Fin Del Mundo: The End of the World

So we made it to Antarctica and back, but before we spill the juice on the 7th continent, we couldn`t leave out the so-called city at the end of the world, Ushuaia. Our first day here, we just spent shopping and preparing for our cruise, but now that we´re back we´ve had time to explore.

Set in a harbor surrounded by mountains, Ushuaia has it all – penguin colonies, trekking, cruising (even around Cape Horn), glaciars, museums, and shopping (all the ¨end of the world¨ paraphernalia you could want) – and it´s quite picturesque. While we couldn`t do it all, we got a good flavor starting with the former prison at the end of the world turned maritime museum. A pretty cool tourist attraction in town, this place has some interesting history about the many voyages and shipwrecks around Cape Horn and expeditions to Antarctica as well as prison life in one of the most remote former jails.

Next, on to the national park Tierra del Fuego, which is famous for its landscapes and being the end of Route 3, the road (once again) to the end of the world. We did some short hikes in the park and overlooked Lapataia Lake, which borders Argentina and Chile.

Finally, for a view of the city from above, we hiked up to Glaciar Martial on our last day. From here you can see Ushuaia and the beagle channel below which heads out toward the ocean and Cape Horn.

And what city at the end of the world would be complete without a post giving you the distances to the other major cities in the world?? It doesn´t get much further than Tokyo from here, although NY is still a lofty 10.6K kilometers…

We´re heading back to Buenos Aires now, but more to come on real end of the world soon…