Nao Victoria Museum & Patagonian Maritime Walk
Explore full-scale replicas of famous ships that navigated the Strait of Magellan, including the Victoria — the first vessel to circumnavigate the globe.
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Nao Victoria Museum Entrance
This open-air maritime museum on the coast south of town displays full-scale replicas of historic ships, including Magellan's Victoria and the Beagle.
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Replica Nao Victoria
The three-masted caravel Victoria was the sole surviving ship of Magellan's fleet that completed the first circumnavigation of the world in 1522.
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HMS Beagle Replica
The Beagle carried Charles Darwin through the Strait of Magellan in 1833 — this replica shows the cramped conditions under which science was transformed.
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Ernest Shackleton's James Caird
A replica of the open lifeboat in which Shackleton made his legendary 1,300-km rescue voyage from Elephant Island to South Georgia in 1916.
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Magellan Strait Interpretive Trail
An outdoor trail with panels tracing 500 years of navigation through the strait, from Magellan to the first steamships of the modern era.
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Coastal Strait Viewpoint
The museum's southern viewpoint looks over the actual Strait of Magellan — the same waters where all these famous voyages unfolded across the centuries.