Ushuaia Lodges - Reviews and Rates

AFTER a week of intense Spanish classes (30 hours in total) it was time to say hasta luego Buenos Aires. I´ve seen the city from the perspective of a backpacker in its hostels, from it´s histroic cemetries and football stadiums to a local hopping on and off the tube each day to study. And it´s been one of the best two weeks de ma vie. I know I h...

So we made it back from our 12 day adventure in Antarctica.. and all in one piece! What can i say.... we had a the greatest adventure ever!!!! We had a number of days of rough seas (I´m talking 15 meter waves and hurricane force winds) which saw Gill & Nikki spend two days in bed and start their Jenny Craig Antarctica diet (eating whatever t...

Argentina lo tiene todo. Y es que además de que se come mucho y muy bien, hay cantidad de actividades al aire libre para sentirse un poco menos culpable. Así pues, tras dos semanas de papeo y papeo hoy decidimos hacer una caminata por uno de los lugares más bonitos de los alrededores de Ushuaia. Se trata del Parque Nacional de la Tierra de Fuego...

One word.........Awesome..... The scenery is fantastic surrounnded by mountains...... Have met up with all the Irish people we met in BA and PM.....it really is a small world..... Nice bunch of people...kept me out till 06:30 am for the last couple days so am wrecked... have also met some New Yorkers..a Banker...lawyer...doctor ..tinker..tailor....

We're back! After the internet cafe we wandered around town looking for a penguin for Holly's animal collection but couldn't find one we liked. Decided to have lunch in town and went into a place that did 'tenedor libre' - eat as much as you want buffet. There was a good salad bar plus hot vegetables and then you took a plate and went up for you...

Yesterday we trekked the park. I went with Ralf, a German guy travelling solo to the same places I´m going but in a slightly shorter time frame. We paid 30 pesos (10 bux) for a minibus lift up to the trailhead, 20 pesos park entrance fee (it was a lot like entering Jasper park in almost every way). The hike was listed as an easy that could be do...

The day we leave for Antarctica. It did not seem to start well. My main worry on this part of the trip was that the boat was going to be full of bearded ornithologists, or a lot of wealthy tourists who didn't want to get their feet covered in Penguin guano. The idea was that we would join the boat at 4pm so we were all carted off to the local na...

Monday, Feb. 14 Greetings Left Trelew at 19:30 and arrived at Rio Gallegos at a relatively early 13:00 the next day. This was another long bus ride with Andesmar across the Patagonian "stepas" or steppes. They truly are steppes insofar as there is nothing, not even grass, just some rocks, dirt and low bushes with no animals, wild or domestic, ev...

A hideously early start to make it to the airport for our 6am flight to Ushuaia, but obviously others were more dedicated as we had nearly the worst seats at the back right next to the engines, rather defeating the point of even asking us if we wanted window or aisle seats. Just managed a glimpse of the runway as we came in though, hanging on to...