Balmaceda and Serrano glaciers are located inside Bernardo O´Higgins National Park, 31 miles northwest of Puerto Natales and is part of Andes Chain Mountains. Visit the park significates admire a majestic place almost untouched by the humans. The only way to access the park is by boat, sailing through Última Esperanza fjord that takes its name from the “last hope” to find Magallanes Strait in 1557, during an expedition that searched it from the Pacific Ocean. The trip will start in Puerto Natales and on our way it will be possible to see the buildings that belongs to “Frigorífico Bories” which was one of the biggest meat industry in Patagonia. You can also observe an imperial cormorant colony, a small sea-lions colony and a huge variety of plants that form the flora such as coigüe, cinnamon tree, lenga, ñirre and the calafate. Balmaceda Glacier can be seen from the boat while for Serrano Glacier, a 20 minutes walk is necessary, through a path that borders a small lake that appears with the melting glacier. On our way back, we will have a typical Patagonian lunch in a farm in “Última Esperanza” bay.
