For your adventure spirits we have arranged this ultimate adventure experience that involves paddling in a inflatable rubber canoe on the Beagle Channel, a visit to Harberton Estancia, a motorboat tour to the Penguin Island, and a hiking experience on the awesome virgin Gable Island. If you are not fond of water activities like paddling we will take you by vehicle to Harberton Estancia where you will join the rest of the group.

The largest island on the Beagle Channel, Gable, features the full range of elements that compose the classical Patagonian landscape. Provisional indigenous settlements and an abandoned sheep shearing barn are the only human vestiges in this now uninhabited patchwork of beech wood forests and rolling pastures set in the dramatic backdrop of Andean peaks.   

The tour begins early in the morning when you are picked you up at your hotel. We follow highways “3” and “J” for an hour and a half until we reach Bahía Brown (Brown Bay).  Once there, we prepare the duckies (modified inflatable kayaks) and server you hot drinks and snacks.  Duckies are extremely stable boats that will ensure you enjoy a safe fun ride. Your guide will be a professional paddler who will guide you and be there for your safety.

In this point you can choose between doing the journey to Harberton Estancia in a vehicle or paddling in the duckies.

Following the path of the Yamana canoe-men, the first Indian colony that settled in this region, we’ll start paddling through a narrow passage of a river, pretty close to the Beagle Channel, enjoying the beauty of the changing vistas and the local fauna and flora. You’ll start warming up while our guides teach you the basic paddling techniques.

When we arrive to the Beagle Channel, we leave the river and start heading to the Harberton Estancia (ranch), the first settlement of the founders of Ushuaia. Indeed, the founders of this region did the same paddling path that you are going to do. When you arrive to this picturesque estancia you´ll be able to rest, enjoy the magnificent view and dry yourself. It’s important for you to know that upi will provide all the wet gear you´ll need (boots, water proof rain jacket and trouser, etcétera) so your clothes wont be all wet from the duckie ride.  At this "estancia" you will meet the travelers that chose the vehicle ride.

A motorboat waits for us at the dock. We board it and head to the Penguin’s Island. On this island you will admire a colony of Magellan penguins. Walking on this island is prohibited in order to protect the penguin’s natural environment. Our boat will get close to the island so you can take pictures of these cute little fellows.

We then head to the mystic Gable Island, a natural, cultural and historic icon of the foundation of this region. We disembark on its 15 miles (24 km) of pure magic. We unite at our rural retreat, light up the rustic salamander and indulge in a Yamana-style meal.  Near the retreat there´s an old sheep shearing barn no longer in use that you can visit.  Once we’ve had some time to rest and digest we´ll begin our cross-island trek, through pastures and haunting woods, towards the rugged southern shore.  Steep glacier-ravaged cliffs descending into the channel greet us on the other side, showing us the fiercer face of Tierra del Fuego. We stand on the edge with the wind blowing hard on our faces while down below, wind-swept and immense, the Beagle Channel stretches itself in all its splendor. you´ll be surrounded by the elemental wilderness and curling waves that mark the Ends of the Earth.

Before long we´ll be returning inland and making our way into the heart of the island to a lagoon harboring a beaver lodge. Beavers are considered a plague in these regions because of the damage they do on local flora. In their settlements you will be able to see chunks of wood and fallen trees which are the result of the beaver’s work of constructing dams. Because beavers are excellent swimmers, they need to flood their habitats in order to protect themselves from preying species. The interesting fact is that beavers have no natural predators in this region, so they keep constructing dams and flooding areas without pause and without real necessity. They sleep during the day and work all through the night, therefore if you are lucky we might just encounter one of these magnificent little hydraulic engineers. The surrounding woods yield a unique, eerie beauty.
Light-green colored lichens hang long from the bark and branches of the tangled up tree-tops, while the floor is thick with white orchids, violets, ferns and wild strawberries.

After a three-hour hike, we´ll return to our retreat, where we´ll stop for hot drinks and some snacks, and then prepare for our motorboat ride back to the mainland. We´ll return to the city as the twilight descends over the Beagle Channel.

Requirements for this tour: the paddling experience is for people over 12 years of age, in moderately fit physical conditions.

Difficulty:   moderate

Length:      full day

Guide:        shared English/Spanish speaking guide

Transfer:    shared vehicle - approximate maximum capacity: 16 people

Includes: breakfast + lunch with beverages + snack

Our 4x4 Land Rover Defender will take us to a thrilling journey where excitement, natural beauty and driving skills will nourish your spirit of adventure.

We will pick you up at the hotel in the morning. Our journey starts on the National Road Nº 3 heading northwards. Our guide will tell us about how hard was to populate this city located on an island. The harsh weather conditions of this region made it quite difficult for convincing people to move to Ushuaia. The argentine government found a fast and “easy” way to begin populating this region: They set up a maximum security prision!

As we leave the city behind and begin to climb the mountains, you will enjoy the magnificent views of the valleys around us. We reach Garibaldi Pass and stop to enjoy a panoramic view. From this spot you will have an overwhelming view of the Escondido Lake.

We then take a secondary road which will take us to the shores of Fagnano Lake. Our “adventure engines” start to roar as we prepare to enjoy a thrilling 4x4 off-road experience at the lake’s shore. After the train along the lake, an enchanted wood welcomes us. In this wonderful natural scenario you will enjoy breakfast (coffee, tea and sweet cookies). Our off-road trail varies between lake and wood paths depending on how high the lake´s water is.

We reach our rustic refuge by the lake and our guide starts preparing lunch. You have about 40 minutes to walk towards the lake´s shore or the woods, or both. Lunch is ready! We start with a snack (cheese, salami and chips) and then enjoy a delicious steak barbecue with salad. Drinks included are red and white wine, beer, soft drinks and water. You’ll have lunch while enjoying very nice views of the woods and the lake.

You can spend some time after lunch chatting with the other travelers or walk around to enjoy the landscape views.

At 3:30 PM we will follow another off-road path till we reach the old road Nº 3 that borders Lake Escondido. We head to the end tip of the Lake where we will find and stop by Hostería Petrel. Depending on the climatic conditions, we will venture on a boat trip on the lake or have some free time to walk while enjoying the beauty of this place. The hosteria offers us the possibility of buying hot chocolate, coffee, tea and cookies.

At 5:00 PM we will start our journey back to the city of Ushuaia, arriving around 6:00 PM.

Difficulty:    low

Length:        full day

Transfer:     shared 4x4 Land Rover Defender - approximate maximum capacity: 8 people per vehicle

Guide:          shared English/Spanish speaking guide

Includes: breakfast + lunch with beverages + snack

You will be picked up at the hotel and head for the tourist wharf of Ushuaia, from where we set sail to navigate the Beagle Channel. This navigation will take approximately two and a half hours to complete. You will have to pay a fee of approximately US$ 1 per passenger when departing. This fee can only be paid at Ushuaia Port. We navigate around the Islands of the Birds and the Sea Lions and "Les Eclaireurs lighthouse" ("The Explorers" in French), known as the false “Ends of the Earth” lighthouse since quite far to the south there is yet another one. There are some impressive rocky outcroppings in the middle of the channel which are a continuation of the mountain chains which surround it.

You´ll also see a large variety of wild species since over the Birds Island and the Island of the Sea Lion. Throughout the trip you will see colonies of Imperial and Magellan cormorants, South American terns and other birds worth observing, be it because of their size, their flight patterns or their colors: albatrosses, petrels, skuas, geese, etc.

Tour catamaran description:

Boat Length: approximately 100 feet (30 meters)

Capacity: approximately 150 passengers

Difficulty:   low

Guide:         shared English/Spanish speaking guide

Transfer:     shared boat and private transfer to port

Great tour for those who want to walk along easy and undemanding paths and navigate on inflatable canoes along the rivers and lagoons of the National Park and the Beagle Channel.  Between 9 and 9:30 am we'll pick you up at the hotel  and take National Road Nº 3 westwards. We'll arrive to the National Park, and after we pay the entrance fee (included), we'll go to the coastal path. This 4 and a half mile path (7 kilometer) 3 hours hiking is doubtlessly the most beautiful in the Park with lots of vegetation (High Deciduous Beech, Low Deciduous Beech, Evergreen Beech, Winters bark, Fire bush, etc).

We finish our walk at Lake Roca where we have lunch. Then we lay down the canoes and put on our life vests and waterproof clothes. We will receive a short informative talk to then begin canoeing down the waters of Lake Roca, to the Ovando River. The river has crystal clear waters and this part of the trip is really easy since the river rides quietly. The Ovando River runs into Laguna Verde, one of the most beautiful panoramic spots in the National Park. We keep drifting downstream, watching some of the most astonishing landscapes in Tierra del Fuego. When close to Lapataia Bay, you will be able to see petrels, albatrosses, steamer ducks and sometimes penguins. Lapataia Bay is our target, the end of the famous Panamerican Road at the Ends of the Earth, pure beauty.

We disembark, and after we have a snack we sit and contemplate the sunset on the Beagle Channel.

Difficulty:    low

Length:        full day

Transfer:     shared Vehicle - approximate maximum capacity: 12 people

Guide:          shared English/Spanish speaking guide

Includes: breakfast + lunch with beverages + snack

Great tour for those who want to walk along easy and undemanding paths and sail on a Zodiac along the Beagle Channel. Between 9 and 9:30 AM we pick you up at the hotel and take National Road Nº 3 westwards. We arrive to the National Park, and after we pay the entrance fee (included), we go to the coastal path. This 4 and a half mile path (7 kilometer) 3 hours trek is doubtlessly the most beautiful in the Park with lots of vegetation (High Deciduous Beech, Low Deciduous Beech, Evergreen Beech, Winters bark, Fire bush, etc.).

We then board an 18 people Zodiac boat and head to a beautiful bay called Ensenada. We navigate along the Beagle Channel to the Redonda Island and have a view of Rocky Cormorants that nest in a rocky wall of the island. We disembark on the island and have lunch in a refuge, enjoying one of the best views of this landscape. Lunch is usually home-made pasta and drinks; included are red wine, sodas and mineral water.

After lunch you have some free time to walk around the island. This island is a natural reserve and it has only been opened for tourists a couple of years ago.There are two paths to walk, 20 minutes each.

We will then head to Lapataia Bay and along this trip we will see some of the most beautiful seabirds of the Argentinean South (Albatrosses, Petrels, Snowy Sheath Bills and maybe also Penguins). We arrive to Lapataia Bay, the end of the famous Panamerican Road at the Ends of the Earth, pure beauty. Here we will take our van to go back to Ushuaia, where we´ll arrive at around 4:30 PM.

Difficulty:    low

Length:        full day

Transfer:     shared Vehicle - approximate maximum capacity: 18 people

Guide:          shared English/Spanish speaking guide

Includes: breakfast + lunch with beverages + snack

During the 20th century, various pairs of beavers were brought from Canada to try to develop the local fur industry in Ushuaia.
The results were unexpected and our furry friends did nothing but get along with each other extremely well and reproduce on a large scale. Naturally, beavers built
their dams in the middle of the lakes that they themselves had created, thus changing the landscape beyond all
recognition.