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USHUAIA ( The End of The World ) |
Albatros Hotel **** |
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Services include: |
Sglb 525.- ad. night
327.- |
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Round trip airport
transfers. |
Dblb 305.-
ad. night 163.- |
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Accomodation for 03 nights, breakfast
included |
Trpb 260.- ad. night 60.- |
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Hostal del Bosque Hotel ***
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* Visit to The national Park including The Train. |
Sglb
525.- ad. night 327.- |
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* 3 hour Navigation on The Beagle Channel. |
Dblb
305.- ad. night 163.- |
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* Visit to Lake Escondido and Fagnano. |
Trpb
260.- ad. night 60.- |
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Patagonia |
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Tierra del Fuego
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The Andes mountain range shows
its beauty in the Patagonian provinces. Millennial silent forests with
native vegetable species are extended along the shores of glistening
waters. On top of the mountains, nature overflows with granite peaks and
ice fields spreading their glacier tongues into lakes of unsurpassable
beauty.
Imposing mammals and sea birds,
half-way between real life and fantasy, spend certain seasons on the rough
coasts of Patagonia where they complete part of their life cycle. Seals
colonies play on the islets and sandbanks. The world’s most important
southern elephant seal continental colony is located in Peninsula Valdés.
Every year, southern right whales come to Nuevo and San José gulfs to breed.
Patagonian hares, “ñandúes” (South American ostrich) and “guanacos” run
about the steppes, and the largest colony of Magellanic penguins in the
world is located in Punta Tombo. This life cycle repeated since time
immemorial, unfolds itself in front of the astonished visitors’ eyes.
In the south, Tierra del Fuego and
the World’s southernmost city, Ushuaia, are the gateway towards the vast and
mysterious Antarctica.
Things to do
Sailing. Departing from
Ushuaia, you can go on a cruise to the Antarctic. You can also go on a
catamaran trip along the Beagle Channel, where you will see seals,
Magellanic penguins, cormorants, and other sea birds. In the summer, there
are trips to estancia Harberton, property of the first white settlers in
Tierra del Fuego. Sailing around Cape Horn and the Isla de los Estados.
Ecotourism. A trip on the
southern-most train - Tren del Fin del Mundo - to Tierra del Fuego National
Park, where you can go trekking, watch wonderful landscapes.
Skiing.
Alpine or Nordic skiing is possible in Cerro Castor and several winter
centers. Trips on sledges pulled by Siberian huskies.
Sport fishing. Fish of the salmon
family weighing up to 11 Kg in the rivers and lakes of Isla Grande de Tierra
del Fuego.
Enjoy eating crabs, shellfish, and
roast lamb.
Places to visit
USHUAIA, CAPITAL OF
THE PROVINCE. This is the southern-most
city in the world. Its Museo del Fin del Mundo - End of the World Museum -
has some interesting exhibits dedicated to indigenous people, nature, local
history, and the shipwrecks that have occurred in this area.
BEAGLE CHANNEL AND
TIERRA DEL FUEGO NATIONAL PARK. In this national park
there are samples of sub-Antarctic forest. This is the home of red foxes,
guanacos, beavers, condors and ducks. The park offers a beautiful view of
the Beagle Channel and its mountainous islands. Lapataia Bay and its many
sea birds are particularly beautiful. There are also some remains of a shell
beach used by the Yaghanes Indians.
RÍO GRANDE. When travelling from
Ushuaia to Río Grande, take a beautiful route which goes across the Paso
Garibaldi mountain range. This is a spectacular place, specially in the fall,
due to the red leaves of the lenga trees. In this area, there are facilities
for long-distance skiing, as well as impenetrable forests, peat bogs, and
lakes like Lake Fagnano and Lake Escondido. The Museo Regional is 10 Km away
from Río Grande, and it has exhibits of the Onas Indians, fossils and
geological finds, and samples of the regional flora and fauna.
Other places of
interest: Estancia (ranch) María
Behety has one of the world's largest sheep-shearing sheds, with a capacity
for 5,000 sheep. At Cabo Domingo there is an excellent view of the sea.
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Argentina