Navimag Ferry - Peurto Natalies to Puerto Montt

so eventually after lots of messing about - cancellations, delays etc etc we boarded the NaviMag Ferry. This trip had been reccomended to us by good and usually reliable friends (yes you know who you are Mr & Mrs Leeks) so had high expectations despite the hassle at the start.
The boat sets sail at 6am so you have to sleep onboard the night before and then the journey between peurto natales and peurto montt takes 3 days. All our meals were included... and were actually pretty good.
The route...

Unfortunately the 'Proper' NaviMag was still in Peurto Montt having the motor repaired. So we boarded a slightly smaller and less passenger friendly ship - with no casino or bar. In fact no nothing... and even a no-alcohol policy onboard - so all i had for entertainment was Terry and a few French and Swiss guys...
Our Ferry...

Boarding..

The ferry is a cargo ship, carrying goods including livestock between the two towns.

Cows - became a little smelly on day 3!

There were only about 25 passegners onboard, 10 of which were tourists. We shared a cabin with a newly married swiss german couple on their honeymoon... Our cabin with window view...

We went to bed whilst the boat is docked.. so when we awake in the morning we get a glipse of our first views... truely amazing...
snow topped mountians, hundreds of little islands and the weather is glorious - the nicest its been all week (sunny, clear skys, calm water but still bloody cold)!!!

And we squeezed through some tight spaces...

Because the weather was so good the captain decided to go a different route - through the glaciers... amazing....

As the trip goes on we explore the boat...

It got a bit chilly at times...

And also a little cloudy - really low cloud..

We saw some beautiful sunsets..

During the our time at sea we also saw a shipwreck and were overtaken by navy vessells...

The captain allowed passengers in the bridge - which is where they control the boat - it was nice and warm in here so I spent a lot of time not understanding the conversation of the crew... Hey Guys cold out there...?

As the trip went on and we headed up North - the landscape and weather started to change, the wind became less chilly, the snow caps dissappeared and the land became greener.

Another few snaps of our journey..

Apart from the stunning scenery, there was little else to do on the boat. Terry watched a few films - in spanish with the locals whilst i braved the cold and sat in the captains box.

At night time us tourists made our own entertainment... party on the boat.... luckily our fellow tourists notice as we did to the non alcohol policy - so we had plenty of drink to go around!!! JD Anna and Saline

and playing silly games...

Antony couldnt guess Rambo - despite being the spiiting image!!!

So our time at sea came to an end... we could sea peurto montt...

Also along the we saw a few penguins and dolphins - but no whales

The Navimag was a good experience and we saw some stunning views.... our only disspointment was that we werent on the boat we were promised... but thats how the cookie crumbles!