Top Reasons to Go to Southern Chilean Patagonia

Boat Journeys: Patagonia's unusual topography makes water travel the only way to get to know the extremes of Chile.

Cities at the Bottom of the World: In Argentina's bygone penal colony Ushuaia and its Chilean counterpart across the Beagle Channel, Puerto Williams, you'll have no trouble finding a good cup of coffee, Internet service, and some tasty eats.

Mad About Ornithology: Eight species of the largest of all sea birds, the albatross, migrate through Chilean waters. Additionally you can see hawks, owls, woodpeckers, parakeets, and the emblematic condor.

Glaciers: Set yourself opposite an impossibly massive wall of ice, and contemplate the blue-green-turquoise spectrum trapped within.

Penguins: Magellanic penguins congregate around the southern Patagonian coast—at the noisy, malodorous colony of Isla Magdalena you'll find a half-burnt lighthouse and over 120,000 waddling friends.