Albatros Ushuaia
Ave Maipu 505 Ushuaia, Province of Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia, 9410, Argentina
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Buenos Aires to Ushuaia
My flight was moved yesterday from 9:00 to 05:30. So up at 3am (with just 2 hours sleep) and off to the airport. I realised that I've spent just over 24 hours at the hostel. The flight down was good and the clocks went back another hour. The scenery coming in was great, snow capped mountains going into lakes. It was a beautiful day in Ushuaia and …
Ushuaia
This is the first day of the tour and my room mate arrives. Today I went to the maritime museum and learnt all about the important boats in the area. In 1520 Hernand de Magallanes sailed in and named the land "Tierra de los Fuego" the land of fire. FIRE!!! There is nothing warm about this place. I did get myself is a little jam. Then it was off to …
The southernmost town in the world
In the early morning sunlight looking out to Ushuaia harbour we gaze, from the southernmost town in the world, to the southern seas! It took us some 36 hours to get here (Cornwall, London Heathrow, Sao Paulo airport, Buenos Aires, Ushuaia) and today are about to embark on the sea voyage from the bottom of Argentina to the ice. For the intrepid …
Ushuaia - the southern most city in the world
Ushuaia (pronounced [u'swaia]) is the capital of the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego and the southernmost city in the world. Ushuaia is located on the Beagle Channel at the base of the Martial mountain range and has a population of 80,000 people. The city was originally named by the British colonists after the name that the native Yámana …
Tierra del Fuego National Park
After our snack we head for the Tierra del Fuego National Park located 10 miles west of Ushuaia. The national park is dominated by the southern most portion of the Andes with a northwest - southeast orientation. Scattered among these peaks are glacial carved lakes and rivers that empty into two spectacular bays, Lapataia and Ensenada. The forest …



