Kayaking is a sporting activity becoming popular in Puerto Natales. It is an amazing experience for relaxing and look within ourselves.
Kayaking is a great way to see some parts with difficult accessibility. You will visit the more secluded areas.
The first thing that you have to do is to contact a tour operator. There are many close to the city.
You can take a tour that starts in Puerto Prat, where the first settlement was founded.
When you arrive on Puerto Prat, the guides will prepare the equipment and give you a talk about the boat's inertia, the paddle, and the pedals. Then the experience will start putting on the lifejackets and sitting in the kayak.
This adventure began on the Señoret Channel. When you start this journey you think that you are so small compared to the vessels. Then you will go to the Eberhard fjord where you will face a first challenge, the waves.
You can see the Última Esperanza on the left side, Puerto Consuelo and the estancia with the same name is in the north. You can stop in this place, and you will enjoy a warm drink and pastries.
Then you have to continue paddling towards Villa Luisa, which was the home of Captain Eberhard and his family during the late 19th century.
During the tour, you can see several local species, cormorants, and ducks.
To finish you will visit Puerto Bories, which is an old gateway for livestock products in times of thriving economy. A museum shows many things related to those times.
At the end, you will be tired but with a smile on your face. This is one of the happiest adventurous activities to do in Puerto Natales.
Kayaking allows you to get a unique perspective of the mountains, glaciers, and icebergs from the water.