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Puerto del Hambre is on the margins of the coast of Bahía Buena, where Captain Sarmiento de Gamboa founded the city of King Don Felipe in March 1584. This attempt at Spanish colonization had a tragic end: its inhabitants perished of starvation . Years later, the English privateer Thomas Cavendish arrived at the place, and when he found only the remains of the old colony, he renamed the place ´´Port Famine´´, in Castilian Puerto del Hambre, a name that it still retains today.



Located approximately 60 km south of Punta Arenas.



Punta Arenas is located 3,090 km from Santiago de Chile and 2,286 km from Puerto Montt. You can get:



By plane

There are daily frequencies from the Santiago de Chile airport in 3 and a half hours of flight, and from Puerto Montt that you should consult.



By car

To get there by car, you must continue from Santiago de Chile on Route 5 South to Osorno where you must cross the Cardenal Samoré Border Crossing to the Argentine Republic, which will take you to the Patagonian sector. Take the Chilean road back through Puerto Natales.



Boat

There are frequencies from Puerto Montt that you can consult.



At km. 55 there is a detour to Río San Juan, an excellent place to go fishing and hiking.

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