It’s been a long time coming, but I finally got the slightly
more than tentative word that, starting next Friday, Navimag will resume its weekly ferry shuttle
between Puerto Montt (whose
terminal building appears in the photograph above) and Puerto Natales. One of
this summer’s biggest disappointments has been the lack of a suitable
replacement for the former Evangelistas,
which used to carry upwards of 300 passengers on this popular route, where
Natales is the gateway to the southern Andean grandeur of Torres del
Paine (pictured below).
Navimag's new vessel Edén, a
reconditioned passenger and vehicle ferry that formerly connected the Baja
California peninsula with the Mexican mainland, will have a smaller passenger
capacity than the Evangelistas, but
at least it will make matters more predictable. I was particularly pleased
because it means that, on the 18th, I should be able to sail back to Puerto
Montt rather than make the long drive back via Argentina.
The information is not yet up on Navimag’s website, and
there could still be a glitch, but I’m reasonably confident that things will go
according to schedule. My sources in Navimag’s Santiago headquarters told me
the vessel had set sail from Valparaíso, so it
should arrive in Puerto Montt well ahead of Friday’s scheduled departure.
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