Travel and get to know Ushuaia, Argentina
USHUAIA
Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world, is the capital of the province of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands. Located on the shores of the Beagle Channel and surrounded by mountains and glaciers, it offers a unique landscape in Argentina such as the combination of mountains, sea, glaciers and forests, a landscape that can well summarize many trips in one. The whimsical topography has created an extremely picturesque city. It is a different destination on trips to Patagonia, due to its architecture and its location facing the sea and behind a mountain range.? The climate in Ushuaia is not as harsh as it is believed, since the mountains and the sea soften it. That is why trips can be made practically throughout the year. Cruises also set out from Ushuaia that make trips to the nearby fjords and to the mythical Cape Horn, the point of confluence of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
End of the world train
The End of the World Train or Southern Railway Fueguino is the world's first ecological train, which runs through an inaccessible part of the Tierra del Fuego National Park. The End of the World Train consists of steam locomotives and elegant heated cars with large windows. The tour lasts 1 hour 40 minutes and formerly the train was used by the inmates of the Ushuaia prison to transport wood from the forests that today are part of the Tierra del Fuego National Park.
Tierra del Fuego National Park
The Tierra del Fuego National Park, created in 1960, extends over 63.000 hectares and constitutes the fundamental reserve of the Argentine subantarctic forest, being a true "Southern Paradise". It is home to a great variety of flora and fauna, being the lenga the most abundant tree in the area, being able to reach 30 m in height and a trunk of 1,5 m in diameter, coexisting with cherries, ñires, cinnamon sticks and notros. Within the fauna of the park, the cauquén, the carpenter and the bandurrias stand out. Beavers are one of the most visible attractions, being both beavers and rabbits a plague of the area since they were imported and are not indigenous.
Beagle Channel
Bordering the southern end of the Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego is the Beagle Channel that marks the border with Chile. The route that accompanies its coast leads to a lush forest of lengas and ñires that leads to the Victoria lagoon; You can also see the Les Eclaireurs lighthouse and various colonies of sea lions, Mount Olivia with an approximate height of 1.500 m and Gable Island.
