South & Central America
Highlights - Essential Info - Itineraries - History
- Arica
- Atacama Desert
- Easter Island
- Lauca National Park
- Santiago
- Skiing & Fishing
- The Lake District
- Tierra del Fuego
- Torres del Paine & Patagonia
- Vina del Mar & Valparaiso
- Vineyards & Wine Tours In The Central Valley
- Cruises in Patagonia
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 square kilometres of sub-Antarctic tundra, swampy peat bogs, lakes beech forest 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, Magellanic penguins, skuas and cormorants.
Our preferred hotels are:
Los Cauquenes Hotel (Ushuaia in Argentina)
Las Hayas (Ushuaia in Argentina)
