In Chile: Torres del Paine National Park, Punta Arenas and Cabo Froward

Torres del Paine National Park is a national park encompassing mountains, glaciers, lakes, and rivers in southern Chilean Patagonia. The Cordillera del Paine is the park's centerpiece. 

Paine means "blue" in the native Tehuelche (Aonikenk) language and is pronounced PIE-neh. It was established as a National Park in 1959. It lies in a transition area between the Magellanic subpolar forests and the Patagonian Steppes. 

The Torres del Paine ("Towers of Paine") are the distinctive three granite peaks of the Paine mountain range or Paine Massif. They are known as Torre d'Agostini, Torre Central, and Torre Monzino (they extend up to 2,500 metres above sea level) and are joined by the Cuernos del Paine ("Horns of Paine"). 

PUNTA ARENAS

Near Punta Arenas, the Strait of Magellan is a navigable sea route in southern Chile separating mainland South America to the north and the Tierra del Fuego archipelago to the south. In 1520, the Spanish expedition of the Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan, after whom the strait is named, became the first Europeans to discover it.

Considered the most important natural passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, the strait is approximately 570 km long and 2 km wide at its narrowest point. The route is difficult to navigate due to frequent narrows and unpredictable winds and currents. 

The Magellan expedition, was a 16th-century (1519-1522) Spanish expedition planned and led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. Its purpose was to secure a maritime trade route with the Moluccas, or Spice Islands, in present-day Indonesia. 

One of the most significant voyages in the Age of Discovery, the expedition totaled 60,440 km and achieved the first circumnavigation of Earth in history. It marked the first crossing of the Pacific by a European expedition revealing the vast scale of that ocean, and proved that ships could sail around the world on a western sea route.

The Nao Victoria was the sole ship of Ferdinand Magellan's five-vessel expedition that successfully completed the first circumnavigation of the globe between 1519 and 1522. 

=>This ship is replica.

Cabo Froward (Cape Froward) is the southernmost point of mainland South America. It is located in the Magallanes Region of Chile, along the north shore of Magellan Strait, being the southern tip of the Brunswick Peninsula.

I am thrilled to have reached the southernmost point of mainland South America!

My objective is to visit the 3 remaining extreme points of mainland South America...

Will I be able to achieve it?

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In Argentina, driving to and visiting Ushuaia