Tierra del Fuego Travel Forum

Does anyone know where the fire station is? How busy/friendly/large it is? My son is a fireman, and I want to see if I can buy/trade t-shirts/patches.

DOES KAUPE ACCEPT CREDIT CARDS?

Is it possible to fly to a larger town and rent a car to visit both parks?
Is it better to fly from Santiago, Chile or Buenos Aires, Argentina?
Thank you very much for taking the time to help me with this...

I´ve read many great thing about ushuaia in this forum, and very helpful tips also. I need some advice regarding clothing.

I´m going for ushuaia skiing for 8 days in cerro castor, and my question is, where to buy skii clothing ?? I~ll stay 1 full day in Buenos Aires before traveling to Ushuaia (Jul,2nd) ,but i don´t know if its cheaper to buy this type of cloth in B.Aires or in Ushuaia.

Can anyone give me some advice ??

Thank you everyone !

Regards,
Daniel

I am planning to visit the south of Argentina in october and I would like to know that is to cold or not in this part. Thank you for your help

Hi,

is there any possibilities to rich Falkland islands from Ushuaia?

thank u in advance,

Bogdan

I'll be in Ushuaia for about 6 to 8 hours.
I'm hesitating between:
-making a tour on the Beagle Channel
- visiting tierra del fuego ntl park
-going to Lapataia bay
- saving some time to visit the city
-visiting glacier martial on my own (going by taxi) and using the chairlift.

what do you suggest?

Hi all,

I am traveling around South America this year and I only have the funds do experience either Galapagos Islands or Antarctica.

If anyone has done both, can you suggest which would you recommend more...?

I would like to do the cheapest Antarctica cruise I can find (but still quality) Can anyone lead me in the right direction?

Any advice on Antarctica cruises is welcome as I don't know much about them.

Cheers

Can anybody give me advice on the type of cloting I should wear on February. I'll be on a cruise ship with some stops (one in Punta Arenas, Ushuaia, Puerto Madryn and Puerto Montt.)

In Ushuaia, I intend to go to the glacier martial and to Tierra del Fuego ntl park. Do you believe I will need gloves and a cap? A sweater? What weather should I expect ?

Finally, is it possible to take a plane to Antartica back and forth the same day? I'd like to have a look of Antartica (in the air). Are you aware of reliable agencies doing that?
thanks a lot!!!

The Aerolineas Argentinas site states that flights are not landing in Ushuaia until a radio navigation system is restored. It was just posted Jan. 6th. Flights will land in Rio Grande - 3-4 hours away

I need to purchase a ticket from BA to Ushuaia ...

Does anyone have any information:

... Any idea how long this will take to resolve?

... How are the transportation options - I have seen several bus companies that go from Rio Grande to Ushuaia - does anyone have any experience with these buses - safe for a woman alone to ride? Reliable?

I am hoping they fly back to the right airport soon! - I will be traveling early March.

OK. This may be a silly question to most. But,we will be going on a cruise ship to Antarctica on the 18th out of Ushuaia. We enjoy drinking wine and would like to take some good Argentinian wines with us on the trip.

Does anyone know if there is a good wine store in Ushuaia where we can purchase good Argentinian wines?

If not, we'll probably bring them down from Buenos Airies - but with all the luggage we currently have it will be tough.

Please let me know by sending a direct email. (Your ignorant yankee friend :-)

Thanks.

Mark
mar1223@verizon.net

This is not a question, rather it is a notice.

We are here in Ush, and we barely made it. LAN has been changing the flight times without notice.

The 11:10 from El Calafate to Ushuaia now leaves at 10:10.

The 4:25 from Ushuaia to Santiago is now leaving at 3:15.

These are the only ones that I know of. I presume that there may be others.

Will someone please post this to Tripadvisor and other sites?

My wife and I are arriving by boat to Ushuaia in late November. As there appear to be no Saturday flights from Ushuaia to Punta Arenas we wondered if there are other means of travel worth exploring. Can a rental car from Argentina be dropped in Chile? Are there scheduled buses or small chartered flights?

Hello fellow VT'ers - i am in patagonia the end of Nov & flights from Ushuaia to Trelew look very pricey ($400-500, for around nov 24-26)for the short hop. i am wondering if there might be another way to get a cheaper fare? also, is there a bus from Ush. to Trelew - found a blog that said it's 22 hrs but have not been able to find out if the bus leaves from Ushuaia, etc. is there any train service available? thanks in advance!

hi
am not booked onto a cruise or anything, just here in ushuaia for 4 nights and would be great to meet up with anyone who may be around.... am not in a hostel which makes it hard to meet people, and there´s only the irish bar otherwise... let me know!
j

hi all...

i am planning to start my SA trip in BA for a few days and then fly to Ushuaia to begin trekking... i was hoping to fly on sunday 11/30... i searched on Aerolineas Argentinas and found tickets for $302 (one way) on that day and the same before or after...then i searched LAN and found the ticket was around $500...

is there anywhere else i should check??...is this the average price?? ... i guess i was expecting it to be a bit less than $300...

any advice would be really appreciated!!!... thanks so much!!!

julia

hi,
for a video-project I would need to know what traces are there still to be found of the former native inhabitants of Fireland/ Tierra del Fuego.
I remember the murals on the post-office of Ushuaia,and the Salesianer Museum and Magellan - monument in Punta Arenas but there must be more for sure :
Maybe an old cemetery, maybe some open-air-museum of old huts/dwellings ?
are there still places, where it is possible to learn their old language ?
thanks a lot in advance !

I am talking about a home-size globe (maybe 30 cm diameter) with a small lamp inside so the continents are shining through.
I might need it for a few photos, but dont want to bring mine in the flight-luggage.

We plan to fly into Ushuaia ( from El Calafate ), and then go into Chile ( presumably through Punta Arenas ), see Torres del Paine, and then fly to Santiago.

The general question is how should we do it?

The particular questions are:
1) Is it easy to rent a car in Argentina and drop it off in Chile?
2) What is the best way to get from Ushuaia to Punta Arenas? Car/ferry? Bus/ferry? Fly? ( not interested in cruise ship )
3) Where is a reasonable place to stay while visiting Torres del Paine? Puerto Natales?
4) Where do we catch a flight from southern Chile into Santiago? The best we can find requires going back south to Punta Arenas.
5) Or should we scrap the plan above and take the different route of El Calafate to Torres del Paine, back to El Calafate, then down to Usuaia?

Also, any general advice on the whole plan would appreciated.
Thanks
-HB

We are planning on taking the Mare Australis from Ushuaia in March 2009. What is the latest date to view the penguins before they migrate?

Hi there,

I would like to know if anyone of you has already been at the Cerro Castor ski resort in Ushuaya?

I am thinking to go snowboarding in the beginning of july...and also is it worth it this resort?

Thanks

Hi there...I'm heading to Ushuaia in January 2009 and wanted to find out if anyone has some info on whether activities/day trips should be booked in advance, or can be done easily when we arrive? Since we're headed there in peak season, do things such as beagle channel cruises, walks on the martial glacier, or day trips to the national park ever sell out or are difficult to arrange? Is anyone aware of whether these activities are very costly? Thanks in advance for any info anyone can provide!

Hi,

I'm heading to the Antarctica and spending sometime in Ushuaia. Can anyone give any info on how expensive it is (food, wine, sightseeing activities)? Any recommendations on things to do/see?

Thanks in advance for any info you can provide!

Can anyone provide me with information on laundromats in Ushuaia?

Thanks

My husband and I are planning to go to Ushuaia and hopefully get on a ship for Antarctica mid February. We are now in Brazil for Carnival and only brought summer clothes with us. Are there clothing stores that sell clothes by the North Face, Pagagonia, etc. in Ushuaia or do I need to buy here if Rio? Are they expensive down there?

Thanks!

Hi,
We are a group of four and are very keen to play golf
in Ushuaia in February 2008.
Any tips would be helpful, e.g.are reservations necessary etc.
Thanks in anticipation.
John

planning on taking a cruise from Santiago, Chile around the Horn ending in Buenos Aires sometime November, 2008. What is the weather like then and how is it for sailing around the Horn. Is there lots of turbulence? Has anyone done a cruise like this?

Im cycling thru Argentina and should be arriving in Ushuaia mid april. Ive read some reports about the winds but they fail to really explain them. Are they really bad, should I plan for extra travel days beacuse if the wind? how about the weather in gral?
Thanks

Luis

Will visit Ushuaia in December

Does it have a pizza place and which is the closest to Antartica?

Is there one in Puerto Williams?

Hi,

Is it possible to rent a parka jacket in Ushuaia? We need them for our Antarctic cruise but we as we're travelling in South America for a year it makes more sense to rent them. Can anyone recommend somewhere to rent them in Ushuaia and give me an indication of the rental price for 11 days?

Thanks,
Barry