USHUAIA

The city of the End of the World

Placed at the Beagle Channel side and surrounded by the Martial Chain, this town offers a unique landscape in Argentina: a combination of mountains, sea, glaciers and forest. It is possible to go through the old part of the city, watching the typical fuegian architecture, as well as, the End of the World Museum and the Maritime Museum. Local painters, photographers and artisans, gather at the Culture House and the old Family Beban's Residence to show their works.

There is an interesting footpath to get to the base of the Martial Glacier for nature's lovers, from where you will have a wonderful view of the city, Beagle Channel and the glacier itself.

It belongs to the protected Andean Patagonian natural areas system, Tierra del Fuego National Park, is the southernmost (in Argentina) and limits in his occidental side with Republic of Chile. It was planned so as to give continuity to the protection given to the sub-Antarctic forest.

Day 1
Meet & greet at International airport in Buenos Aires. Transfer to domestic airport for flight to Puerto Madryn. Reception at the Trelew Airport. Transfer to the Punta Tombo Penguin Roockery to see the colony of magnificent Magellan Penguins that return every year to nest and feed their young.

Day 2 - Puerto Madryn
Continental breakfast. Day at the Valdés Peninsula, passing through the Ameghino Isthmus located between the Nuevo and San José Gulfs. Visit Puerto Pirámide, where there is a colony of sea lions. You don't want to miss the opportunity to take an optional tour by boat to see the whales that come to this area (between June and November). Return to Punta Delgada for a visit to the sea lion colony and Caleta Valdés where the sea elephants seem to have found their ideal natural habitat. Return to Puerto Madryn.

Day 3 - Puerto Madryn – Ushuaia
Continental breakfast. Transfer to the Trelew Airport to catch the flight to Ushuaia. Reception at the Ushuaia Airport and transfer to the selected hotel. In the afternoon we'll tour the city, including all the points of interest such as the Museum "The End of the World". Accommodations in Ushuaia.

Day 4 - Ushuaia
Continental breakfast. Leave for the Tierra del Fuego National Park, located only 12kms from the city. In this National Park, we can find typical species of the Patagonian forest in an area of 63,000 hectares. Before going into the National Park, you need to take the Train to the End of the World for an unforgettable trip through the zone, taking a look at the Beagle Channel. Here the old inhabitants of the area left a testimony of their existence in "concheros", incredibly rich archeological storehouses. As an option, you can take an excursion through the Beagle Channel in a catamaran crossing Lapatia and the Bahía Ensenada.

Day 5 - Ushuaia – El Calafate
Continental breakfast and transfer to the Ushuaia Airport to catch a flight to El Calafate. Transfer to the hotel and accommodations

Day 6 - El Calafate
Continental breakfast. Land excursion to the Perito Moreno Glacier, one of the planet's most active continental glaciers and declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO because of its astounding beauty and unusual behavior. Return to Calafate and the hotel.

Day 7 - El Calafate
Continental breakfast. Free day for an optional tour. We recommend doing a complete day excursion to the Upsala Glacier and the Bahía de Onelli, full of icebergs that have broken off from the glacier. Upsala is the largest glacier in the Southern Hemisphere. Its walls reach a height of between 60 and 80 meters and has a surface of 595 kms square. Return to the hotel in Calafate.

Day 8 - El Calafate
Continental breakfast. Transfer to El Calafate Airport and flight to Buenos aires. Overnight at a 4 star hotel. Tango dinner show

Day 9
Breakfast and transfer to airport.

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