Fun watching the penguins! We had missed our port at the Falkland Islands - so we had only seen penguins on the icebergs using binoculars in Antarctica.
Pingüineras de Seno Otway is an area of 200 acres, which extends more than one mile of coast. You can observe a colony of 11,000 penguins of Magellan’s nesting. It is 42 miles north of Punta Arenas. The road to the sanctuary begins 18 miles north of Punta Arenas, where the main road, Ruta 9, diverges near a checkpoint booth. A gravel road then traverses another fierce and winding 18 miles, but the rough trip (mud will be a problem if there's been recent rain) should reward you with the sight of hundreds of sheep, cows, and birds, including, if you're lucky, rheas and flamingos. The sanctuary is a ½-mile walk from the parking lot. It gets chilly, so bring a windbreaker.
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