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Tierra Del Fuego Tierra del Fuego Summer 2020 / 2021 The best trekking programs at the end of the world. 1 www.companiadeguias.com.ar Ushuaia - End of the world 2 www.companiadeguias.com.ar Tierra del Fuego Generalities • Hiking circuits in Tierra del Fuego present a span of possibilities for privileged adventures in the end of the world. • The Andes range presents two well defined areas: To the north of the mountains, the steppe presents a continental landscape, while to the south hillsides fall into the sea in a typical Fuegianframe. • Lenga forests with their ocher tones, peat bogs, enormous lakes and transversal valleys on the edge of the continent are some of the good reasons to dare running the adventure. • Many of these mountains have not yet been travelled by man. • Tierra del Fuego National Park, are one of the principal attractions in the area. The importance of Tierra del Fuego National Park lies in keeping the pristine condition of nature, only altered by beavers, which, introduced from Canada five decades ago. 3 www.companiadeguias.com.ar Tierra del Fuego Itineraries: Trekking • Full day Characteristics Glacier Trekking Trekking in Tierra del Fuego is a National Park Trekking wonderful experience, in a wild land. Summits Trekking Normally include crossing untouched and virgin areas. • Multi day Watch and share with wildlife, big Montes Martial Circuit (3 days) forests, high mountain environment, and other unique thinks. Sierra Valdivieso Trekking (4 days) No dangerous animals are present Dientes de Navarino (4+2 days) in this area, the biggest predator is a red fox, and no pumas , bears Crossing Tierra del Fuego (7 days) and wolf are present. No dangers insects are present. Cordillera Darwin (12days) 4 www.companiadeguias.com.ar General Map General Location 5 www.companiadeguias.com.ar Exploring the ice age of Tierra del Fuego GLACIER TREKKING 6 www.companiadeguias.com.ar The objective of this excursion is to know the glacier history in Tierra del FuegoFuego.. We will be in the high Glacier Trekking mountain environment, and walk on the glacier Description & Itienerary surfacesurface.. During the trip, we will visit the Lenga forest, the peat bog, beaver dams, timberline area and Vinciguerra Glacier. Glacier. We will explore caves, crevasses, and walk with crampons on the surface of the glacier. glacier. Itinerary: We pick up you at 9 am in your hotel, have a short transfer to the beginning of the trail. The excursion is about 7 hours walk. And we come back on the same way. Transfer, Guide, Box Lunch and Equipment are included. You need to bring Wind Jacket, Water bottle, Day backpack, Gloves and hat. 7 www.companiadeguias.com.ar Glacier Trekking 8 www.companiadeguias.com.ar Map www.companiadeguias.com.ar 9 SUMMITS OF THE END OF THE WORLD In the high mountain environment www.companiadeguias.com.ar 10 We are going in search of the most beautiful panoramic views of Tierra del Fuego. Fuego. Summits Trekking To do this, start walking on the edge of the city, and Description & Itinerary from there, following a path of the old prison of Ushuaia, climb to Cerro del Medio. Medio.A summit is Itinerary: simple to climb, but impressive sightsight..From its We pick up you at 9 am in your hotel, have a short transfer to the beginning of 800 meters high, feel like a Himalayan summitsummit.. We the trail. The excursion is about 6 hours shall not cease to amaze us throughout your walk. According to the weather we will go on one way route, or come back on the journey, surrounded by the most pristine nature same way. and unique view, gives us the height. height. Transfer, Guide, Box Lunch and Equipment are included. We will bring amazing pictures and an unforgettable You need to bring Wind Jacket, Water experienceexperience.. bottle, Day backpack, gloves and hat. 11 www.companiadeguias.com.ar Summits of the End of the World 12 www.companiadeguias.com.ar Map www.companiadeguias.com.ar 13 NATIONAL PARK TREKKING In contact with the nature and cultural history of Tierra del Fuego 14 www.companiadeguias.com.ar Tierra del Fuego National Park is one of the most frequently visited places in Ushuaia: it is close to the city, it is easily accessible and it does not require to be approached in National Park Trekk any particular way. Description & Itinerary We propose to discover the true nature of the secret within the Tierra del Fuego National Park. With our specialized Itinerary: We pick up you at 9 am in your hotel, guides it is possible to get to know in detail this recovered have a short transfer to the beginning of paradise, where the mountains are accessible from the the trail. The excursion is about 6 hours sea, and the fresh water of rivers and lakes mixes with the walk. Itinerary is a one way routeroute.. sea. Transfer, Guide, and Box Lunch are included. On this tour you get to walk through the forest, and discover You need to bring Wind Jacket, Water the secrets of the beagle channel to get into the famous bottle, Day backpack, Gloves and hat. Lapataia Bay. We will walk thought old Indians camps in the coast, an ancient forest, birds and occasionally some Three options are available: fox. • Full Day Trekking We propose a trip around the National Park involving • Trekking with optional navigation ornithology, geology, ecology, trekking, and photography. • Half day Hiking. We’ll bring along our expertise, service and our attention to detail so that you may be able to concentrate on every attraction the place has to offer. It is not far from Ushuaia city, and getting there is easy, and exiting… 15 www.companiadeguias.com.ar Tierra del Fuego National Park 16 www.companiadeguias.com.ar Map 17 www.companiadeguias.com.ar MONTES MARTIALCIRCUIT The heart of the Tierra del Fuego National Park 18 www.companiadeguias.com.ar This is the circuit published in “Lonely Planet” & “Trekking in South America”. In 3 days, we will explore the hear of Montes Martial Trekk the Tierra del Fuego National Park. Description & Itinerary The idea of this trekking is explore the heart of the Tierra del Fuego National Park, Walk in a variety of landscapes, Day 1: Departure from the hotel at and environments, climb a nice and easy mountain, in a 9 am. – Trekking through Andorra very remote place. Valley and ascension to Laguna del We will enjoy three days in the wilderness, walking in Caminante – Lunch – Camp – guanacos trails, enormous Nothofagus forests, and high Dinner –Camp night. mountain environment. Day 2: Breakfast –Departure to Superior Valley – Ascension to Falso Tonelli or Rebert Mount – Lunch – Return to the camp – Dinner and Night camp. Day 3: BreakfastBreakfast-- Sheep Pass – Lunch – Descent down Sheep Canyon on direction to Ushuaia – Arrival to town around 4 pm. Transfer, Guide, Meals and Grupal equipment are included. You need to bring Wind Jacket, Water bottle, backpack, Sleeping Bag, Gloves and hat. 19 www.companiadeguias.com.ar Montes Martial Circuit 20 www.companiadeguias.com.ar Map 21 www.companiadeguias.com.ar SIERRA VALDIVIESO TREKKING Classic itinerary to cross the Andes 22 www.companiadeguias.com.ar We offer to a classic Sierra Valdiviesotrekk, trekk, the same itinerary published in the lonely planet guide. Sierra Valdivieso General idea is to explore the highlands of the Description & Itinerary andesandes,, at the end of the world, where the mountains are in WestWest--EastEast direction. Day 1: pick up in the hotel, transfer to the We are starting in Ushuaia, the fist part of the trip is start point, and leave. First night in the a bus transfer from your hotel to Tierra Mayor Valley. area of the Beban pass. There we start to walk, crossing the Tierra Mayor Day 2: We climb the Beban pass, and then climb the Azul Lagoon pass. valley, and continued climbing the Beban Pass. This Camping Night in Five lagoon valley. is a combination of two high pass on 900msnm Day 3: We follow the five lagoon valley in high. direction to the west. From Beban Valley we will cross to Five lagoon Day 4: The last day, we will go back to Ushuaia, following the route of the valley, crossing wonderful highlands, in a very nice Carbajal Valley. and exiting trekking. In this area, we will explore the highlands, full of Transfer, Guide, Meals and Group rocks, lagoons and animals. We will see the equipment are included. Fagnano Lake, a wonderful interior sea. nd You need to bring all your personal Gear, We will pass the 2 and 3th night, in a peaceful (Wind Jacket, Water bottle, backpack, highland. Sleeping Bag & matt, Gloves and hat… The last day, we will descent to CarbajalValley, to come back to Ushuaia following the amazing landscapes of open valleys and snowy mountains. 23 www.companiadeguias.com.ar Sierra Valdivieso Circuit 24 www.companiadeguias.com.ar Map www.companiadeguias.com.ar 25 DIENTES DE NAVARINO CIRCUIT The end of the world trekking, From here only Cape Horn… 26 www.companiadeguias.com.ar This trek is an absolutely wonderful place - the views over the Cape Horn archipelago are stunning and Dientes de Navarino the landscape changes rapidly so it feels as if Itinerary & Description you've covered even more ground than you really do. Day 1: Ushuaia to Puerto Williams. Dientes de Navarino is a wonderful, but very This day we cross the Beagle channel, demanding 5-6 days trek, only for seasoned from Ushuaia. trekkers. The challenge: the extremely variable Day 2: Puerto Williams to the Dientes de Navarino peaks. weather (sub Antarctic), you have a sunny day, no After four to five hours we reach Laguna wind and in less 10 minutes you can endure a del Salto to pitch camp near the lake.
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