South & Central America
Highlights - Essential Info - Itineraries
- Bariloche & the Lake District
- Buenos Aires
- Estancias of Argentina
- Iguassu Falls
- Maree Australis
- Mendoza
- Peninsula Valdes
- Perito Moreno & Lago Argentino
- Salta & Jujuy
- Ushuaia & Tierra del Fuego
Ushuaia & Tierra del Fuego
Tierra del Fuego, the 'Land of Fire’ is a vast island at the very tip of the continent and split between Chile and Argentina. The little Chilean village of Porvenir can be accessed by boat or you can fly from Punta Arenas, but the largest town is Ushuaia on the Argentinian side. Enjoying a rather dramatic location wedged between mountains and the Beagle Channel, Ushuaia is the main gateway to the island’s treasures.
Arguably the island’s principal highlight is the Tierra del Fuego National Park which covers over 630 sq kms of sub-Antarctic tundra, swampy peat bogs, lakes and jagged mountain scenery. A visit to Ushuaia is not complete without a boat trip along the Beagle Channel where marine life abounds including sea lions, dolphins, Minke whales, sometime even killer whales and a wide variety of birdlife including giant petrels, albatrosses and Magellanic penguins.
Our preferred hotels are:
Los Cauquenes (Ushuaia)
Las Hayas (Ushuaia)
Hotel del Glaciar (Ushuaia)
