Ushuaia, The End of the World
In Yamana language, Ushuaia means "bay penetrating the West". The Yamanas were an aborigine group known as the "Beagle Canoeists" who settled on both margins of the Beagle Channel.

Ushuaia is the capital city of the province of Tierra del Fuego. Its strong ties with the past are evident in its urban layout and its architectonic design. The landscape is as attractive as the city, consequence of an agreement made between Nature and the End of the World: sea, forests, glaciers and mountains in one very same island. It offers a wide variety of activities, from channel sailing to cruises that reach the Antarctica. Indian groups such as Onas and Yamanas inhabited the region.

The island was discovered in 1520 by an expedition leaded by Ferdinand Magellan when he was looking for the intercontinental pass that now bears its name. They baptised the island "Tierra del Fuego" ("Land of Fire") because from the distance they saw fire and smoke on the northern shores. The discovery was followed by two centuries of European expeditions, the early contact of the South American aborigine with white men. So the first settles arrived attracted by the "existence" of gold in Tierra del Fuego. The government, worried about this, tied to find a way to eradicate these people. They took as a referential point the politics of European countries such as England and France; So they set up a military jail in 1911 under the name of Presidio de Reincidentes (Jail of Recidivists) which had a deep impact in the developing of the city.

Beagle Channel - Ushuaia
The Beagle Channel follows the southern extreme of Tierra del Fuego and is, at the same time, the boundary with Chile. There's a route that goes into the woods to reach Lake Victoria, also the Les Eclaireurs lighthouse, Mount Olivia - of about 1500 metres -, Gable Island and many seal colonies.

Tierra del Fuego National Park - Ushuaia
Created in 1960, the park covers 63,000 hectares and protects the Argentinian sub-Antarctic forest, preserving the ecosystem. It houses a vast variety of flora and fauna. The lengas are the typical trees, which can reach a height of 30 metres and have a trunk of 1,5 metres of diameter.

The local birds are the cauquen that makes his nestle near the water and feeds from leaves of grass, the woodpecker that can only be seen flying in pairs or in small groups and the bandurrias that have a very peculiar colour and shape.

The thousands of beavers and rabbits that inhabit the area are not original from Tierra del Fuego for they were brought from other countries. Part of the tour are Bay Ensenada, the Waterfall of Pipo River, the viewpoint, Redonda Island, Lake Roca, Negra Lagoon and Lapataia Bay.

Jail of Recidivists - Ushuaia
The legendary jail was built in Ushuaia between 1902 and 1920. Until it was finally closed in 1947, the jail servedays a vital point in the development of the city. Many notorious criminals were imprisoned there, like the anarchist Simon Radowitsky, the swindler Juan Dufour -a man who had escaped from la Isla del Diablo (¨The Island of the Devil¨), the first Argentinian serial killer Mateo Banks and the murderer of children Cayetano Snato Godino.
Harberton Farm - Ushuaia

The Anglican priest Thomas Bridges, a pioneer and friend of the aborigines, founded it in 1886. It is placed on a bay that protects it from the strong winds and has a museum of local animals, especially birds, whales and dolphins, founded in 2001, called Acatushún.

The train at the End of the World - Ushuaia
The train at the End of the World, or Austral Fueguino Railroad, is the first ecological train of the world since it reaches and enters a part of the National Park that had been hidden for a long time.
The station is located 3 km away from Usuhaia. The train is made up of steam locomotives and comfortable wagons. The train follows Pipo River and takes 1 hour and 40 minutes to reach its destination point. After a gentle bend the train goes up to reach La Macarena Station. Then it goes on, crossing the old sawmill. When it leaves the river it enters a thick forest. Originally, the train was used by the prisoners to cut wood and take it from the actual territory of National Park to the city.