Bahia Lapataia
Bahia Lapataia
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GabyVM
Jakarta, Indonesia7,787 contributions
Jan 2016 • Couples
Bahia Lapataia or Bay of Lapataia is a scenic spot in Tierra del Fuego National Park, about 20 minute drive from Ushuaia downtown. Interestingly, it is the southern end of Pan American Highway which started in Alaska > 17,000 km north passing through many countries. Visited Tierra del Fuego including Bahia Lapataia twice, before and after our Antarctica cruise. On the second visit, our taxi driver who practically became our guide, dropped us not far before reaching Lapataia's entrance at the mouth of a trail to the lookout (Serendos Mirador Lapataia). It was a nice, easy trek for about an hour through open peat bog, shady trees and rich vegetations. Towards the end, it was a bit of hike on wooden pathways to the lookout with awesome scenery of the bay. Trekking further down led us to the famous Lapataia's entrance sign board, a famous photo spot. Really enjoyed strolling down the wooden boardwalk to various spots with great photo opportunities. Unfortunately the weather suddenly changed from sunny to heavy rain so we missed the other nearby trail (Senda De La Baliza).
Highly recommend our fun and helpful driver, Jose Garcia, whom we met when he was dropping passengers at our hotel and ended up using his service for the whole time we were in Ushuaia, including taking us to airport. It was of great value (private tour, private guide) and, despite his limited English, the young man became a friend. Let me know if you're interested in getting his contact details.
Highly recommend our fun and helpful driver, Jose Garcia, whom we met when he was dropping passengers at our hotel and ended up using his service for the whole time we were in Ushuaia, including taking us to airport. It was of great value (private tour, private guide) and, despite his limited English, the young man became a friend. Let me know if you're interested in getting his contact details.
Written 7 October 2016
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champkis
Dublin, Ireland1,687 contributions
Mar 2015 • Couples
I feel like a grinch saying this but I expected more after reading all of the reviews here first!! Yes it's lovely and it's a nice handy walk but I just expected too much. We did the coastal route which takes about 3 hours I think it was. A lot of it was actually inland through foresty areas with the odd but of coastal path so don't go expecting it to be all along the coast like I did! It was lovely in fairness once you had a view of the coast and it was nice and peaceful too. Worth the visit. There's a little post office at the start of the trail where you can get your passport stamped for 20ar$ or $2usd, we were stingy though and got it done for free in the tourist information centre in town!!
How to get to Tierra del Fuego National Park
We got a shuttle which cost 200ar$. There are a number of different companies and they all charge the same. The name of ours was Santa Lucia and they were very nice. Once you get to the national park you have to pay entrance fee of 140ar$ then too. The shuttle company give you a map with the times of the shuttles (about every hour or 2 hours) and they now where the stops are. In Ushuaia the place to get the shuttles from is just down by the port near enough to the tourist information centre.
How to get to Tierra del Fuego National Park
We got a shuttle which cost 200ar$. There are a number of different companies and they all charge the same. The name of ours was Santa Lucia and they were very nice. Once you get to the national park you have to pay entrance fee of 140ar$ then too. The shuttle company give you a map with the times of the shuttles (about every hour or 2 hours) and they now where the stops are. In Ushuaia the place to get the shuttles from is just down by the port near enough to the tourist information centre.
Written 20 March 2015
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Bernard W
Dallas, TX1,930 contributions
Dec 2012 • Family
Within Tierra Del Fuego National Park is a popular trail: Bahia Lapataia to the end of RT-3 (Fin del Mundo). Note: you will have to pay the park's entrance fee to get there--about $17, but it must be in Argentine Pesos. You will get a train-bus map with entry.
Bahia Lapataia is the very southern terminus of the Pan American Highway where there is a famous sign (Kodak moment) and very short boardwalk. You will see the Lapataia Bay, beautiful birds, unique trees as well as enjoy the view of the Andes in Chile.
You can take a bus (large van) from (Juana Fadul and Maipu Avenues) Ushuaia that makes a stop here. Do the short, historic walk and either be picked up with the next bus OR--what I highly recommend--take one or more of the other trails that lead from there. You will see beaver dams and destruction, forests, peat bogs, and lots more. Trails are decent. Pick-up the bus at any of the pre-designated stops or walk to the popular pick-up point at the cafe near Lago Roca. If you hike this much, leave yourself about 3 lovely hours and do stop in at the Alakush Visitor Center--a big, fairly new-looking building. The Visitor Center includes a large cafeteria, observation tower overlooking the river, very worthwhile exhibit of the original natives (Yamana Indians), good geology, geography, anthropology exhibits about the area, and bathrooms. Here you can have your passport stamped "From the End of the World" by a friendly limited-English speaking information person.
Bahia Lapataia is the very southern terminus of the Pan American Highway where there is a famous sign (Kodak moment) and very short boardwalk. You will see the Lapataia Bay, beautiful birds, unique trees as well as enjoy the view of the Andes in Chile.
You can take a bus (large van) from (Juana Fadul and Maipu Avenues) Ushuaia that makes a stop here. Do the short, historic walk and either be picked up with the next bus OR--what I highly recommend--take one or more of the other trails that lead from there. You will see beaver dams and destruction, forests, peat bogs, and lots more. Trails are decent. Pick-up the bus at any of the pre-designated stops or walk to the popular pick-up point at the cafe near Lago Roca. If you hike this much, leave yourself about 3 lovely hours and do stop in at the Alakush Visitor Center--a big, fairly new-looking building. The Visitor Center includes a large cafeteria, observation tower overlooking the river, very worthwhile exhibit of the original natives (Yamana Indians), good geology, geography, anthropology exhibits about the area, and bathrooms. Here you can have your passport stamped "From the End of the World" by a friendly limited-English speaking information person.
Written 23 January 2013
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M M
Helsinki, Finland31 contributions
Mar 2012 • Friends
If you are going to Tierra Del Fuego national park and wanna do as much as possible during the day: rent a car. National park is really big and you cannot see many places just in one day if you are by your own feet, or by bus. Small negative point about this national park is that they charge you a 85 peso for entrance, and ticket is valid for 24 hours. It is of course not so expensive, but still, if you are going there several days, you will pay several times. By car you can go wherever you want, make as much stops as you like and see many places in one day, and it also gives you an opportunity to do as much trekking as you like, because you cut the not interesting distances just by driving. Lapataia bay itself offers kind of feeling of the end of the world, it is really worth money you pay. It does look good despite of all the types of weather. Tierra del Fuego itself is not a place for family oriented traveling (except if you are just going to stay in one place and enjoy the views and have possible kind of a picnic), just for types who like to explore the things and move extensively in the nature.
Written 4 March 2012
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AlpinerHut
Chantilly, VA1,204 contributions
Mar 2020
Come for the sign, stay for the views -- the sign marking the end of the Pan-American Highway linking North America to South America, the views of Bahia Lapataia (Lapataia Bay) in Tierra del Fuego National Park.
You'll reach here on Argentina Route 3, which ends with a parking lot and a much-photographed sign that announces, in Spanish, the termination of Route 3 but doesn't mention this is also the end of the Pan-American Highway, other than to list a distance from Alaska that I believe is several thousand kilometers less than the true figure.
By the way, don't confuse this sign at the end of the paved world with the fin-del-mundo (end of the world) sign in downtown Ushuaia (see my review, "Bottom's up!"). Pick your preferred end-of-the-world sign and defend it to the death! The argument for this one: it's only 600 miles to Antarctica, and there are no roads beyond this point.
Don't stop at the sign, though. Beyond it, an elevated wooden pathway takes you across pretty countryside to a nice bay view.
TIPS:
* There's another sign of interest here, a blue-and-white one proclaiming "Las Malvinas son Argentinas" ("The Malvinas Are Argentina's"). It's a not-so-subtle dig at British tourists, reminding them that, even though Argentina lost the 1982 war for possession of what Britain calls the Falklands Islands, in Argentina's mind those islands are theirs.
* This is NOT, as some have said in their Bahia Lapataia reviews, where the End of the World Post Office is (see my review, "Really special delivery").
You'll reach here on Argentina Route 3, which ends with a parking lot and a much-photographed sign that announces, in Spanish, the termination of Route 3 but doesn't mention this is also the end of the Pan-American Highway, other than to list a distance from Alaska that I believe is several thousand kilometers less than the true figure.
By the way, don't confuse this sign at the end of the paved world with the fin-del-mundo (end of the world) sign in downtown Ushuaia (see my review, "Bottom's up!"). Pick your preferred end-of-the-world sign and defend it to the death! The argument for this one: it's only 600 miles to Antarctica, and there are no roads beyond this point.
Don't stop at the sign, though. Beyond it, an elevated wooden pathway takes you across pretty countryside to a nice bay view.
TIPS:
* There's another sign of interest here, a blue-and-white one proclaiming "Las Malvinas son Argentinas" ("The Malvinas Are Argentina's"). It's a not-so-subtle dig at British tourists, reminding them that, even though Argentina lost the 1982 war for possession of what Britain calls the Falklands Islands, in Argentina's mind those islands are theirs.
* This is NOT, as some have said in their Bahia Lapataia reviews, where the End of the World Post Office is (see my review, "Really special delivery").
Written 18 April 2020
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midwaytoheaven
Midway, UT3,048 contributions
Feb 2020
If you come to the Tierra del Fuego National Park by tour or taxi, you will most certainly be brought here. This is the place everyone wants a photo or selfie at...the End-Of-The-World, the last stop of the Pan American Highway that begins in Prudhoe Bay Alaska and ends here 11,090 miles away! (17,848 km). It is the "longest road in the world" that connects two continents north to south
BOTTOM LINE: This is pretty cool to see the sign here. There is a trail walkway that takes you to a lake lookout. If cruise ships are in port, this will be a very popular stop and will be crowded. There is a smaller parking area here along with flush toilets. A MUST PHOTO STOP! MY RATING: 8/10
BOTTOM LINE: This is pretty cool to see the sign here. There is a trail walkway that takes you to a lake lookout. If cruise ships are in port, this will be a very popular stop and will be crowded. There is a smaller parking area here along with flush toilets. A MUST PHOTO STOP! MY RATING: 8/10
Written 4 March 2020
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Lizba255103
Perth, Australia26 contributions
Feb 2016 • Couples
A most interesting place to visit. Florence our guide told us that "Lapataia" meant there is nothing else you need. The indigenous people had all they needed to enjoy a simple, happy and healthy life. It was a windy day when we visited, but I am so glad we saw this pretty spot. A definite "must-see" in your exploration of Ushuaia and its surrounds. Bring a warm hat/beanie, warm coat and gloves as it was a little windy and chilly. Good walking shoes a must.
Written 18 May 2016
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AnneLouise_Marcelo
Sao Paulo, SP233 contributions
Nov 2012 • Couples
Certainly if you are a traveler who reached Ushuaia riding a motorcycle, what should be more $85 argentinean pesos to take the most "cult picture" at the palque in La Pataia's bay which says "Here is the end of National Highway Nº 3, Buenos Aires 3.079km, Alaska 17.848km." which means you are at the real end of the world, because it is located below than the other southern locations of the world, such as Cape City or New Zealand.
Written 25 January 2013
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Javier_mail2003
Buenos Aires, Argentina328 contributions
Jan 2020
I would recommend you go to every spot in the National Park, all is beautiful. We went with a driver and spent time at each location, did some trails, etc.
Written 20 January 2020
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scotdoc2015
Birmingham, UK223 contributions
Dec 2019
Beachside. Lots of tourists come here. Post office here . Charging us $3 cash for passport stamp. Expect LONG queues.
Written 22 December 2019
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Hola! Hay algún colectivo que me lleve a Bahia lapataia sin tener que contratar excursión?
Written 26 August 2023
Pato G
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hola gente !! Iremos con mí hija de 16 por primera vez a Ushuaia x 7 días que me recomiendan conocer ,abaratando costos sin auto, Gracias!!🙌
Written 22 May 2021
Hola alguien me dice exactamente de dónde salen las combis que te llevan?
Written 22 February 2020
Hola! En la costanera están todas las empresas que te llevarán hasta la bahía Lapataia (te van a pasar a buscar por tu alojamiento). También podrías contratar un auto en Tiger Rent a Car que es muy económico e ir por tu cuenta (es muy fácil llegar, en el peor de los casos, utilizarás Google Maps). Espero que disfrutes del paseo!
Written 26 February 2020
Hola! Quiero hacer está excursión pero ¿si o si se tiene que ir con agencia? O se lo puede hacer solo?.
Written 26 January 2020
Hola , yo solo pague el traslado ida y vuelta ya me maneje sola . Fui con las combis que salen cerca del puerto.
Written 26 January 2020
Consulta, vamos con un niño de 4 años. Se puede hacer caminando? O es mucho ?
Written 17 September 2019
Hay algunos senderos dentro del parque. Podés ir con auto de alquiler o en mini-buses al parque. Hay unas 3 o 4 paradas principales, desde algunas de ellas parten senderos de diversa dificultad. Hay muchos que no son muy largos. Yo tuve que llevar al mío sobre mis hombros la mayor parte. Es muy lindo, no se lo pierdan.
Written 17 September 2019
¿Cuantas horas son ideales para recorrerla yendo en auto ?
Written 3 September 2018
Eugenia, yo fui con la excursión incluída en la tarifa del hotel que, después del trencito, iba al lago Roca (recomendable también) y por último a Lapataia. Salimos 08:30, con parada para un cafecito, terminamos todo a eso de las 14:00. Te dira que podés hacerlo en una mañana o en una tarde.
Que lo pases bien!!!
Written 3 September 2018
Buen dia queria saber como se llega, con excursion, trencito etc.
Muchas Gracias.
Saludos.
Written 4 July 2018
Te recomiendo las Traffic que salen a cada hora y regresan igual ...anda a la Secretaria de Turismo y te informan ...ellos estan a 100 mtrs ...contrata hasta bahia lapataia y si te gusta caminar varios KM llegas hasta lago roca antes hay un refugio con cafeteria ...Informate cuando llegas ...Saludos
Written 4 July 2018
Jose Maria V
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hola Famoli13. Estamos viajando en pareja a fines de agosto y como ya alquilamos auto pensabamos hacer excursiones autoguiadas. Mi temor es el acceso a los senderos en general (lagunas, cascadas) por la acumulacion de nieve. Como lo ves vos si fuiste para esa epoca?
Written 10 May 2018
Fui en Marzo y en el camino no había nieve. Si en la cumbre de las montañas, porque la noche, llegamos a las 20 hs. cayó la primera nevada, pero en la cumbre. El camino despejado sin nieve.
Written 11 May 2018
hola gente. me dijeron que salen unas combis del centro que rte llevan al parque y te dejan en el correo, desde ahi a caminar. es asi como llegaron ustedes?? yo viajo en unos dias y me gustaria saber para organizarme bien xq tengo solo dos dias. gracias
Written 27 March 2018
Perdoname note puedo ayudar porque fuimos en automovil.
Written 28 March 2018
hola a todos, estoy un poco confundida, se llega acá con el tren ?. Leí que el tren te deja muy lejos de algunos senderos. alguien que sepa?. gracias
Written 26 December 2017
Daniela, buenos días, yo llegue en tren, pero contrate la excursión con guía, cuando llegas al final del recorrido del tren te esperan con un transporte y recorres todo el parque. Vale la pena..Bahía Ensenada, Bahia y Mirador Lapataia, Laguna Verde, Castorera, Lindo restaurante, y si queres caminar una senda costera..
Written 26 December 2017
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