Ushuaia Off The Beaten Path

Most commonly reached by the Beagle Canal cruises, Estancia Harberton is roughly 10km east of Ushuaia. It is not available as a stop on all the cruises, so make sure it is on the itinerary.

Harberton was originally settled to be a livestock ranch, mainly for sheep and wool. Many of the buildings are still in tack and well preserved. The guided tour of the open-air museum will temporarily transport you back to the old days. I enjoyed the brief history less, fresh air and mountain backdrops.

Great experience to ride a motorbike over Ruta 40 from Ushuaia to Salta- you can do this. Not well promoted but an amazing expedition of 7000 km mostly over route 40- also old parts of this road and some side roads into Chile to get the feel of exposed landscapes, high fjords and heavy seas! Or ride it only through Patagonia till Bariloche from Ushaia. LEF Expeditions organises this and allows you to do something amazing- Make sure you can ride well-not easy roads and sometimes flooded parts of the road!

I had read somewhere before about flights from Ushuaia to the Antarctic Peninsula, but I can't seem to find that same web page. I do remember the flight being around $1800 USD
I did manage to find the following web page though:
http://www.aeroviasdap.cl/reyjorge-en.html#Itinerario
http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g297401-i9549-k2408705-One_day_flight_to_Antarctica-Punta_Arenas_Patagonia.html

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Cape Horn is in a distance of not more than 150 km from Ushuaia. Mare Australis is one of the ships that offers landings at Cape Horn several times in the southern summer between September and April. They are doing 4 and 5-day cruises from Punto Arenas and will also stop in Ushuaia.
Cap Hoorn is the southern-most island of South America and it got its name by the dutch town of Hoorn, from where 2 ships had left in 1615 in order to find a direct way on the ocean from Europe to India.
read more about Cape Horn on my page about :
Isla Hornos
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a great travelagent in Ushuaia

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The old wooden cutter Tomasito was used in order to explore and navigate the Beagle Channel. It was taken to Ushuaia in 1913 and it had a steam-engine at that time. Nowadays just the wooden boat is left over and you will find its remains next to the entrance-gate of the Maritime-museum and former prison of Ushuaia.
You can see it there any time of the day in a place that is not restricted in any way.

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Adrien Victor Joseph de Gerlache (1866-1934) was a lieutenant in the Royal Belgian Navy and in 1898 he was sailing into Antarctica on the ship Belgica. You will see his monument opposite of the "museum of the end of the world"
Adrien de Gerlache was the first to winter-over in Antarctica (1897-1899)
In case that you plan to go to Antarctica,
the best time to do so is between November and March
here are some links for you:
www.antarktis-expeditionen.de
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www.polarreisen.de

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Isla Redonda is a small island inside the Beagle-Channel and you will see it on my main photograph in the front with the great mountain-scenery of Patagonia in the background. Our tour through the National Park had a short stop at this place, where you are able to buy postcards and are able to post your letters with the stamp of the "end of the world"

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Dont miss to take a closer look at this lovely old house opposite of the entrance to the old prison-museum. When you enlarge my photographs you will see that lovely scenery with a cat chasing a mouse on the roof of the building and a whale beeing used as a wind-flag on top of the chimney. According to one of the sign-posts on the building this could be a bar nowadays, but everything was locked ans closed, so I am not sure wether it is still in operation.