Qualla: Cabo Froward https://qualla.com/cabo-froward en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:39:57 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Cabo Froward https://qualla.com/cabo-froward Cabo Froward: Introduction https://qualla.com/cabo-froward/ Stand on Cabo Froward and you have run out of continent. Every step further south now requires a boat. This blunt, wind-scoured headland on the Strait of Magellan is the southernmost point of mainland South America, the last place in the Americas you can reach on foot without crossing open water. Crowning a hill some 360 meters above the strait stands the Cruz de los Mares, a 24-meter steel cross. The first was raised in 1913; the climate has torn down several since. The present cross went up in 1987 to mark the visit of Pope John Paul II to Chile that year.

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/4/q/m/m/cabo-froward-wk/4qmm-cabo-froward-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Cabo Froward: The End of the Road, and Then Some https://qualla.com/cabo-froward/ The cape sits south of Punta Arenas in Chilean Patagonia, and reaching it is no casual outing. You can arrive by boat. Or you can walk, on a brutal four-day round trip that begins at the Río San Pedro near Fuerte Bulnes, where the road simply stops. The route hugs rocky beaches a...

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/4/q/m/m/cabo-froward-wk/4qmm-cabo-froward-the-end-of-the-road-and-then-some.mp3 0:06 2 full Cabo Froward: On the Tide's Schedule https://qualla.com/cabo-froward/ Out here, the ocean sets the timetable. Stretches of beach that are an easy walk at low tide turn into a scramble over slick boulders, or vanish entirely, when the water rises. The trail is poorly marked, fading in and out of the forest, and the standard advice is grimly simple: ...

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/4/q/m/m/cabo-froward-wk/4qmm-cabo-froward-on-the-tides-schedule.mp3 0:06 3 full Cabo Froward: The Cross at the Bottom of the World https://qualla.com/cabo-froward/ The final approach earns its reward. From the last beach, ropes lead up a cliff, then a forest path, then a steep climb of more than an hour to the base of the cross itself. The Cruz de los Mares stands hollow and metal, built to survive what wood and earlier crosses could not. T...

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