Ushuaia Trip Overview
See top attractions in Ushuaia on a 1-hour sightseeing tour aboard a London-style double-decker bus. Become acquainted with this charming Patagonian town, located on the coast of the Beagle Channel at the southernmost tip of Argentina’s Tierra del Fuego. Observe old homes and government buildings on your way to Le Martial Glacier and pass the old prison, lighthouse and several museums on your return. Enjoy personal attention from your guide on this small-group tour, limited to 20 people.
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Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes
Starts: Ushuaia, Argentina
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
See top attractions in Ushuaia on a 1-hour sightseeing tour aboard a London-style double-decker bus. Become acquainted with this charming Patagonian town, located on the coast of the Beagle Channel at the southernmost tip of Argentina’s Tierra del Fuego. Observe old homes and government buildings on your way to Le Martial Glacier and pass the old prison, lighthouse and several museums on your return. Enjoy personal attention from your guide on this small-group tour, limited to 20 people.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Luis Pedro Fique, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
Surrounded by Le Martial mountains in Patagonia, Ushuaia offers a glimpse of sea, mountains and forest at the ‘end of the world.’ Aboard your double-decker bus, depart from Maipu Avenue in Ushuaia’s city center, heading toward the Luis Pedro Fique footbridge.
Cross a narrow pass that ends at La Mission neighborhood, an area settled by Europeans at the beginning of the 20th century, and drive through districts like Brown and Solier for a glimpse of homes built by Ushuaia’s first immigrants. Hear entertaining onboard commentary about these original Fuegan families – including Bebans, Pastorizas, Cangas, Fiques, Salomons and Ramos – and observe the Patagonian town’s commercial growth since the arrival of new settlers during the 1980s.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Paseo del Centenario, Av. San Martin y Gdor. Felix Paz, Ushuaia Argentina
Enter the naval base, a restricted area where the first public buildings like the provincial legislature and old government’s house were constructed. From Gobernador Paz Street, your coach will drive to Paseo del Centenario, a panoramic point with great photo ops of the mountain chains and islands across the Beagle Channel, which is the jumping off point for Antarctica. Then, head back down to sea level to see the vessel of St Christopher and hear his story from your guide.
Duration: 10 minutes
Pass By: Glaciar Martial, Argentina
The Ushuaia coach tour includes a transfer to the base of the chairlift to Martial Glacier, where you can stretch your legs and view the gorgeous landscape.
Pass By: Museo del Fin del Mundo, Av. Maipu 173 Ridavia, Ushuaia V9410BJC Argentina
Located at 173 Maipú Street in the city of Ushuaia, the birth of the End of the World Museum has a profound social and cultural content, based on the search for the roots that represent the past.
It has information rooms about the prison and the origins of the city, ethnic groups, ships sunk in the fuegian coasts and gold prospectors in the north of the island, in addition to a sample of most of the species that make up the local avifauna.
You can end the tour at this stop.
Pass By: Museo Maritimo & del Presidio de Ushuaia, Yaganes & Gobernador Paz, Ushuaia 9410 Argentina
The building of the old prison of Ushuaia is now part of an important museum complex that contains the Maritime Museum, the Presidio Museum, the Antarctic Museum and the Marine Art Museum.
You can end the tour at this stop.
