Ushuaia, Argentina At The End Of The World

Bay looking towards the west is the meaning of Ushuaia in Yamana language. This wonderful city is located on the shores of the Beagle Channel and surrounded by mountains, forests, glaciers and sea, with amazing attractive that can be found in the city at the end of the world.
To the east, there is a mountain in the city. The highest of all is Olivia Mount with more than 1000 meters high. Mount Susana and Cinco Hermanos Mont are other interesting places for trekking and excursions.
The city has a cosmopolitan population, because of the descendants of immigrants who arrived in Ushuaia seek the best opportunities for life and where you charmed by the beauty of this unique place.
Perhaps the most attractive of Ushuaia is beautiful nature and landscapes, mixed with forests and glaciers. One of these amazing places is the National Park Tierra del Fuego, with the Escondido and Fagnano Lake, the beautiful bay and Lapataia Lake Roca.
Other attractive Ushuaia is the Tren del Fin del Mundo, a train full of history, which was built by prisoners of the prison Austral in Argentina with indigenous elements such as wood and stone. In the early twentieth century, they have also developed workshops, such as photography, bakery, shoe and medical service, helping the creation of the community in these remote regions.
Ushuaia, visitors can also discover the incredible Antarctic continent and the wonderful islands of the South Atlantic as the King George and the South Shetland Islands. There are browsing through the Patagonian channels, go to places like El Calafate, Bariloche and the Chilean Torres del Paine park.
The city also has many museums with the history of natives and settlers who were the first inhabitants of this land. Typical houses of old families of the city, public libraries, churches and the famous port of Ushuaia, the second major port in the country, receiving fees and passengers to the city.
Since the port is the departure of boats to the Beagle Channel to explore los Pájaros Island, De los Lobos Island and the lighthouse The Eclaireus. Other excursions goes further and reaches Martillo Island, where a colony of penguins.
Another attraction of Ushuaia is Martial Glacier, part of the chain of Martial glaciers that can be seen from any point of the city. Visitors can access this from the ski slopes closer as Francisco Jerman and others.
The main ski area is Mount Castor, over 400 acres of skiing and snowboarding and 17 ski runs for all levels of skiers to enjoy the excellent quality of snow on the slopes of this mountain.
Ushuaia is the ideal place to experience winter and summer, with outdoor activities in all seasons. It offers excellent snow for winter sports such as skiing, dog sledding and snowboarding, mountains for trekking, hiking and many landscapes and trails for horseback riding, mountain biking, photo safaris and 4x4 adventures and canals and lakes for kayaking, fishing, among many others.