Tourism in Porvenir city

Distance: 47 Kilometers away from Puerto Natales
Main Activity: Tourism, Mining, Cattle - Raising and Fishing

A small cattle-holder city. From Punta Arenas to Porvenir it is a 3 hour navegation journey for vehicles and passangers. Departure from Tres Puentes.

During the navegation, choose rather not a rainny day to have a better sight of Punta Arenas and the coasts of the Magallanes Strait.

Capital of the province of Tierra de Fuego. This small city with a number of inhabitants that is short of 7,000 constituted mainly by the descendants of the Yugoslavs that settled the place towards the end of the Nineteen Century, attracted mainly by the extraction of gold.

Leaving Porvenir one can go over the island of Tierra del Fuego, a place discovered by Hernando Magallanes, who gave it this name due to the bonfires of the "onas" Indians who would light its coasts.

It is interesting to visit the Marine Weirs, formed by stones of different sizes that are covered by high tides and on descending they leave kingfishes and basses trapped all along. Besides, the Blanco Lake, with abundant trout of the brownie type. This place is surrounded by tress and facing the mountain range summits.

Tour Site Attractions:

· Alberto M. de Agostini National Park
· Provincial Museum Fernando Cordero Rusque
· Castores Valley
· Caleta Josefina Ranch
· Beaver Valley
· Darwin Mountain Range
· Costanera Boulevard
· Sombrero Mount
· Outlooker
· Streets around the City

Fishing Permits, City Hall of Porvenir - Telefone: 580098

Sea Transportation:
- From Punta Arenas, Barcaza Melinka - Telefone: 218100
- From Porvenir, calle Señoret St. - Telefone: 580089