Ushuaia: The Southernmost City in the World

• You will be met at the airport by one of our company representatives, and transported to your comfortable hotel.
• Evening at your leisure.

• After breakfast, you will take the Tierra del Fuego National Park Tour, where you will enjoy a ride on the southernmost train in the world, which makes a circuit around the National Park, this activity will be followed by a short guided trek.
• In the afternoon, you will go on a short cruise through the Beagle Channel.

• You will be transported to the airport either after breakfast, or at your leisure.

Prices Valid May- September

Prices Valid October- April

• Hotels based on US. Standards.
• All tours stated in the itinerary.
• 2 hotel nights in Ushuaia.
• All transfers and entrance fees.
• All breakfasts.
• English speaking tour guides.

Prices Valid May- September

Prices Valid October- April

From Ushuaia, you’ll take National Route 3 heading about 60km north, from where you’ll be able to enjoy the landscape of the Carabajal and Tierra Mayor Valleys. You’ll continue up to Paso Garibaldi, a panoramic spot with an impressive view of the Escondido and Fagnano Lakes. You’ll then arrive at the shores of Fagnano Lake from where the tour will continue off-road along the coast for about 10km. After skirting Bombilla Lagoon the vehicle gets back into the woods and following a secondary road eventually rejoins Route 3, from where you’ll head back to Ushuaia. The whole ‘safari’ takes about 8 or 9 hours, and is considered to be of low difficulty.

This tour is an introduction to Tierra del Fuego's history, wildlife and traditions. It starts from Ushuaia driving eastward to Harberton’s small dock from where you’ll board a zodiac boat and cross the Beagle Channel to Gable Island, the largest island in the channel. Wild, isolated and uninhabited, the island features an old sheep-shearing storehouse and some traces of the native Yamana Indians. While enjoying a warm and healthy breakfast in a comfortable hut, you’ll prepare for the 2-hour hike crossing the south of the island to reach the Beagle Channel. On the island, you’ll hike through some old native settlements and see many birds such as gulls, steamer ducks, petrels, cormorants, albatrosses and Magellan Penguins. After lunch your cruise continues to the Penguin Rockery at Martillo Island, home of a colony of Magellan Penguins and some Gentoo Penguins. The unique location of this island (close to the point where the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean waters merge) allows for the existence of an incredible variety of rich sub-aquatic life, in turn making it an amazing spot for bird watching (petrels, skuas, cormorants, sea gulls and albatross). Return to Harberton and an estancia which belongs to the descendants of the first British Missionaries that reached Tierra del Fuego, and was managed for many years by Ms. Natalie Goodall, one of the area’s foremost naturalists. After a short visit you’ll return to Ushuaia. Important note: Penguin tour available from November to March.

Heading to the National Park, you’ll start your trekking in Ensenada Bay, where you’ll see a wide variety of local flora and fauna, as well as some evidence of old Yamana settlements. After a 3-hour walk you’ll reach Lake Roca where lunch will be served before beginning the 1-hour kayaking adventure in Lapataia Bay. Return to Ushuaia.

Beavers are completely herbivorous mammals living on twigs, bark and leaves (to which they add grass in spring and summer). They build dams for protection and as a winter reserve of food. The departure from Ushuaia for this tour takes place during the summer evenings entering a private ranch and crossing the Andean Range in a comfortable Land Rover. After a 25 minute ride, you’ll be deep inside the Sub-Antarctic Beech Forest and the home of the beaver’s dams. You’ll be able to see the beavers at work as, due to a lack of predators, they have become extraordinarily abundant. Late evening return to Ushuaia after a dinner consisting of a healthy stew, with wonderful views of the city at night.