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CHILE

Chile is long, lean, and loaded with astonishing wonders, which Holland America Line reveals during your South America voyage. Raft the Petrohue River in Puerto Montt, visit the UNESCO-designated churches of Chiloe from Castro, and make celestial discoveries at the Cerro Tololo Observatory near Coquimbo. Holland America Line opens cellar doors at wineries in the Rosario and Casablanca valleys near San Antonio, while Puerto Arenas serves as gateway to cool adventures in Patagonia and Antarctica.

A view of iceburgs around Port Cape Horn and Drake Passage

Cape Horn And Drake Passage

Cape Horn marks the entrance to the Drake Passage, where the Atlantic and Pacific oceans meet. Until the Panama Canal opened in 1914, this was one of the planet’s major shipping routes. Strong winds, currents, waves and icebergs made the passage fairly treacherous in the days of sailing ships.
Landscape of mountains and coast of Darwin Channel, Chile

Scenic Cruising Darwin Channel

Chile famously stretches for some 4,300 kilometers (2,700 miles) along the Pacific Ocean, a long, narrow country. Over its bottom half, countless channels, fjords, islands and massive glaciers, all formed by tectonic pressure, resemble scattered puzzle pieces.
A sunset view of the town of Punta Arenas, Chile on a South America cruise

Punta Arenas, Chile

If Punta Arenas exudes an "edge of the world" air, it's not without reason. This windblown city near Chile's southernmost tip sits on the Strait of Magellan, which itself is positioned squarely between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. 
A seagull overlooking the water with San Antonio (Santiago), Chile in the background while on a cruise to South America

San Antonio (Santiago), Chile

This large, modern port serves Chile’s capital, Santiago, a city with Spanish colonial charm and a vivacious spirit. Encircled by the Andes and the Coastal Range, Santiago is centered around the Plaza de Armas, with several of the city’s landmarks.
A seagull overlooking the water with San Antonio (Santiago), Chile in the background while on a cruise to South America

San Antonio (Santiago), Chile

This large, modern port serves Chile’s capital, Santiago, a city with Spanish colonial charm and a vivacious spirit. Encircled by the Andes and the Coastal Range, Santiago is centered around the Plaza de Armas, with several of the city’s landmarks.
A view of Ushuaia, Argentina the Southern most tip of South America while on a South America cruise

Ushuaia, Argentina

Dramatic, fantastical, otherworldly—this is the end of the world, for real. Positioned at the southernmost tip of Argentina, this memorable port town is cradled between the pristine—and towering—Martial Mountains and accessed by the picturesque Beagle Channel.

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