NATURAL ACTIVITIES

Every year, tourists and residents alike jointly take part in the different winter sporting and cultural events. The most important of these are the "Fiesta Nacional de la Noche Más Larga" ("National Festival of the Longest NIght"), a musical happening inaugurating the winter season on June 20, after the traditional "Marcha Blanca" ("White March") and the "Marcha de los Valles" ("March through the Valleys"), long-distance ski treks linking the winter sports centers that attract whole families and are well-known locally and abroad, as well the "Encuentro Nacional de Escultores en Nieve" ("National Contest of Snow Sculpture").

Art Tourism
Ushuaia is a real colours palette. The red and yellow colors of fall give way to the darker winter hues and finally to the bright and cheerful yellows of summer. Ushuaia has turned into an increasingly popular haven for landscape painters. The city and its environs are suitable to that purpose, and the rivers, mountains, forest, sea, snow, sky, light and all else serve as sources of inspiration. The painters usually are found on the shores of a quiet lake or in a comfortable cabin with a commanding view over a wooded valley.

Rural Tourism
Ushuaia is an ideal place to ride through the fields on horseback or enjoy a quiet day's ailing. What is more, depending of the time of the year, you can also watch sheep shearing and sheepdog trials. Some of the Fueguian ranches can lodge visitors overnight and entertain them with the classical rural fare of cheese, cold cuts, wines and the typical "asado argentino con cordero patagónico" ("Argentine barbecue of Patagonian mutton"). The stay is rounded off with different excursions such as those aimed at watching the colonies of Magellan penguins or at visiting an early 19th century shipwreck.

Ethnic Tourism
On the coasts of the Beagle Channel there are still remains of the native occupants of these lands. Accompanied by experts, you will learn everything about the indigenous people of the region: the Yámanas. You will visit archaeological digs, carry out personalized tours and interpret treks that run in fabulous places.

Scientific Tourism
Due especially to the location of this province at the final tip of South America, and to the special features of its sub-Antarctic milieu, very close to the White Continent, Tierra del Fuego is the best place for this interesting activity. Most of the researches are linked to the natural environment. This is field work, demanding outdoor sojourns of different length.