Your day, step by step
08:30
Ashore at Muelle Prat (by tender if your ship is anchored). Walk along the Costanera waterfront for views across the Strait of Magellan.
09:15
Walk up to Plaza Muñoz Gamero and the Magellan statue (1920).
09:45
Climb the stairs to the Cerro de la Cruz viewpoint, about five minutes from the square, for the view over the rooftops and the strait.
10:30
Museo Regional de Magallanes in the Braun-Menéndez mansion, Magallanes 949. Free; allow an hour.
12:00
Lunch: centolla (king crab) at Sotito's or caldillo de congrio at La Marmita.
13:30
Taxi or walk to the Cementerio Municipal Sara Braun, about 1 km from the square. Free; allow an hour.
15:00
Back towards the centre for a hot chocolate at Café Tapiz, Roca 912.
15:45
Leave the square for the pier.
- Latest you can leave Plaza Muñoz Gamero (town centre)15:45
16:00
At Muelle Prat, 90 minutes before all-aboard, for the tender or the gangway.
One port done
Your Punta Arenas day is timed. Now the rest of your cruise.
The Cruise Pass times every port of one sailing, up to 10, to your all-aboard like this, with a Plan B if you run late, an offline copy, and live mode on the day: Google Maps travel time back to the pier and alerts at 30, 15 and 0 minutes.
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Where to leave from, and when
on foot bus, train, boat taxiPins show when to leave each place. Lines: route back to your ship.
Going further? Leave by these times
- Plaza Muñoz Gamero (town centre)Walk to Muelle Prat, 10–15 min, then tender or gangway15:45
- Fuerte Bulnes (Parque del Estrecho)Tour or taxi, 45–60 min by road, then tender or gangway14:30
- Isla Magdalena (TABSA ferry)Ferry about 2 hours to Tres Puentes, taxi to Muelle Prat, then tender or gangway13:30
Where people get Punta Arenas wrong
Doing the Isla Magdalena penguin trip independently on a short call: it takes about 5 hours from a different terminal on a fixed ferry timetable.
Built from our Punta Arenas guide, checked against 16 official sources (November 2026). Nothing here is guessed. Read the full guide or see the sources.
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- An offline copy for when there is no signal
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