Los Pingüinos Natural Monument — Attraction in Punta Arenas

It was a breathtaking experience. It had been my lifelong dream to see penguins in the wild, and the entire excursion made it even more wonderful.

The only downside, to me, would be that it's not well communicated that people should try not to scare the penguins when they're attempting to cross the path. Personally, I also had some mild frustration from trying to enjoy an individual penguin, only to have a handful of people or more run up (because obviously they have to have as many pictures of them up close as possible), which in turn scares the penguin away and takes away from the people who were enjoying them so close to begin with.

It'd be nice to have the option to go to the island in much smaller groups, as well as for longer than a mere hour. While I'm sure such things exist, they were not easily found for a non native, non...

Amazing place to see Pinguins in real life! We have expected to see only some Pinguins and got positively surprised by the amount of Pinguins on the island. We had approx. a 45 min walk along a marked track which is definitely sufficient to get good impressions, make nice pictures and enjoy wildlife. During the boat trip to the island (which takes 60-90 mins one way) you can also be lucky and observe some other animals such as sea lions or whales. The price was 95k CLP per person and was worth the experience hence I would recommend it to anyone who wants to see Pinguins in their natural habitat. We have bought the tickets a day ahead and it was an easy process, we just filled out the form on the FDS website and shortly afterwards got an email which information to supply and how to pay (we have paid digitally via...

We were fortunate with the weather (doesn't happen often). The crossing of the Megallan Strait was relatively calm and sunny, with glimpses of whales, seals, dolphins, sea lions and sea birds in both directions. Isla Magdalena was also a treat, with the 'teenage' Megallan penguins in high prominence and Mums and Dads busy feeding their chicks. The pairs of penguins with no/lossed chicks were busy preening and consoling each other. We saw nature at work here, with Skuas very much around - and they are big predator sea birds. This 'navigation' is a must, if you stay in Punta Arenas for more...