Parque Nacional Tierra del Fuego Travel Guide

 Charlin_Baby Says:  You have to do!!!, is really very nice, you only pay the entrance to the park, and then, start to walk....and walk.....and....walk!!!! 

 andal13 Says:  Do not forget to pay! The National Parks need our contribution; the entrance fee is 12 Argentinian pesos for foreigners (about 4 $) and 6 pesos for Argentinian people. The ticket says: "Let's protect them, let's enjoy them, they belong to everyone!"Any other information you... 

 andal13 Says:  Of course, the National Park not only has flora; it also has fauna. The native animals are the guanacos, red foxes, and a large variety of birds. But, unfortunately, several exotic species were brough, among them, the beavers. The beavers build their typical dikes, and they... 

 andal13 Says:  As I was at the National Park in summer, there was a lot of wild flowers; the ones I liked most were Chiliotricum diffususm, better known as "mata negra" (black plant); the flowers look like tiny daisies.como estuve en el Parque Nacional en verano, había muchas flores... 

 andal13 Says:  An old man in the forest? Well, why not? Actually, there is not any old man here; "old man's beard" is the name of a lichen which scientific name is Usnea; this lichen looks like white beards hanging from the trees. The presence of these lichens denotes a clean... 

 andal13 Says:  Chinese lanterns is the common name of Mizodendrum punctulatum, an hemiparasite plant which lives on the trees. Probably the trees are not "happy" with these "lanterns", but they are really beautifulFarolitos chinos es el nombre vulgar que recibe Mizodendrum punctulatum, una... 

 andal13 Says:  Which is the main attraction of a forest? The trees, of course! This National Park has not got a large diversity of vegetation, but its trees are magnificent! Most of them are "guindos" or "coihues" (Nothofagus betuloides), "lengas" (N. pumilio) and "ñires" (N. antartica). I... 

 andal13 Says:  Isla Redonda (Round Island) is an island that you can see from Bahía Ensenada, or even you can sail to it from this bay; as I only spent a few hours inside the National Park, I could not sail to this island situated at Beagle Channel. Behind the island you see the Chilean... 

 andal13 Says:  Lapataia, as we all know, means "place of good wood"; this area was inhabited by Yamana people, and these native were excellent sailors, and they used the wood to make their canoes. Lapataia Bay is a beautiful place, where drains the waters from Lake Roca to Beagle Channel,... 

 andal13 Says:  If you are staying in Ushuaia, and you are not going to stay inside the National Park, the best way to visit it (in my humble opinion) is to hire a guided visit in a travel agency: they take you there in a bus or a van, with a local guide.I used the services of "Tiempo... 

 andal13 Says:  No matter which conveyance you choose: if you are going by your own (without a guide), get a map of the Park; it is very easy to get lost here, and the distances are pretty long.No importa cuál sea el medio de transporte que elijan: si van por su cuenta (sin un guía),... 

 andal13 Says:  At the Lapataia Bay shore, there are some circles without vegetation; these are "conchales", places were the natives threw away the shells ("conchas") of the mussels they used to eat; some centuries after, we still can see them.En las costas de Bahía Lapataia, hay unos... 

 andal13 Says:  Close to the train station there are some remains of the ancient "prisoners train": the bogies of this narrow gauge train, which communicated the jail and the forests. A little piece of History among beautiful flowers.Cerca de la estación hay unos restos del antiguo "tren de...