Things to do in Ushuaia

12 activities, venues and outings in Ushuaia, from theatres and live music to parks and tours.

Ranked with the travel guide's picks and well-known places first.

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Beagle Channel
Catamaran trips will take you around the Beagle Channel and give you nice views of the mountains, cormorants, penguins, orcas, seals and sea lions. Make sure that your guide is English speaking before booking a trip.
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Cerro Castor
If you want more, this centre for winter sports offers alpine and cross-country skiing and snowboarding. Nearby in Las Cotorras you can also ride snowcats or husky sleighs.
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Hike the Glaciar Martial
Provided that you wear comfortable shoes and have the patience, a hike up the Glaciar Martial will provide a very beautiful view of Ushuaia and the Beagle Channel. There is also a single ski slope open during the winter months, and ski rentals are available from the site.
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Laguna Esmeralda
It's a short but muddy hike from the highway through peat bogs to get there, but the stunning lake is worth it. The colour of the water changes with the time of day. Try to be there before noon, which is when the majority of tourists start pouring in.
Before 15:00Free
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Tren del Fin del Mundo
The "train to the end of the world" is a pleasant 45-minute train ride with an audioguide into the park on a narrow gauge railway rebuilt on part of the roadbed of the old logging train. The train line operated from 1909 to 1952, transporting timber and other material in the penal colony, and reopened in 1994 as a tourist train. You won't get very good views of the park but train enthusiasts in particular will enjoy the ride. The train also stops for about 15 minutes at a station in the middle of the journey, just long enough to take the 5 minute walk to the waterfall, or buy a drink and take a picture with the employees dressed as prison inmates.
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Ushuaia Golf Club
West of town just before the entrance to the National Park, this is probably the southernmost golf course in the world.
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Kayak the Beagle Channel
Kayaks with a guide can be hired near the Aeroparque on the promontory jutting out from Ushuaia.
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Motonave Barracuda Sail
Ship trips will take you around the Beagle channel and give you nice views of the mountains, cormorants, sea lions and penguins.
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Mountain biking
The downhill trails are not to be underestimated: Bring your stamina. Club Andino sells mountain biking guidebooks with rough maps and trail descriptions. Mountain bikes can be rented at the Alamo car rental at Belgrano 96.
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Ojo del Albino glacier
The glacier in the Sierra Alvear mountain range is one of the most picturesque glaciers in Tierra del Fuego, due to its ice-filled lagoon and the prominent terminal moraine. It covers an area of 86 hectares and contributes runoff to Laguna Esmeralda. A visit to the glacier is a full-day excursion that takes between 9 and 10 hours, starting from Route 3. Most visitors use the trail that crosses the Tierra Mayor Valley and leads to Laguna Esmeralda. Access to the lagoon is easy, but the climb to reach the glacier becomes more difficult towards the end of summer when ice forms on the rocks polished by the glacier. Although slightly longer, access is easier via the Beban River Valley, where you must go all the way down and ascend one of the scree slopes where small trickles of meltwater flow. Then you must return south, traversing the hillside until you reach the glacier's terminal moraine, which you must cross. From there, the view is spectacular.
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Parque del Tierra del Fuego
Just go to the "bus station" (next to the Tourist Information office) and ask for a ticket (see getting around section on this page). Get out at the second stop (number one being the ticket office) and do the long seaside walk. Do not spend too much time there though, make sure you do it in three hours. Have a cup of coffee at the refuge and then head down to the Policia Nacional and do the round routes (route number 1, 3 and 6 are the best). Hop on the last bus at 19:00 (make sure you don't miss it or you will have to travel "a dedo" back to Ushuaia).
General admission AR$40,000; national residents AR$18,000; provincial residents AR$8,000; students AR$12,000 (Jun 2026)
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Ushuaia Divers located in the AFASIN Yacht Club
L.N.Alem 4509

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Ushuaia (CC BY-SA 4.0).