Tour Packages
PATAGONIA EXPERIENCE: USHUAIA and EL CALAFATE (Argentina)
Day 1 : Arrive Ushuaia. Afternoon City Tour and Visit to the End of the World Museum.
Ushuaia is at the southern end of the Republic of Argentina, on the Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego. Located on the Beagle Channel, it takes its name –which means “bay overlooking the West”– from the yámana tongue. Within the impressive frame made up by the sea, the forests, the lakes and the mountains, Ushuaia is a picturesque city with an important tourist services infrastructure, an elegant commercial center and an increasing social and cultural activity. Main activities are hiking, horse riding, climbing and diving. Mount Castor is the option offered by Ushuaia to the lovers of snow during the winter months.
Day 2 : Tierra del Fuego National Park and END OF THE WORLD TRAIN TOUR
The Southern Fuegian Railway or the End of the World Train (Spanish: Ferrocarril Austral Fueguino (FCAF) or El Tren del Fin del Mundo) is a narrow gauge railway (0.5 m) in Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina using steam locomotives. It was originally built as a freight line to serve the prison of Ushuaia, specifically to transport timber. It now operates as a heritage railway into the Tierra del Fuego National Park and is considered the southernmost functioning railway in the world. Services leave from the 'End of the World' station 8 km west of Ushuaia. The route takes passengers along the Pico Valley in the Toro gorge and to Cascada de la Macarena station where visitors are able to learn about the Yámana people and climb to a viewpoint at a 15-minute stop. The train then enters the national park and the forest, travelling through the valley below the mountains, reaching El Parque station where tourists can return by coach or train.
Day 3 : USHUAIA to EL CALAFATE flight. Afternoon tour of Beagle Channel Navigation (SIB)
Sailing the Beagle Channel can be the experience of a lifetime, particularly in autumn because this is the time when the southernmost city in the world and its surroundings offer a breathtaking view from the boat, wrapped in forests that have not lost their leaves yet. There are various circuits that allow travelers to watch the sea lion and bird colonies on the small islands or the crabs submarine world by means of an underwater camera. There are also longer trips reaching the famous Lapataia Bay (last point in National Route Nº 3) within Tierra del Fuego National Park, or to "Estancia Harberton".
Day 4 : Perito Moreno Glacier tour with Nautical Safari with lunch.
One of the biggest tourist attractions in the planet. Located 80 kilometers to the west of ‘El Calafate’, by the provincial route #11 inside the National Park ‘Los Glaciares’, on the lake Argentino. The road travels several patagonic estancias (country properties) and during the itinerary the hills ‘Comisión’ and ‘Frías’ are observed where there are natural posts of gumps. But one of the most exciting places in the journey is the curve of the sighs, from where it is seen the front view of the glacier and its beautiful environment. The walk finishes in the mirador of the Perito Moreno glacier where the tourists usually spend hours observing that imposing mass of ice 65 meters high with floes floating around. The show that offers the nature in that place is so majestic that it moves people that witness it. This trip can also be carried out embarked, traveling the arm ‘Rico’ (the south arm of the lake Argentino) until coming closer to the glacier among the floes that come off of the same one, being able to admire the height of the walls of ice from the level of the lake. Sail through the Brazo Rico of the Argentino Lake in front of the wall of the Perito Moreno Glacier, which lasts an hour. It stars out at "Bajo de las Sombras" bay, 8 km before getting to the glacier. During the high season the stars appear every hour.
Day 5 : Depart EL CALAFATE.