Dear guests and friends,

Indeed, these are strange and unprecedented times. So many definitions and statements about this pandemic and its resulting social/ economic/ and even environmental effects out there that it’s quite easy to feel overwhelmed and depressed if your horizon lies just on everyday’s news.

We are now entering on our third quarantine week in Punta Arenas, with a total lockdown since April 1st! We have been active indoors, working remotely and hugely missing the field, being out there, immersed in Nature!

One good thing is that me (Claudio) and Enrique have found the time to focus on a new edition of our Photographic Guide to the Birds of Patagonia, which we expect to launch later in the year. This is a title we originally published in 2003, during the pre-digital photography era, and we are really looking forward to handle an updated version of it within a few months.

We are currently working on our updated 2021 & 2022 seasons trip program, which will be launched on May 15, 2020. We hope you can take a look to our offer and accept our invitation to experience the remote corners of Patagonia, Argentina & Chile as well as the vast landscapes of Antarctica.

Our proposal to you is to look ahead. Most of you, including us have experienced the hardships of these recent events. Doing business is really tough for everyone these days and this is a global reality. As we can see it, this is a major test for each one of us as well as a great opportunity to grow as individuals and community. This is a pause along the road from which we can set new priorities and goals and hopefully as a species we can find the way to live more simply, showing respect to Nature and biodiversity.

Paraphrasing Tennyson on his inspiring Ulysses poem, which I have really liked over the years as it’s a true answer on moments of difficulty … To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield!

Keep safe and warmest regards! And if you can #StayHome

Claudio, Enrique & the Far South Expeditions team!

Dear guests and friends,

We trust this note finds you all doing well and in good health, in the priceless company of family and friends.

Indeed, these are difficult times! A huge anxiety and concern on every corner on Earth due to a tiny but extremely powerful adversary.

Chile is officially now on Phase 4 of the pandemic and this means that borders will effectively close down from March 18th, 2020 onwards. Non-essential travel is highly discouraged at this time. This extreme measure, taken by our Government, will be revised within two weeks, considering the current health scenarios.

Our Operations team have been individually in contact with our clients with planned travels during the remaining of March and April. Those trips have been re-scheduled for later in the year.

Ongoing trips have been revised and likely to be finalized during the next couple of days due to the likely lockdown scenario of several villages and towns.

We have been in the painstaking task of offering solutions as we want to avoid additional problems affecting our esteemed guests.

As a reflection for everybody at Far South Expeditions, including workers, colleagues, collaborators, guests and friends. This is a unique opportunity to review our relationship with Nature; to recognize that our actions are having an overwhelming effect on the planet and on our own population’s welfare as well. Hopefully, we can learn and take these hardships as a true lesson of austerity and humility for years to come. We can still live more simply and in close and protective connection to what is left of the natural world.

Keep safe and warmest regards!

The Far South Expeditions team!