The Ushuaia City Guides deal with the questions everyone has at the bottom of the map: how to order king crab without being served a cheaper cousin, which Beagle Channel boat really gets you close to the penguins, how to reach the national park and the glacier trails without a tour bus, and where locals eat well when the cruise passengers fill the waterfront. Each guide is a short, honest list that says why a place is worth it, what to order or look out for and one practical tip, and it opens in your browser as soon as you have paid.
About the Ushuaia City Guides
- 78 places
- 4 guides
- 6 languages
- Works offline
- Print or PDF
- Instant access
- Free updates
The four Ushuaia guides
Food guide
18 places
Centolla and seafood near the port, Fuegian lamb roasted on the iron cross, dinners with a channel view, cakes and hot chocolate for cold days, and what to eat on the way to the glacier, Harberton and Almanza.
Things to do guide
22 places
The town, its museums and waterfront, seven ways onto the Beagle Channel from big catamarans to a penguin landing, glacier and lagoon walks behind town, and the national park with the End of the World train.
Day trips guide
20 places
The penguin coast east of town by boat and gravel road, a full day in Tierra del Fuego National Park, glacier lagoon hikes and the Ruta 3 lakes road up to Tolhuin, with how to get to each.
Budget guide
18 places
Free glacier and lake hikes, the national park without overspending, the museum and boat trip worth paying for, and where locals eat well for little.
Why an interactive guide beats a list
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Your own notes
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Every place opens in Google Maps, and the day route puts your picks in a sensible order.
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Works offline
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Print it or save as PDF
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Three places from the guides
Ramos Generales El Almacén
Av. Maipú 749, on the waterfront
A general store from 1906 that never threw out its stock: old scales, tins, bottles and tools still fill the shelves while the ovens turn out bread, medialunas and calafate tarts. Come for soup or goulash at lunch and leave with a bag of picnic food for the next excursion. From the food guide.
Piratour
Avenida Prefectura Naval Argentina 410
The one company allowed to put you ashore on Isla Martillo, where a guide walks small groups among Magellanic and gentoo penguins. It takes a whole day, with the bus out to Estancia Harberton and a short crossing, and it is not cheap, but short of Antarctica nothing brings you closer. From the things to do guide.
Cerro Guanaco
Starts by Lago Roca, inside the national park
The big climb in the national park: roughly 1,000 metres up from the shore of Lago Roca to a summit looking over the Beagle Channel, the lakes and the mountains of Chile. Allow six to eight hours there and back, and expect bog once you leave the trees behind. From the day trips guide.
Plan your days in Ushuaia
Day one: take a Beagle Channel boat from the tourist pier in the morning, when the water is usually calmest, out to the sea lions and the Les Éclaireurs lighthouse. In the afternoon visit the old prison, now the Museo Marítimo y del Presidio, walk the waterfront past the End of the World sign and eat lamb at Bodegón Fueguino. Day two: buy picnic food the evening before, ride a shared minibus from Avenida Maipú to Tierra del Fuego National Park, walk the Senda Costera to Lago Roca and finish at Bahía Lapataia, where Ruta 3 runs out. For a rainy or slow day, see the Museo del Fin del Mundo, watch the waterbirds in the Bahía Encerrada reserve, warm up with hot chocolate at Laguna Negra and, if the sky clears, walk up towards the Martial Glacier before dinner at Kalma Resto.
Questions about the Ushuaia guides
What do the Ushuaia City Guides include?
Four guides covering 78 places: food, things to do, day trips and budget. Every entry tells you why it is worth going, where it is, notes on opening and one tip you can use.
Do the guides help with the national park and the penguins?
Yes. They explain how to reach Tierra del Fuego National Park by shared minibus, which trails to walk, which Beagle Channel boats sail to the Isla Martillo penguin colony and which one actually lands there.
How do I get the guides after paying?
The links appear on your order confirmation page and in the email that follows. They open in the browser of any phone, tablet or laptop, with no app to install and no account to create. Load each guide once while online and it keeps working offline.
Which languages are the Ushuaia guides available in?
The guides open in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. You can switch the language inside the guide at any time.
How much do the Ushuaia guides cost?
One guide is €4.99, two are €8.99 and the full set of four is €15.99.
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