Country: Argentina

Valle del Incahuasi

Mirador from Santa Ana Jujuy

Mirador Los Castillos – Quebrada de las Conchas

Calilegua (Bird Spot)

Cuevas de Acsibi

Rio Grande

Rio Grande is an Atlantic coastal city in the northern grasslands of Tierra del Fuego, used as a two-night base for the northern steppe, lagoons and coastal shorebird areas.

Crossing the Antarctic Convergence

En route to South Georgia, we now cross the Antarctic Convergence. The temperature cools considerably within the space of a few hours, and nutritious water rises to the surface of the sea due to colliding water columns. This phenomenon attracts a multitude of seabirds near the ship, including several species of albatross, shearwaters, petrels, prions, and skuas.

Beagle Channel seabird and wildlife watching

In the channel we may find Magellanic Penguin swimming in open waters, South American Tern, and Southern Fulmar in flight, and Magellanic Cormorant (Rock Shag) and Imperial Shag perched on rocky islands.

Seabird watching in the westerlies

Several species of albatross, including Black-browed, Southern Royal, and Wandering may follow the vessel into the "westerlies," along with Slender-billed Prion, Sooty Shearwater, Northern and Southern Giant Petrels, Wilson's Storm Petrel, and other species. We are in the path of winds that blow around the Southern Hemisphere in the mid-latitudes, controlling much of the climate of Patagonia and southern South America. For seabirds they make foraging possible, indeed many never approach land except to breed and can relax or sleep on the wing. There is also time to look for birds from the bridge or other observation areas, and if we encounter currents with krill, there are sea mammals to see as well.