Day 39 - Ushuaia and Tierra del Fuego National Park

Got up a bit later than we had planned this morning - but managed to catch a 10:30am bus out to the Tierra del Fuego National Park - only 20km from town. We weren’t sure what the weather would be like - the forecast was for 14 degrees

We started off walking around Lago Roco until we reached the Chile - Argentina border (the trail stopped here). We then walked back and all the way around to Lapataia Bay (about 7 hours all up) where we caught a bus back to town.

Tierra del Fuego National Park - Ushuaia, Argentina

Tierra del Fuego National Park - Ushuaia, Argentina

Argentina - Chile Border, Tierra del Fuego National Park - Ushuaia, Argenti

Argentina - Chile Border, Tierra del Fuego National Park - Ushuaia, Argenti

Lago Roco, Tierra del Fuego National Park - Ushuaia, Argentina

Lago Roco, Tierra del Fuego National Park - Ushuaia, Argentina

Peat Bog - Lago Negra, Tierra del Fuego National Park - Ushuaia, Argentina

Geese, Tierra del Fuego National Park - Ushuaia, Argentina

Lapataia Bay, Tierra del Fuego National Park - Ushuaia, Argentina

Lapataia Bay, Tierra del Fuego National Park - Ushuaia, Argentina

It was a nice day for walking - cool but not cold. It did rain a bit in the afternoon, but not too much. It was really nice to be able to walk through the forest areas with nobody else around. Quite a lot of birds around the bay area and many Chimango Caracara around the campsite. These look like a small bird of prey, but are more like crows in their behaviour - scavengers and noisemakers.

Chimango Caracara, Tierra del Fuego National Park - Ushuaia, Argentina

Interestingly there were hundreds of rabbits around - we weren’t sure if they were native or not (someone told us later they are introduced). Didn’t seem to be that much damage from rabbits like we typically see in Australia - but then, there was plenty of lush green grass for them to nibble on - even in the middle of Summer.

Rabbits, Tierra del Fuego National Park - Ushuaia, Argentina

I reheated the leftover bolognaise from last night for dinner and spent the evening posting blog entries from the past week.

Tierra del Fuego National Park - satellite view