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Catamaran Voyage To Penguin Island and Historic Estancia Harberton

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Ushuaia, ArgentinaVisite guidate

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Come see the beautiful scenery and wildlife of the area. Leaving from the tourist pier with Southeastern direction, sailing the waters of the Bay of Ushuaia and the framework of the capital of Tierra del Fuego to our backs. Already in the middle of the Beagle Channel, we find the archipelago where the Alicia island inhabited by a large colony of shags is. Throughout the tour we will have the opportunity to observe the majestic black-browed albatross, as well as Scuas and different kind of gulls, without forgetting the funny steamer ducks or Alakush.


Our navigation continues eastwards through the channel and we now turn to the area of Les Eclaireurs Archipelago. In this archipelago is the island of Lobos. It will observe the two species of wolf’s characteristics of the channel (one and two hairs). On another islands a lighthouse was built with the same name of the archipelago. It was precisely in this area that occurred in 1930 Cruise Ship sinking Mtn. Cervantes.


Always eastward then we navigate between the coasts of Port Almanza (Argentina) and Port Williams (Chile) and then enter the area of the Mackinlay Pass to go directly to the Martillo Island to watch the elegant Magellanic penguins.


The tour continues now towards the zone of Harberton Estancia where we will enjoy a tour organized by their historic facilities and completion thereof, will embark again to initiate our navigation back to Ushuaia through the winding Paso Guarani, after all this we find a small populated Puerto Almanza, whose few inhabitants are engaged in fishing for king crab and salmon breeding.



Meeting/pick-up point: Port of Ushuaia.

Duration: Eight hours.

Start/opening time: At 9am.

Others: Please note that there are some hotels in the city that are not included in our pickup routes. If your hotel is not included, we will contact you to inform you of the closest pick up location. We ask that you wait for the guide in the lobby of the hotel indicated. Exclusions: Roundtrip Transfers to Ushuaia tourist pier. Pier fee and boarding fee are not included. Children under 2 years free.