ushuaia (parque national tierra del fuego)
what to do, what to do…i guess i can go to antarctica with a last-minute offer. OF ALMOST 8 THOUSAND US DOLLARS! right, maybe next time. there’s heaps of options here at the “end of the world” and all promise to be good if the weather permits. lucky for me i think it’s actually warm. maybe about 15 degrees? a lot of hostels offer competitive excursions/ride to the national park. mine was 45pesos round trip for 3 different pick-up points on the way back, plus 50 for the park entrance. kinda steep but what can you do. the taxis are about 30pesos there (since the park is only 7km away) so if you can find people to share with it should be grand but getting back into town might be a problem after a long day of hiking.
i ended up doing the shorter hike along the beagle channel to lapataia bay at the end of route 3. i think it took about 5 hours. also towards the end of this trek there is a free campground. the difficulty was listed at medium for some places but i would say it was all pretty much easy. a beautiful and relaxing hike for the day. there were no steep climbs, and the hike was done by sticking to the clearly defined path. due to lack of preparation, i trekked fine in my mesh running shoes. if you want to do a more strenuous trek my friends did another that took about 8-10 hours through terrain like waist-high water and mud faces where proper gear was needed.
things to note! the park is free before 8am. get there early if you can. at the start of your journey, there is a dock with a “end of the world” post system. bring your passport. because like machu picchu, they stamp your passport. i forgot. route 3 goes from alaska to the end of this park (17,848 km), so take a photo with the road sign!
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