The southernmost city in the world sits between the mountains and the Beagle Channel, and this tour gives you all three sides of it: the town and its history, the forests and lakes of Tierra del Fuego National Park, and the islands and the lighthouse of the channel, with flights from Buenos Aires, three nights and every transfer included.
Arrival and city tour. Your flight leaves from Buenos Aires. When you land in Ushuaia, a guide from 01Argentina is waiting with a sign with your name to take you to your hotel. After a rest, the city tour: the old Prison of Recidivists, with its architecture and its hard history; the harbour and the Paseo del Centenario viewpoint over the mountains; the Beban house, bought by catalogue in Sweden in 1911; the houses of the first settlers; the city centre and the restricted area of the Naval Base. The city tour runs from October to March and starts from the corner of San Martín and Fadul streets, not from the hotel; outside those months there is no city tour.
Full day in Tierra del Fuego National Park, with trekking and canoeing. A two-and-a-half-hour walk along a trail through the most beautiful part of the park, between the forest and the shore, among great trees and the birds that live in them. Then very stable canoes take you onto the Beagle Channel, past Isla de Lobos and Isla Redonda and the imperial cormorants, with a coffee break ashore at a refuge where the Yámana people used to live, looking out over the channel. In the early afternoon you continue to Lapataia Bay and its seabirds, and return to Ushuaia by road at about 6 pm. Trekking and canoeing run from October to March; the rest of the year the park visit is a half day, without them.
Catamaran trip on the Beagle Channel, half day. The catamaran leaves from the tourist pier and sails past Isla de los Lobos, Isla de los Pájaros and the Les Eclaireurs lighthouse, where you watch the seabirds and the sea lions. On one of the islands you can see remains of the Monte Cervantes, the ship that sank here in 1930, and on the way back to Ushuaia you have the view of Mount Martial and its glacier: the sea and the mountains together.
Departure. Breakfast and transfer to the airport for the flight back to Buenos Aires. End of the Ushuaia tour.
Regular service as described; it can also be quoted private, and tailored to your dates, interests and budget.
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From October to March. The rest of the year the weather does not allow them, and the visit to Tierra del Fuego National Park is a half day without the trekking and the canoes.
As described it is a group service, shared with other travellers. Tell us if you would like it private and we quote it that way.
No. The entrance fee to Tierra del Fuego National Park is paid separately, at the park.
The Beagle Channel trip in this tour goes to the sea lions, the seabirds and the lighthouse. The penguin colony is a separate navigation that can be added; see the optional excursions in Ushuaia.
Yes, and it is the most popular way to do it: see Ushuaia & El Calafate, the end of the world and the glaciers in six days.
Ushuaia is the capital of Tierra del Fuego, on the shore of the Beagle Channel and at the foot of the Martial range. It began as a prison town and a naval base, and the city tour tells that story, from the old prison to the houses of the first settlers.
The two big days are the park and the channel. Tierra del Fuego National Park has forest, lakes and coast down to Lapataia Bay, and in season you walk it and paddle it by canoe; the Beagle Channel trip goes out to the islands of sea lions and cormorants and the Les Eclaireurs lighthouse.
We include the flights from Buenos Aires, three nights with breakfast, the transfers, the city tour and both excursions with a guide. Tell us your dates and how many of you are travelling, and we come back within 24 hours with the trip quoted as one figure.
The end of the world and the glaciers: the Beagle Channel, the national park, the Perito Moreno and the icebergs.
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