Boat trips on the Beagle Channel depart daily from Ushuaia’s port. To plan your trip, it’s worth looking at the different options: some excursions pass well-known sights, while others also offer a short stop ashore. Museums, city tours and trails in nature each have their own focus.

Beagle Channel: boat trip and shore stop

Boat routes from Ushuaia offer the chance to see birds and sea lions. The classic routes include Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse. Before your trip, check whether and when the excursions depart, since the daily frequency is operational information that should be confirmed for your plans.

Some excursions let you disembark on Isla H for a short walk with panoramic views. If you’d like to plan time ashore as well as the boat trip, look for options that explicitly mention this stop. This makes it easier to choose based on whether the boat trip itself is enough for you or you’d also like to take a short walk.

Explore Ushuaia on foot or on a city tour

Ushuaia’s waterfront promenade is used for walking and cycling. It offers a way to fit some exercise into your stay without taking a city tour. Bahía Encerrada is also one of Ushuaia’s natural attractions.

Most buses on city tours of Ushuaia depart from the port; the old government building is one of the stops. City tours can also take place on foot with a specialized guide. These may include museum visits. The options therefore differ in more than just how you get around: museums may be part of a guided walking tour, while most buses depart from the port.

City history and museums

Casa Beban is part of Ushuaia’s cultural heritage. It opened as a cultural and exhibition center on November 4, 1994. The Museo del Fin del Mundo presents the history of the island’s first Indigenous communities, the objects they used and their customs. It also features exhibitions on local wildlife and some shipwrecks near the island. The museum also preserves elements of Tierra del Fuego’s history and culture.

The former prison is also part of the city’s history: it is connected to Ushuaia’s origins and development. The broader Ushuaia destination includes the Museo Marítimo, the Museo Antártico and the Museo de Arte Marino, located in the former prison complex. Together with Casa Beban and the Museo del Fin del Mundo, these places offer different ways to explore the region’s culture and city history, with each having its own focus.

Nature in the wider Ushuaia destination

Bahía Encerrada Nature Reserve provides a habitat for more than 50 bird species. Marked trails, boardwalks and viewpoints are among the ways to explore the natural area; interpretive information panels supplement the circular trail. The trail is open to visitors without visitation restrictions. Even so, check access information again before your visit.

Tierra del Fuego National Park lies near Ushuaia and is the only Argentine national park that combines sea and mountains. In the broader Ushuaia destination, activities there include hiking, fishing and guided canoeing. The trails vary in difficulty. This gives you several ways to spend time outdoors in the park; which one suits you depends on the activity you have in mind and the trail you choose.

Regional food can also help guide your plans: Ushuaia’s tourist offerings present king crab, Patagonian toothfish and Tierra del Fuego lamb as typical regional dishes.

For the broader travel overview: Ushuaia.