What It's Like to Visit Caleta Tortel, A Remote Village in Chilean Patagonia

Founded in 1955 as a logging settlement focused on harvesting the area’s prized native conifers that mark life in the village, Caleta Tortel evolved from a mere outpost into a tightly knit community defined by resilience and adaptation. Though the logging era has passed, its legacy permeates the village and is visible in weathered wooden houses with steep shingled roofs that cling to cliffsides, and in the stories shared by families who've called this remote corner home for generations.

with Antarctica21’s International Travel Consultant Rafael Guzmán

Our new ship Magellan Explorer is named after Ferdinand Magellan, the Portuguese explorer that led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe.