Sightseens & Tours in Ushuaia |
There are many tourist attractions when you think
about visiting Ushuaia
and all its surrounding area, however, and as almost all the
time happens, there are certain places that you can not miss.
For those who are interested in being amazed by beautiful
landscapes, Ushuaia is the place, the combination of ground,
sea, forest, glaciers and mountain make everything there to
be a post card.
In the city the visitors can choose different tours, for
the one who enjoy history, it is recommended to visit the
historic area of the city where there are still remains of
the the original buildings. Also it is recommended to visit
the museum of End of the world, the ex- jail and the jail
of recidivist (where works the maritime museum), the station
of “piscicultura” Olivia river and the museum
of scale model of the Yamana World
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City Tour of Ushuaia |
This is an excellent option when you think about
going round the city; it allows visiting some of the areas
of the city on a Double Decker Bus of a London style. |
CITY TOUR
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Martial Glacier in Ushuaia |
After going over a sinuous path that climbs up
the Martial Chain, we are on the bottom of the sky rink of
Sky Andino, which its mean of transportation is the air chair.
From it you can enjoy the amazing view of the Glacier, of
Ushuaia, the Beagle Canal and also the Navarino Island in
Chile.
If you go on climbing, after a couple of hours of walk you
can finally experiment the sensation of having ice in your
hands.
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MARTIAL GLACIER
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Escondido Lake in Ushuaia |
After going through the Andes Fueguinos, 60 km
up on the north and passing by the main winter centers of
the province, you will find this beautiful and marvelous hidden
lake in the range, on the bottom of Garibaldi Paso.
To get there you must drive 36 km of pavement and 24 of stone
roads by National route nº 3. After arriving you can
walk through the mountains that surround it and practice fishing
sport.
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ESCONDIDO LAKE
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Fagnano Lake in Ushuaia |
This lake is 160 km on the north of Ushuaia;
it is a privileged place to practice activities such as sportive
fishing, navigation or just to see the extensive fauna of
the place.
At the same time driving on National Route nº 3 and
then by the complementary “H”, in this place there
are also the Yehuin, Chepelmut and Yakush lakes, all of them
available for fishing “trucha”, tours on boats
and fauna seeing. Besides, there is the option of complementing
these activities with rural tourism.
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FAGNANO LAKE
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Yehuin Lake in Ushuaia |
This lake is situated 160 km on the north of
Ushuaia, it is a privileged place to practice different activities,
such as sportive fishing, navigation or just to enjoy the
extensive fauna of the place.
To get here you must take National route nº 3 and then
take the complementary “H”, here there are also
the lakes Yehuin, Chepelmut and Yakush, all of them available
for fishing trout, for tours in motorboats, and to sightsee
the fauna. Besides you can complement these activities with
the alternative of rural tourism.
In these zone you can also see the Shenolsh hill, natural
habitat of the andino condor from the Patagonia, from where
you can see an amazing panoramic view of all the area. |
YEHUIN LAKE
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National park Tierra del Fuego in Ushuaia |
The park is 11 km on the best of Ushuaia; it
is the unique park in Argentina that has coast over the sea
(Beagle canal). It has amazing views to the lake and forest
for all of those who love nature.
The required element to visit the park is to have your camera
ready to take photos of the beauty of this natural reserve.
It is also an ideal place for watching aquatic birds like
ducks, “cauquenes” and “chorlos”.
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NATIONAL PARK
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End of the World train in Ushuaia |
In the past the prisoners where transferred by
train when there was need to provide firewood to the population.
Nowadays, this end of the world train has become a great way
of going back in time and to know about the history of Ushuaia,
it is like reliving the past times.
The train has to be taken, as it must be, at the end of the
world station, the one that is located 8 km on the west of
the city. From here and in an imitation of the “prisoners
little train” you have the possibility of visiting areas
where the prisoners used to go.
Antique forest, rivers, and the reconstruction of a native
settlement are seeing all along the trip. This tour also makes
a stop at Macarena water fall and in its last part permits
to get close to the National Park Tierra del Fuego.
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END OF THE WORLD TRAIN
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Hemispheric Red of beach Birds in Ushuaia |
The coast of Tierra del Fuego that goes from
San Sebastián Bay up to San Pablo cape is a relevant
international important region for the survival of some species
of coastal migrational birds. This zone, that occupies most
part of the east coast of the island, receives every year
many birds of this kind.
Some of them spend there the non reproductive part of their
lives here, to go back in autumn to the north hemisphere where
the nests are done.
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BEACH BIRDS
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