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Cerro de la Cruz

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The hills are good places to enjoy the landscape anywhere. Punta Arenas looks amazing from The Cross Hill; from here you can also see Tierra del Fuego, the Brunswick Peninsula and the Sarmiento Mountain in the middle of an amazing scenery.

Attractions

Architecture and topographic interest zone.

Activities

Flora and fauna contemplation, photography.

Location

Twelfth region, in Punta Arenas.

How to get there?

Santiago-Punta Arenas: Airway.

Punta Arenas-Froward Cape: Seaway.

When to go?

All year long.

Climate

Cold moderate rainy weather, without dry season but with microclimates. The annual media temperature is 8°C, meanwhile during summer time the temperature goes from 10° to 18°C. The annual media rain is 450 milimiters.

Services

Housing, food, transportation, outdoor activities.

Surroundings

Froward Cape, Punta Arenas cementery, de la Cruz Hill, Pali-Aike cave, El Salto, Magellian Strait, San Isidro lighthouse, Bulnes Fortress, Pali-Aike National Park, Punta Arenas, Magallanes National Reserve, Otway Inlet.

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    July/2011

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    July/2012

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    April/2011

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