5 mile run to the Torres (Towers). These are Torre Sur (9,350'), Torre Central (9,86'), and Torre Norte (8,530'). We were very lucky to have such great weather. Many people travel very far distances to s...

Punta Aernas was a transit stop to break up the long journeys across the gravel roads of Patagonia and Terra Del Fug. The Landscape reminds me much of the Plains of the United States but perhaps even more desolate. Suddenly towns would spring up next to a river or a stand of trees and brag about their trout fishing, but nothing of any real inter...