Included Robinson Crusoe Island Cultural Experience (Pirate Party)
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Port
The Seabourn Juan Fernandez Experience (Day 1)
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Activity Level
Moderate Activity
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Excursion Type
All
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Wheelchair Accessible
No
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Starting At (prices in USD)
$0.01
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Minimum Age
Information Not Currently Available
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Duration
90 Minutes
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Meals Included
Meals not included
It is not well known that during the XVI and XVIII centuries this archipelago was visited by different explorers, pirates and corsairs. These sailors came to Robinson Crusoe to replenish their fresh goods, water and recuperate from scurvy that the crew suffered after long and dangerous travels like crossing from one ocean to another. Important sailors that visited Juan Fernandez were: the Dutchmen Le Maire, Schoutenand Roggeveen, the Englishmen Bartolomeo Sharp, Wiliam Dampier, Cook, Edward Davis, Woodes Rogers, Shelvocke, Clipperton and Lord George Anson the admiral of British Royal Navy.
Among them stands out the most famous of all, the Scottish Alexander Selkirk who was abandoned in complete solitude on Robinson Crusoe in 1704 and later rescued in 1709. His incredible story inspired the French novelist Daniel Defoe to write his famous novel “The extraordinary adventures of Robinson Crusoe” in 1719. The islands became the perfect refuge for these sailors that later set sail towards the coasts of Chile in search of riches for their kingdoms.
Inspired in these legends, and in the part of the bay where Alexander Selkirk ended his maroonement, rescued by the expeditions commanded by captain Woods Rogers (1709), and in the landing place of many PIRATES you will enjoy a cocktail of Fish snack and Pisco sour by the sea at a Local Restaurant accompanied for local live music and staff costumed like pirates.