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.

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Tierra del Fuego National Park - Ushuaia, Argentina

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

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

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

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Geese, Tierra del Fuego National Park - Ushuaia, Argentina

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

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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

Tweets from today

eating leftover bolognaise in Ushuaia, Argentina after spending the day hiking in the Tierra del Fuego National Park

26th February, 2008 8:40 PM from txt