Port Description

Cruise Cape Horn, South America

Thanks to the tools of modern navigation, rounding "the Horn" is no longer fraught with treachery. For early explorers, successful passage around this rocky headland at the tip of Chile's Tierra del Fuego was no mean feat. Ships regularly ran aground in the strong currents and stormy climate of the "roaring forties," the waters between 40° and 50° latitude, and Mother Nature continues to unleash her power at the confluence of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Honors for the first successful sailing go to the Dutch navigator Willem Cornelis Schouten who named the Cape for his birthplace: Hoorn, Netherlands.