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Chile and Easter Island

Early morning breakfast.... snacks really.

Buffet dinner just waiting for the passengers to arrive

Victoria, was a carrack, 89 feet long, 23 feet wide, that was part of the fleet commanded by Ferdinand Magellan that discovered the waterway around southern tip of the South American continent. Later, commanded by Juan Sebastian Elcano, she was the only ship of the five to complete the first-time circumnavigation of the globe. Commanded by Duarte Barbosa, Nao Victoria participated in the Discovery of Chile, being the first to explore the region in 1520, and discovering or naming Patagonia, Cape Virgenes, the Straits of Magellan, Tierra del Fuego, the Pacific Ocean and other milestones. She is one of the most famous ships in history of navigation.

Group photo

Looks like you are walking on the moon

You would not dare get close to this.

First sighting of Guanaco's

Our wait staff. Great service

Glaciar Dickson and Cerro Cubo in the background.

HMS Beagle was a Cherokee-class 10-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, one of more than 100 ships of this class. The vessel was launched on 11 May 1820 from the Woolwich Dockyard on the River Thames.

Locals are preparing Carne de llama...Brrochette of llama meat babecued over hot coals

Small church of Machuca and village. Roofs of homes made from native vegetation.

Closed gate into Rainbow valley we walked around and then down into the valley below.

One of several entrances into Rainbow Valley" revealing its colors in cobalt, gypsum, and lamprophyre, illuminating the flanks of a forgotten river course in a blend of green, blue, pink, and yellow, as if some geological graffiti artist has been in residence

The winds this day were blowing very strong. The sand blew at you making you feel you were sand blasted.

Last evening on board the Skorpios preparing for a farewell dinner.

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