ADVENTURE EXCURSIONS IN USHUAIA

MEETING WITH BEAVERS
Ushuaia sunsets are definitely amazing. This is, besides, the only time of the day that may offer the chance of seeing beavers. You therefore come with us in our 4x4 to get to some "castorera" (beavers' nest), driving through leafy forests and entangled roads. Mimetized with the vegetation, we expectantly wait the moment to see them. After we have lived the fascination of meeting these unbelievable engineers we move to a small inn, where we start cooking a good patagonian stew, chatting and enjoying some good wine while it gets ready. We can assure to you that the perfume of our stew is almost irresistible, and that is why we forbid that anybody gets close to the pot with a piece of bread in his/her hand. This particular moment, lived under the southern twilight may seem the best end for our meeting with beavers. But it is not so, because we still have our return to Ushuaia with the last splendours of the day. Can you imagine such a thing? Have no doubts, you must give yourself the possibility of living Nature in a unique way, a way that only Canal and you can share.
DEPARTURES: 19:00 hs.
DURATION: 3:30 HS

KAYAKING ON ROCA LAKE
They were hunters and fishermen, and only used a skin to defend themselves from the rough climate. Other protection simply had to do with the fats they ate: seals, fish, seafood, crabs or whales. They manufactured the tips of their harpoons, their fishhooks and their knives with bones and stones. They were called the Yámanas and were the first ones to inhabit, about six thousand years ago, what we today call the Beagle Channel. Their canoes were extremely simple, made with solidly fastened tree-bark and with a fire on the prow, on a base of sand. Without the warmth of that fire, they would have met death day after day. We let you know this in case you are worried whether weather will be too cold or if a small wave might wet you.
Canal will show you some of these impressive landscapes - many of them almost intact - in the way the Yámanas did: navigating in canoes, through non-difficult rivers, watching an immense quantity and variety of birds, and letting you have an idea of Ushuaia's first inhabitants. Kayaking is a tour planned for anybody willing to do some sport. Come on, this is a unique experience in an absolutely amazing surrounding. You will eventually get dry, but the remembrances and the experience will stay forever.
DEPARTURES: 14:00 p.m.
DURATION: 2 HS APROX

TREKKING IN THE NATIONAL PARK
¿Would you dare to trek through the last forests of the world? Would you dare to sail amongst the most impressive landscapes? Breathing the purest air, we learn everything about past and present Ushuaia. A few hours later we embark on a zodiac and, surrounded by seals, which swim alongside our boat, we get to the Redonda Island. We have there a tasty lunch and enjoy some free time, which helps us to give stillness its true value. We then get back to our zodiac to arrive to our next destination, the Lapataia Bay. This means the end of the Pan-American Highway, the southernmost place in the world you can get to by route. There, where the world ends, starts a unique experience combining sea, mountains, Nature and fun.
DEPARTURES: 9:00 a.m.
DURATION: 7 HS

OTHERS EXCURSIONS
Sailing Patagonian Adventure, Beagle Channel (All year round).
The boat&Mac226;s name is Mendietta; it is an american troller 9m (29 feet) long, and it accommodates up to18 passengers. You should not lose the chance of sailing the Beagle in a small vessel. The trip includes the Isla de los Lobos (Wolves Island), Isla de los Pájaros (Birds Island) and the "Les Eclaireurs" Lighthouse. The difference between this trip and the ones in bigger vessels is that it lets you get closer to the different places and therefore be able to watch the beautiful southern species in detail.

Horse-back Rides (all year round)
This tour lets you know (and use) the old paths used by the Ushuaia Prison convicts, when they had to work in the forest. As we ride higher we get astounding panoramic views of the city, Beagle Channel, Ushuaia Peninsula and Navarino Island. We leave behind the luxuriant vegetation of the subantarctic woods (lengas, guindos, canelos and other species) On the way back to our original starting point, we will wade the Pipo River. This tour offers the visitor a very rich experience both in Nature and History.

Trekking Laguna Esmeralda (Emerald Lagoon) (Summer only)
This is a very easy trekking tour, suitable for everybody interested in knowing Tierra del Fuego&Mac226;s Natural and Landscape Reservation. Our starting point is the mountain refuge Nunatak, and we must go thorough a peat bog to arrive at a millennial forest. This unbelievable view also includes lengas and cohiues, decorated with moss and lichen At the end of the forest stands the Esmeralda Lagoon. The color of the water and the surrounding landscape are an invitation to stop and enjoy lunch at its shore.

Trekking in the Ojo del Albino Glacier (Summer only).
This is a demanding trek, not suitable for everybody, but definitely for anybody in good physical condition, who enjoys trekking and wants to have fun. This tour includes the one to the Emerald Lagoon, adding a trek to the main tributary of the lagoon, which is born in the Ojo del Albino Glacier. This Glacier is on the lagoon itself &Mac246; size aside, it is similar to the Perito Moreno, but without bridges and, above all, without crowds!. It is really impressive to have such a view just for ourselves, without a soul miles around. We get to the Glacier and get a dreamlike view of mountains and ice. We put on shoe-clamps and start the exploration of the Glacier until reaching the Beban balcony, where we have lunch (Lunch Box) and then continue our trekking, with several stops at breathtaking panoramic view sites. You may rest assured that the effort is really worth while.

Harberton Ranch and Penguins (Summer only).
Driving through Route 3 we will get to a side road, alongside which flows the beautiful Larsoparsahk river. Behind the river looms Cornu Mount, the highest in Tierra del Fuego (around 4500 ft), as a kind of huge sentinel. We will really enjoy Nature and the Andes Fueguinos on our way to the Harberton ranch, the first in Tierra del Fuego, established in 1886. We will visit the Main House, the hill with unbeatable views of the Beagle Channel and the Picton and Navarino Islands, the Park and Cemetery, reproductions of Yámana Indians huts, Yámana archaelogical sites and the shearing shed, where we will watch the work being done with sheep. Once the visit is over, we shall board a modern zodiac to sail the Beagle Channel. We will get close to the Isla Martillo (Hammer Island), where we will be able to watch a colony of Penguins, not only of the Magellean variety but also Ribbon Penguins. Since the boat is quite small, we will be able to watch the penguins from a very short distance. Absolutely allured by the landscape, we will continue our adventure watching a very wide variety of regional fauna and flora. After navigating for about an hour, we will get back to the Ranch and board a van to return to Ushuaia. This tour does not include meals, and we therefore recommend to get some snack in town before departure.

White Adventure (Winter only)
We go from Ushuaia to the Tierra Mayor (Main Land) Valley (10 Miles North
of Ushuaia). Somebody is waiting for us with Siberians or Alaskan dogs-driven sleighs. Passengers willing to do it, have the chance of driving the sleighs. We take a ride of about 10 miles through the valley until we get to a camping site, where we change our means of transport. We put on our snow raquets and trek through an hour and a half until we get to the frozen falls of Laguna Esmeralda (Emerald Lagoon). Unbelievable!!! We camp here and drink some hot chocolate. Pure magic!!!

Snow and Fire (Winter only)
This is dinner in the mid of a very beautiful snowed valley. At sunset time we get to the place where our banquet will be held, trekking with snow rackets until we get to a fireplace in the mid of a millennial forest. The entrance to the "dining hall" is flanked by torches and the fire-place is prepared inside a huge snow hole. We will enjoy the warmth while we sit on tree-logs beside the fire. Our dinner will be exquisite sirloin brochettes and a country-style stew cooked in an old pot hanging from a tripod. Dessert: roast apples. We will stay chatting once meal is over and having fun until it is completely dark. Strongly recommended! We return to the hotel when we start becoming sleepy, well fed and happy.

DAY 1 - Arrival to Ushuaia Airport and transfer to hotel. 03 nts of accommodation with breakfast

DAY 2 - Excursion to Tierra del Fuego National Park. Return to the city and take a Beagle Channel Navigation to see Isla de los Pàjaros, Isla de los Lobos and Faro Les Eclareirs.

DAY 3 - Excursion to Fagnano and Escondido Lakes

DAY 4 - Transfer to airport

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