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globetrott Says: Isla Redonda is the small island in the Beagle-Channel that you will see on my main photograph in the front with the great mountain-scenery of Patagonia in the background. The photo was taken from Bahia Ensenada, where our tour through the National Park had a short stop and...
Lapataia is where the Panamerican highway ends
globetrott Says: Lapataia is the name of the place, where the Panamerican highway is ending, the road that takes you from Alaska to Fireland. Lapataia is not even a village, just the end of the road and a large carpark, from where you can walk a bit to a viewpoint with a great panorama-view...
Take a walk to Senda de la Baliza
globetrott Says: There is a small place, where you are able to leave the wooden path and from there it is an easy walk of about 20 minutes to the very end of the bay, that you will be allowed to hike, and it is called "Senda de la Baliza". There you will see a nice beach, some birds and...
globetrott Says: Archipielago Cormoranes is just about 100 meters after the bridge that you will see in my 3rd photograph. You will find this beautiful spot after two extremely dangerous and narrow bends of the road and in order to see its great landscape it is best to park shortly after the...
Get to the viewpoint on the mountain
globetrott Says: It will take about 30 minutes to walk easily through the grass and partly through the woods in order to get to a higher viewpoint, maybe 50 meters above the carpark. That walk is worth it in my opinion, but it is not possible to do it with small children, elderly people etc....
globetrott Says: Laguna Verde is the name of the first viewpoint that you will get to, when driving the only road to Lapataia. There is a small car-park and from there a wooden path will take you to a platform with a great view. Just about 200 meters from there you will find the last places,...
The National Park Tierra del Fuego
globetrott Says: Lapataia is inside the National Park Tierra del Fuego, a wonderful and rough landscape consisting of small rivers, lakes, mountains, endlest forrests and a great wildlife.At the entrance of the National Park you will have to pay an entrance-fee of 30 ARG $ (=4 euros) per...
globetrott Says: Take the wooden path to get to the view-points, it is just a rather short walk and also a good place to watch the local wildlife. The birds are obviously used to the visitors in this national park and they feel safe there with the visitors staying behind the wooden bars, so...
globetrott Says: In that area of the beaver we also saw a big swarm of tropical birds, maybe some sort of a parrot or conure, they arrived with loud singing and sat down in the trees above us, while we were looking out for beavers. It was not easy to watch them and take photos between the...
globetrott Says: Beavers are some sort of a problem in Tierra del fuego, they were taken there in the 19th century and since then they were destroying a rather large part of the local woods. Close to the viewpoint of Lapataia you will be able to see such an area, where a beaver has destroyed...
Campingsite in National Park: including all facilities
globetrott Says: This is a real campingsite inside of the national Park "Tierra del Fuego", not far from the big lake that has a fine gravel on the beach and offers a great view of the snowcovered mountains in the distance. Most of the tents will be placed between and under high trees, so...
globetrott Says: In the National Park Tierra del Fuego you will find some great areas for wild camping, including secured fireplaces, mostly close to rivers and lakes, just look out for the signs, because these areas are restricted to certain areas only.I saw a few tents there, mainly of...
Helpfulness
There is a small restaurant next to the big campingsite of the nationalpark, directely at the lake. It is also a souvenirshop and they obviously are also renting rooms there in a small hostel. Prices are low and you may sit inside or out on the terrace and at both places you have to serve yourself !
Favorite Dish: We came in the afternoon, when the kitchen was closed already, but the nice lady at the counter prepared some great toasts for us.
Updated Dec 19, 2008
"The train at the end of the world"
globetrott Says: When driving the only road to Lapataia you will pass by "The train at the end of the world" ! That small museum-train is the southern-most train on earth and it was constructed between 1902 and 1909 as a train to be used by the prisoners in order to transport the wood of the...
globetrott Says: This sign-post at the end of the Highway Nr. 3 marks the end of a highway that starts in Alaska and combines several highways through different countries to the so-called "Panamerican Highway / Panamericana " You really cannot always compare the quality of the roads with an...
Helpfulness
I have no idea, who had the idea to call this road from Ushuaia to Lapataia a highway, at many places it is smaller than an ordinary road. The very end of the Highway Nr.3 to Lapataia is quite narrow and just a sandy road through the National Park, at some places you will be lucky not to meet onward trucks or buses, because there is just space enough for a bus in one direction and there are lots of buses going there every day.
Written Jun 25, 2010
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