Punta Arenas

How to get there

If you travel along the Atlantic coast from Río Gallegos, you must take the last sector of national route 3 until Paso Integración Austral and after Paso de la Frontera you must take route 255 until the junction with route 9 that goes to Punta Arenas, distant some 210 km. from the frontier.

From Río Turbio in Argentina you can cross the frontier through Paso Casas Viejas, next to Puerto Natales, and there take route 9 to Punta Arenas, distant 210 km.

By plane:

The access to the region by plane is daily carried out by LanChile, Ladeco and Avant Airlines. The flight takes 3 hours and a half.

Distances from Punta Arenas to:

Ancud 2427 km
Bariloche 1930 Km
Castro 2461 km
Coihaique 1580 km
Cte. Piedra Buena 684 km
El Calafate 605 km
El Chalten 745 km
Gobernador Gregores 876 km
Osorno 2177 km
Porvenir 316 km
Puerto Montt 2286 km
Puerto Natales 246 km
Puerto Santa Cruz 530 km
Punta Delgada (crossing to Argentina) 162 km
Rio Gallegos 264 km
Rio Grande 417 km
Rio Turbio 276 km
San Julian 618 km
San Martin de los Andes 2206 km
Santiago de Chile 3090 km
Temuco 2413 km
Tolhuin 550 km
Ushuaia 653 km
Valdivia 2284 km
Villarrica 2379 km

International Passes

Integración Austral

At 170 metres above sea level, this pass joins through routes 9 and 255 in Chile , the city of Punta Arenas with the Argentine frontier and continues in Argentina with national route 3 to Rio Gallegos distant 76 km from the pass.

Paso San Sebastian

Crossing from Punta Arenas in the transshipping to Puerto Porvenir, there are 142 km. of unpaved road to Paso San Sebastián, where you get to Argentina, where you must present all the corresponding documents. From that place, there are 81 km. of paved road along national route 3 to the city of Río Grande.

Air Transportation

Aerovías Dap	O´Higgins 891. Tel: 22-3340 Fax: 22-1693 e-mail
Lan Chile	Bories 884
SKY Airline	Roca 935 Tel: 71-06465 e-mail

Land Transportation

Bus El Pingüino	Armando Sanhueza 745. Cel: 22-1812
Bus Sur	José Menendez 552 Tel: 22-2938 / 61-4224 e-mail
Bus T.M.T	Av. Colón 900. Tel: 24-2174
Buses Fernández	Eberhard 555. Tel: 41-1111
Buses Fernández	Armando Sanhueza 745. Tel: 24-2313 Fax: 22-5984
Buses Ghisoni	Lautaro Navarro 971. Tel: 22-3205 Fax: 22-2078
Buses Pacheco	Av. Colón 900 Tel: 24-2174 Fax: 22-6916
Buses Tecni Austral	Lautaro Navarro 975. Tel: 22-2078
Turibus	Armando Sanhueza 745. Tel: 22-7990
Vía Terra	Roca 1044 Tel: 22-9049 e-mail

Sea Transportation

Austro Hoteles	Lautaro Navarro 1061 Tel: 22-9512 Fax: 22-5986 e-mail
Compañía Naviera de la Patagonia	José Menendez 918 Tel: 24-4506 Fax: 24-8052
Marítima Fitz Roy	Tel: 24-1542
Navimag S.A.	Magallanes 990 Tel: 20-0200 Fax: 22-5864 e-mail
Transbordadora Austral Broom S.A.	Av. Bulnes 5075 Tel: 21-8100

	ZIP				NDD				IDD
	6200000				061				+56 61

Rafting

Rafting is a team sport, in which all the crew members in the boat row and position themselves in a coordinated manner in order to balance their weight when going through the river rapids and keep themselves afloat.
The standard number of people allowed on the boat is from six to eight crew members, depending on the boat size.
Rafting beginners are recommended to remain in the center of the boat. Those who are somehow experienced and prefer to row may stay in front, whereas the most experienced generally stay at the back.