REVISTA DAP AVENTURA 2014-2015

Aventura al fin del mundo 2014 - 2015
FITZ ROY EXPEDITION CRUISES:
Fjords, canals and the hundreds of islands
that conform the Patagonian archipelago
hold the story of great sailors, adventurers
and historical facts that have become myths
of navigation. The Magellan Strait was for
many centuries the obligatory gateway for
discoverers, hydrographers, pirates and
corsairs, and constituted with Cape Horn
the mandatory route to connect Pacific and
Atlantic Oceans.
The hardship of its geography and the great
variety of landscapes, flora and fauna,
make these sites an embracing destination,
bringing those with the chance to sail these
waters closer to feeling the same sensations
TRUE EXPEDITIONS, MORE THAN TOURISM,
A TRUE EXPERIENCE.
and live the same experiences of the men
who discovered its mysteries through the
centuries, using navigation means that today
seem very primitive, nonetheless drafting the
cartography that is still in use today.
To relive the great feats of Ferdinand Magellan
in some geographical milestones; the epic
journeys of Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa;
the hydrographical travels of Robert Fitz
Roy with Charles Darwin, or simply to blend
oneself with the surroundings that were so
familiar to old canoeists and people like
the Yámana or Kawésqar, who populated
these places and opened the “Pasos de
Indio” (Indian gateways) that is possible to
observe from many corners.
Today, it is possible to experience all this with
the comfort of the present time, following the
same paths, entering the same shortcuts that
step outside traditional navigation routes,
18 Adventure at the End of the World