USHUAIA´S TOURIST INFORMATION BOARD We assist you in 674 San Martín St or in the tourist pier
From Monday to Friday from 8 am to 10 pm - Weekend & holidays from
9 am to 8 p.m
Official tourist information The Secretary of Tourism of the Government gives the travelers a listing of
possible activities.
We have supplemented with extra information (in this colour) that maybe it facilitates
election the trips appropriate according to every visitor's interests.
All the excursions are made with guide in flowing English from travel agencies enabled
with all the legal insurance. For the same trip type it has similar prices in different
travel agencies.
Travelers' recommendations allowed to carry out a ranking of the
different activities, the top has they are distinguished with
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The weather in Ushuaia is very changeable. It usually
has four seasons every day. For that reason we recommend that when the time is good
you leaves quickly to enjoy the good climate because possibly in few hours it will
cloud over or it will be windy and very cold.
Those days are ideal to know the most important in the history of
Ushuaia visiting some (or all) of the three museums in the city.
* Yamana´s Museum – Aborigines of Tierra del Fuego:
56 Rivadavia St. – Daily from 10 am to 9 pm –entrance: $5 -
about the first residents,
it has a representation with wax models
* End of the World Museum: Maipú and Rivadavia St.
-Daily from 09 am to 8 pm – entrance: $10 –about the first white inhabitants in
the island, the Anglican Englishmen missionaries and local fauna exhibition.
*** Maritime Museum & Ushuaia’s Old Prison:
Yaganes and Gobernador Paz St. – Daily from 09 am to 8 pm - entrance: $15 -
Located in a historical building: the old prison.
Maritime Museum with shipwrecked scale models and Prison Museum. Prisoners’ wax models
allow you to imagine vividly like it was the life of the prisoners.
Art galleries:.
* Art Gallery ex-Prision: Yaganes and Gobernador Paz St.
* Beban Family Old House:
Maipú and Plüschow St. – Tuesday to Friday from 10 am to 8pm -
Weekends and holidays from 4 pm to 8.- entrance: free
* Show musical: Beagle Centre: Ex-airport– Tuesday,
Thursday & Saturday at 6 pm – Wednesday at 3pm. Duration: 1 hour.
Entrance fee: $45
*** Tango y bolero: Restaurant and show. 150 Antártida
Argentina St.
Panoramic walks: * Paseo del Centenario – Panoramic View:1600 Gobernador Paz St
* Double Decker City Tour:
Departures from San Martín & Fadul St: from Tue to Sun at 5pm & 7:45pm -
Departures from Lasserre & Maipú St. From Tuesday to Sunday at 9:30 am -
Duration: 1,15 h. – ticket: $15. It Includes coffee
*** Martial Glacier:Road for vehicles 7 km away from down town.
Chairlift: Daily from 10 am to 6:45 pm.- ticket: $7.-
* Harberton Ranch: On Nº33 Road, 85 km. Far from the town –
Daily from 10 am to 7pm. – Entrance fee: $15
*** Acatushún Museum:
Inside Harberton Ranch Lands (then you enjoy fantastic view when you get there)-
Daily from 10 am to 7 pm - Entrance fee: $5 (plus entrance to the Ranch)
NAVIGATIONS ALONG THE BEAGLE CHANNEL The boats don't visit the same island for not perturbing the fauna, each one
goes to a different island, but in all you can see the same fauna and similar landscape.
Only with the smallest boats the passengers can descend for a short trekking.
Leaving from the Tourist Pier – Ushuaia´s Bay. U$D 1 TAX
Sea Lion’s and Bird’s island and "Les Eclaireurs"
lighthouse * Motorboat "Barracuda":
Daily departures at 09:30 am & 3 pm. Duration 3 hours. Fare: $60
* Catamaran Tolkeyèn and Rumbo Sur:
Daily departures at 09:30 am & 3 pm. Duration 2,30 hours. Fare: $70
* "Patagonia": Daily departures at 09:30 am &
3 pm. Duration: 4 hours. Fare: $ 80. It includes trekking in Bridges island and coffee
* Catamaran "Canoero": Daily departures at 09:30
am & 3 pm (at 6:30 pm, minium of 10 pax.) Duration: 3 hours. Fare: $60.
Trekking in Bridges Island. It includes coffee and a souvenir
* Catamaran "Francesco I":
Daily at 09:30 am - Duration: 2,30 hs. - It includes coffee and a souvenir- $70
*** Yacht "Kams":Daily at 3 pm. Duration: 4 hours. Fare: $80.
It includes coffee and trekking in Bridges Island.
Daily at 09:30 am. Duration: 4 hours. Fare: $85.
It includes lunch and trekking in Bridges Island.
*Motor sailing boat "Tres Marías":
Daily at 09:30 am & 3 pm. Duration: 3,30 hs. Fare: $ 90
It includes coffee. It includes trekking in "H" Island
Penguins Rookery * Catamaran Tolkeyen and Rumbo Sur:Daily al 3:00pm.
Duration: 6 hours. Fare: $ 115
* Catamarán "Francesco I":
Daily at 3 pm. Duration: 6 hours. Fare: $ 115. (It includes wine, water or coffee
and biscuits)
Harberton Ranch (book in advance)
* Catamaran Tolkeyén and Rumbo Sur:
monday, wednesday and friday at 09:30 am. Duration 9 hours. Fare: $130.
It includes entrance fee and tour in the ranch
Lapataia bay (book in advance)
* Catamaran Tolkeyén and Rumbo Sur: tuesday,
thursday, sat. and sunday at 10:30 am.
Duration 6,30 hours. Fare $ 80. Lunch included
Other navigations (*) *Yacht "Kams":
Night circuit along Ushuaia´s Bay. Departures monday,
wednesday, friday & saturday at 9 pm . Duration: 2,30 hours.
Fare: $80. It includes snack & coffee. (*)
Departures depend on a minimum of passengers or require reservation in advance.
Penguins Roquery (Leaving from Harberton ranch)
*"Ignacio": Daily departures at 12 pm & 5 pm.
Duration: 1,30 hours. Fare: $50 adult, $ 25 children
Tierra del Fuego National Park (Leaving from Ensenada Bay)
*Rubber boat "Isla Verde":>
Daily departures from 10 am to 5 pm, every hour. Redonda Island $ 40,
Lapataia Bay $50. Lunch $ 15 - drinks are not included - post office
TRADITIONAL EXCURSIONS BY LAND * City Tour: Duration: 1,30 hours. Fare: $20
* Classical to National Park: Duration: 4 hours.
Fare: $40
* Escondido and Fagnano lakes:
Duration: 7 hours.
Fare: $65 without lunch - $80 including lunch
* End of the World Train:Duration: 1,50 hours.
Fare: tourist class: $50 – until 12 years old $18
Daily departures at 09:15am, 09:30 am, 12pm(*), 3pm and 5 pm(*).
(*) Departures depend on a minimum of passengers or require reservation in advance.