4-Day Trip to Ushuaia by Air from Buenos Aires

Overview

Day by day itinerary

1. 1Arrival⌄

   Transfer from the airport/bus terminal to the Hotel.

   Overnight: 3 nights in 3-star or 4-star accommodation (Standard room with breakfast).

2. 2Tierra de Fuego National Park⌄

   The national park is located 11 km away from the city. We will be able to appreciate lakes, lagoons and rivers within its limits, and their exit towards Beagle Channel.

   Departing from Maipu Avenue, we'll head towards the southwest by the national route number 3 and drive out of the city passing by the slope of the Susana Mount, witness of the work of the prisoners of the old prison, where now the Southern Fuegian Railway is located. Here we will stop for this optional tour.

   Continuing through the valley to the deviation that takes us to the Ensenada Bay, we will be able to contemplate the Redonda and Estorbo Islands and on the other coast of the Channel of Beagle, the snow-white Mountains of the Sampaio Chain (Chile).

   Back again on the national route number 3 with the fuegian forest and its flora close to the road we will go to the Roca Lake to do a long walk by the lake coast and by the Lapataia river, originated in the lake. From this point we can see the Cóndor Hill natural border with Chile.

   We will go towards the other end of the Park, where route 3 ends at Lapataia Bay, on the way to the mentioned bay we will observe the Green Lagoon and the Black Lagoon, large growing peat bog.

   Finally we will pass by the beaver dams, whose footpath will lead to Lapataia Bay.

   Meals: Breakfast

   Overnight: 3 nights in 3-star or 4-star accommodation (Standard room with breakfast).

3. 3Beagle Channel Boat Tour With Sea Lions' Island⌄

   The tour begins with the transfer from the hotels of Ushuaia to the Tourist Port "Don Eduardo Arturo Brisigheli", where we will board the boat. As we move away from the coast, we will be able to see incredible panoramic views of the whole city and its most important buildings, in addition to a combination of sea and mountains, highlighting the mountains Olivia, Cinco Hermanos, Estancias Fique and Túnel and the Encajonado River. In the direction of the island of Los Lobos, we can observe these curious and friendly marine mammals, and in complete silence, sail around the island for about 20 minutes observing its habitat. Then the catamaran will head to the island of Los Pájaros to see the cormorants, Magellanic, Albatross, Fullman Petrels, Giant Petrels and 20 different species of seabirds. Later, sailing through Paso Chico, we return to Ushuaia, with a view of the beautiful setting that gives the city the Martial Mount and its glacier of the same name.

   From there, the boat heads towards the centre of the Beagle Channel, towards the south-west, reaching the Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse, in the archipelago of the same name. On one of these islands it is possible to see parts of the ship Monte Cervantes, which was wrecked in 1930.

   In the direction of the Sea Lions' Island, we can observe these curious and friendly marine mammals, and in complete silence, sail around the island for about 20 minutes observing its habitat. Then the catamaran will head to the island of Los Pájaros to see the cormorants, Magellanic, Albatross, Fullman Petrels, Giant Petrels and 20 different species of seabirds. Later, sailing through Paso Chico, we return to Ushuaia, with a view of the beautiful setting that gives the city the Martial Mount and its glacier of the same name.

   Meals: Breakfast

   Overnight: 3 nights in 3-star or 4-star accommodation (Standard room with breakfast).

4. 4Departure⌄

   Transfer from the Hotel to the Airport/bus terminal.

   Meals: Breakfast