Argentina day 4: Tierra del Fuego National Park.

Submitted by maria on Wed, 23/02/2011 - 18:27

We got up early, today we visited the Tierra del Fuego National Park, which is about twelve kilometers away from the city.

We take a bus, they leave from the corner of Maipú and Juana Fadul in Ushuaia, from 8 in the morning. They leave you at the entrance of the Park on the RN3.

 

Ensenada Bay

Ensenada Bay

 

 

There are several trails in the park and you can even take the End of the World tourist train. We decided to do the Coastal Path. At the beginning we took a detour and reached an old copper mine on the Senda Palestra.

 

Coastal Path

Coastal Path

 

Coastal Path

Coastal Path

 

Coastal Path

Coastal Path

 

 

We continue parallel to Ensenada Bay in the Beagle Channel enjoying the views and the smell of the sea with the Darwin Mountain Range always in the background. How wonderful.

 

Beagle Channel

Beagle Channel

 

Castorera rout

Castorera rout

 

 

We arrived at Lapataia Bay and ended up at Laguna Negra along a path that goes through the peat bogs.

 

Lapataia Bay

Lapataia Bay

 

Lapataia Bay

Lapataia Bay

 

 

We took a detour along the Castorera Route, with huge dams built by beavers.

 

Tierra del Fuego Park

Tierra del Fuego Park

 

 

Back to Ushuaia in the port, we get our long teeth with the trips to Antarctica, a goal within reach of a few of us we have to save about 4,000 euros per person just for the cruise.

 

 

Ushuaia

Ushuaia

 

 

We had dinner at Cantina Fueguina de Freddy, spider crab and black hake and a good wine, spectacular.

 

 

Bus ticket from Ushuaia to Tierra del Fuego National Park and back: 40 ARS per pax
Entrance fee to Tierra del Fuego National Park: 20 ARS per pax
Accommodation: 120 ARS Galeazzi-Basily B&B, double room with shared bathroom and breakfast included.
Dinner in Freddy's Canteen: 50 ARS two pax.