Discover Tierra del Fuego on a 4-day Ushuaia tour at the southern tip of South America. Explore Tierra del Fuego National Park, navigate the Beagle Channel, observe marine wildlife, and experience remote landscapes through Gable Island from October to March or Laguna Esmeralda in April.
Your Tierra del Fuego adventure begins at Ushuaia Airport, where a driver-guide will welcome you and take you to your hotel. After check-in, receive a short briefing and enjoy a free afternoon in the southernmost city in the world. Depending on your arrival time, you may walk along the waterfront, visit a city viewpoint, or add an optional afternoon City Tour or Puerto Almanza & Punta Paraná experience.
Overnight at Hotel Alto Andino, Standard Room, or similar, Ushuaia.
Meals: None.
After breakfast, explore Tierra del Fuego National Park on a 6-hour excursion. Walk through lenga forest at Ensenada Zaratiegui and visit Lake Acigami, Laguna Verde, the Ovando River, and Lapataia Bay, the end of Route 3. A warming lunch is served in a heated dome. In the afternoon, board the 3:00 PM yacht cruise on the Beagle Channel, visiting sea lions, cormorant colonies, and Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse. Weather permitting, make a short interpretive walk on Bridges Island before returning to Ushuaia.
Overnight at Hotel Alto Andino, Standard Room, or similar, Ushuaia.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch.
Travel east along Route 3 and Route J to the Beagle Channel for a full-day Gable Island and Penguin Colony experience. Paddle inflatable canoes across the channel toward remote Gable Island, surrounded by mountains, forests, and expansive coastal scenery. Enjoy a hot lunch in a private shelter before walking through its wild terrain and discovering part of the island’s natural and human history. Later, board a motorboat to approach Martillo Island and observe Magellanic penguins from the water before returning to Ushuaia.
This experience operates on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from October to March. In April, it is replaced by a guided trek to Laguna Esmeralda through Tierra Mayor Valley, with a box lunch beside its emerald waters.
Overnight at Hotel Alto Andino, Standard Room, or similar, Ushuaia.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch.
After breakfast, a private transfer without guide assistance will take you from your hotel to Ushuaia Airport at the time coordinated for your flight. Should your departure be later in the day, an optional afternoon City Tour or Puerto Almanza & Punta Paraná excursion may be arranged before your transfer.
Meals: Breakfast.
Updated October 4th, 2022
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We are very happy to announce that there are currently no travel restrictions in Chile.
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The Team at Cascada Expediciones & EcoCamp Patagonia
