The new Ventus Australis will look just like the Stella Australis. * Photo: Australis
Chile-based Australis is the only line doing regularly scheduled cruises in the waters of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego and they offer the voyages aboard their one ship, the 210-passenger STELLA AUSTRALIS. But that’s about to change. The expedition company that has been exploring South America’s southernmost channels for a quarter century, just announced they’re building a nearly identical sister ship named VENTUS AUSTRALIS to do similar cruises. Latin for “Southern Wind,” it’s being constructed in the Asenav shipyard in Chile and is set to debut in January 2018 offering 4- and 8-night programs exploring the stunning glaciers, narrow fjords and unspoiled landscape of southern Patagonia. A highlight is reaching Cape Horn island, the point where the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans merge, and weather permitting, going ashore.
STELLA AUSTRALIS, built in 2010, does 3-, 4- and 7-night cruises that traverse the Magellan Strait, Beagle Channel and the waters surrounding Tierra del Fuego from the cities of Ushuaia, Argentina and Punta Arenas, Chile. Click here for more information on Australis and its cool cruises.
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