Our last stop was to Isla Magdalena hoping to see the Magellanic penguin. The entire island is the Monumento Natural Los Penguins. It’s the time of the year that they are migrating off the island. We were very happy to see them on shore as we arrived to the Island when we got there just as the sun was rising. Once on the island, we followed the official path and watched the penguins wandering around baying and disappearing into their burrows.
Many cormorants were nesting on the island cliffs. The cormorants are black and white just like the penguins so it’s hard to tell them apart from a distance. One clear indicator is if it’s a black and white animal flying it’s a cormorant. If the animal is not flying, it may be either.
We had breakfast after the excursion and then had time to pack before we disembarked about noon. It was really nice to have the meal and extra time.
After disembarking, we took a taxi to the airport where we rented a car to drive up to Puerto Natales where we will spend two nights and visit Torres del Paine National Park. We stopped many times along the way to photograph animals(Guanaco, Andean condor, Chilean Flamingos, Rhea, Magellan goose, and more) in the fields along the road. We enjoyed the many rainbows too. It was about 250 kilometers and we took about 4 hours.
We had a nice room in Puerto Natales and went out for pizza for dinner. I picked the bacon and fried egg pizza as it seemed to be the closest to pepperoni.
