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If You Go ...
Some things to do and places to go while in Tierra del Fuego
The Train at the World's End
Regular roundtrip ticket until October 31, 1998, is US$26 for adults, US$22 for children (26 pesos, 22 pesos, respectively).
Price increases November 1 for summer high season to US$30 for adults and US$25 for children (30 pesos, 25 pesos, respectively).
One-way tickets are US$4 to $5 less (pesos 4-5 less).
There are five to seven departures daily in summer high season, three daily in low season.
Roundtrip: 9 miles (14 kilometers) or 2 hours and 15 minutes, starting from End of the World Station 5 miles (8 kilometers) west of Ushuaia. More information is available from the stationmaster in Ushuaia at (54 901) 31-600.
Beagle Channel catamaran tours
Most excursions sail into or out of Ushuaia Bay, past Sea Lions' Island, Birds' Island, and the historical Les Eclaireurs lighthouse.
Longer excursions pass Port Almanza and Mackinlay Pass to Martillo Island, home to a Magellan Penguins' rookery.
Companies offering excursions include Rumbo Sur S.R.L., with twice daily departures on 2 1/2-hour outings. But rates and schedules vary, especially for longer day trips of 4-8 hours.
Rumbo Sur S.R.L.: write to San Martin 342, Ushuaia, Argentina 9410, or phone (54-901) 21139.
Other points of interests in or near Ushuaia
- Martial Glacier -- A winding 4.5-mile (7-kilometer) road climbs from Ushuaia up the Martial chain of mountains, leading to a downhill ski slope with chairlift. From the top is a panoramic view of the Beagle Channel and the Glacier. After a 2-hour walk it is possible to arrive at the glacier itself. Other sports in and around the glacier and neighboring mountain valleys include cross-country skiing, snow-cat and sled dog rides in winter (June until mid-September, weather permitting). Horseback riding, four-wheeling, bicycling, backpacking predominate in other seasons.
- Tierra del Fuego National Park -- A 150,000-acre (63,000-hectare) protected area of craggy mountains, rivers, valleys and lakes that begins 7.5 miles (12 kilometers) west of Ushuaia. Park forest frames beautiful views of Beagle Channel. Local wildlife includes black-browed albatross, petrels, rabbits, silver fox, beavers and muskrats. Mountain and shore hiking trails of varying difficulty.
- Maritime Museum of Ushuaia and former Presidio prison, San Martin and Yaganes streets, Ushuaia -- Museum at former "Southernmost Prison on Earth," which was begun at turn of century and closed in 1947. Now on grounds of an Argentine naval base, museum provides insights into history of prison and navigation of surrounding archipelago.
For more information
Instituto Fueguino de Turismo, a tourism chamber located at Av. Maipu 505 in Ushuaia. Phone (54 901) 23-340 or 21-423. Click here for the Web site.
Direccion Municipal de Turismo, the Municipal Tourism Office. Phone (54 901) 32-000 or 24-550. Click here for the Web site (in Spanish).
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