Cruise Port Guide

The Sbn Juan Fernandez Experience Cruise Port

The bucket-list things to do — and the private, expert-led way to do each.

Here’s the bucket list for your day ashore: the most extraordinary thing to do at each stop, and the private, small-group, or expert-led way to make it yours — your own pace, real access, none of the crowd.

In port at The Sbn Juan Fernandez Experience (day 2), the bucket-list move is Alexander Selkirk's Lookout: Guided Summit Hike. Far South Expeditions runs it — a private, expert-led experience at your own pace, not a 40-person coach. Below: all 6 bucket-list things to do on a The Sbn Juan Fernandez Experience (day 2) port day, each with the independent way to make it yours.
Alexander Selkirk's Lookout: Guided Summit Hike
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Alexander Selkirk's Lookout: Guided Summit Hike

Ascend the legendary mirador where the real Robinson Crusoe scanned the horizon for rescue ships. A guided small-group trek through endemic cloud forest to the island's most iconic viewpoint — utterly bucket-list.

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Pelagic Seabird & Marine Wildlife Morning Boat Expedition
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Pelagic Seabird & Marine Wildlife Morning Boat Expedition

Glide through the waters of the Juan Fernández Archipelago National Park at dawn, scanning for Juan Fernández petrels, Más Afuera petrels, and other ultra-rare endemic seabirds found nowhere else on the planet.

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San Juan Bautista Village & Natural History Center Cultural Walk
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San Juan Bautista Village & Natural History Center Cultural Walk

Explore the only settlement on Robinson Crusoe Island with an expert local guide, culminating at the archipelago's Natural History Center — a world-class repository of the island's extraordinary endemic ecosystems and human history.

Book it withFar South ExpeditionsUSD 120–160 per person (guided village & museum walk; contact operator for private group rate)
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Fuerte Santa Bárbara: Colonial Fort & Island History Hike
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Fuerte Santa Bárbara: Colonial Fort & Island History Hike

Climb to the dramatic ruins of Fuerte Santa Bárbara, the 18th-century Spanish colonial fort overlooking Cumberland Bay — one of the Pacific's most evocative and least-visited historic sites.

Book it withFar South ExpeditionsUSD 130–170 per person (guided history hike; contact operator for private group rate)
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Cumberland Bay Snorkel & Dive: World-Class Endemic Marine Life
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Cumberland Bay Snorkel & Dive: World-Class Endemic Marine Life

Plunge into the crystalline waters of Cumberland Bay inside the Juan Fernández Archipelago National Park — one of the Pacific's most biodiverse and least-dived marine environments, home to endemic fish found nowhere else on Earth.

Book it withFar South ExpeditionsUSD 180–240 per person for guided snorkel; USD 280–350 per person for guided dive (equipment included; contact operator for private group rates)
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Juan Fernández Endemic Forest Nature Walk with Expert Naturalist
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Juan Fernández Endemic Forest Nature Walk with Expert Naturalist

Trek through one of the world's most extraordinary island forests — a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve where over 60% of plant species exist nowhere else on Earth — guided by an expert naturalist on a private interpretive walk.

Book it withFar South ExpeditionsUSD 150–190 per person (guided nature walk; contact operator for exclusive private group rate)
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