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Each spring before 2015, Seno Otway, 70 km north of the city, hosted hundreds of Magellanic Penguins returning to their birthplace to breed. They stopped returning after the construction of a coal mine there. Check with locals before planning a visit. Many travel agencies offered day trips from Punta Arenas that allowed very limited time at the colony, so it's best to visit with your own car.
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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.
Cerveceria Austral
Learn about and enjoy the traditional production process and a beer-tasting session at the southernmost brewery in the world. Call ahead for tour times and availability (minimum 2 people). Lasts 60-90 minutes and tastings are generous with their measures.
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.