The Navimag. Puerto Natales - Puerto Montt
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ip is a bit like a cruise with all the amenities that go with it. We had guides that let us know where we were and when there was something to see...which was not too often I am sad to say because it was more or less cloudy most of the way. There was breakfast, lunch and dinner included and we had bunk beds in the cheapest section allthough somewhat private as our salesperson at the Navimag office, Oscar, found us a semi private bunkbeds. There was also movies, informative meetings or "chats" as they called it in english (charla in spanish) and most important: a bar. So now it was just to sit back and relax. We quickly made friends with other ppl and spent time reading, playing chess, scrabble, looking at the scenery and drinking wine...(one of our favourite activities). One night we even got a clear sky for 
an hour or so and James from England gave us a star tour. It was all good and well, except for the part where the ship goes into the "open water". Not protected from the fjords of southern chile, and forced to sail on the Pacific Ocean for 12 hours, and let me tell you, the Pacific Ocean is all but pacific!
I have never been seasick and was not about to add that to things I have done, so I took a seasick pill just in case. We went through the roughest part in the night so for the most of it we could manage to sleep. I remember barely manging to fall asleep around 1 in the morning just to wake up an hour later when I was sliding back and fourth in my bed (fortunately not sideways as I was in the top bunk). I must admit it was not a very enjoyable feeling but somehow about an hour & a half I managed to fall asleep again. When I woke up in the morning the ocean was a bit calmer and just around lunch that day we were back into the relative calm of the fjords. A map of the route can be found HERE.
ip is a bit like a cruise with all the amenities that go with it. We had guides that let us know where we were and when there was something to see...which was not too often I am sad to say because it was more or less cloudy most of the way. There was breakfast, lunch and dinner included and we had bunk beds in the cheapest section allthough somewhat private as our salesperson at the Navimag office, Oscar, found us a semi private bunkbeds. There was also movies, informative meetings or "chats" as they called it in english (charla in spanish) and most important: a bar. So now it was just to sit back and relax. We quickly made friends with other ppl and spent time reading, playing chess, scrabble, looking at the scenery and drinking wine...(one of our favourite activities). One night we even got a clear sky for 
an hour or so and James from England gave us a star tour. It was all good and well, except for the part where the ship goes into the "open water". Not protected from the fjords of southern chile, and forced to sail on the Pacific Ocean for 12 hours, and let me tell you, the Pacific Ocean is all but pacific!I have never been seasick and was not about to add that to things I have done, so I took a seasick pill just in case. We went through the roughest part in the night so for the most of it we could manage to sleep. I remember barely manging to fall asleep around 1 in the morning just to wake up an hour later when I was sliding back and fourth in my bed (fortunately not sideways as I was in the top bunk). I must admit it was not a very enjoyable feeling but somehow about an hour & a half I managed to fall asleep again. When I woke up in the morning the ocean was a bit calmer and just around lunch that day we were back into the relative calm of the fjords. A map of the route can be found HERE.
We arrived in Puerto Montt at noon on the fourth day...and as our Navimag salesperson and tourist information employee, Oscar had suggested, we gave Puerto Montt a miss and headed straight to Puerto Varas only 30 minute drive away. And...we did not regret that.
Photos:
Top: Saying goodbye to Puerto Natales
middle: A shipwrek in the fjords
bottom: Sunset
middle: A shipwrek in the fjords
bottom: Sunset
posted by Nonni @ 9:53 e.h.
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