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One of the top natural attractions of the region is the penguin rookery at Isla Magdalena, part of Monumento Natural Los Pingüinos. The island is a breeding site for hundreds of thousands of magellanic penguins. You can also see cormorants, seagulls and sea lions. The lighthouse has a small exhibition of the local fauna. A 5-hour trip. Two hours each way by boat and one hour on the island. Humans must stay on the path, but the penguins ignore it and will practically step on your feet as they waddle by. October - April. To get there, take the ferry from in the northern end of the city The ferry runs between November and April. The sailing takes two hours in each direction, with one hour on the island. As strong winds are common in this part of the world, seasickness can be a real risk on the ship.
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Río Seco Natural History Museum
Has an extraordinary collaboration between science and art, to bring natural and cultural heritages together. In 2013, brothers Benjamín Cáceres (a marine biologist) and Miguel Cáceres (a visual artist) assembled animal remnants such as skeletons in an artistic manner. It is housed in industrial buildings of the seaweed firm Algina.
Museo Nao Victoria
A nautically-themed museum that hosts replicas of the Nao Victoria, James Caird, Schooner Ancud and is building the first replica of the HMS Beagle. To arrive take the bus with destination Río Seco from the corner of Chiloé and Ignacio Carrera Pinto in town for $400.
Houses an outstanding collection of old steam engines, horse carts, cars, historic houses furnished in the 1870s and farm implements.
The shepherd monument is a bronze sculpture showcasing a typical traditional profession on the Magellanican pampa. Considered a symbol of the city, there isn't much to do here than to take a couple of pictures.
Famous for its magnificent mausoleums, architecture, and shaped pine trees, the municipal cemetery dates back to the 1840s and is blessed with the remains of many local aristocratic families, as well as English and Croatian immigrants.
Maggiorino Borgatello Museum
A Salesian Society museum of natural history and pre-Colombian ethnic groups.