Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
park and you can cover them in half a day if you
just want to look. But you'll want to do more
than that.
Hiking trails have been created throughout the
park and the most popular ones are self-guided.
Two easy trails are:
Sendero Laguna Negra
(Black Lagoon Trail) and
Sendero de los
Castores
(Beaver Trail). They lead to scenic
overlooks, from which you can see the Beagle
Channel and Lapataia Bay. It is at this bay that
National Route 3 (NR 3) ends - the southern
terminus of the PanAmerican Highway.
If you want to
hike the more
difficult trails
that go into the
mountains, join
a group.
The landscape is both stunning and stark, yet
has more trees than one would expect. Many
are evergreens of the beech and lenga variety.
Cinnamon trees with white flowers stand out.
In the early part of the 20th century, local pris-
oners cut down trees and more are being cut
down today, this time by beavers. Imported to
fill some long-forgotten task, the beavers have
created havoc by cutting down trees and build-
ing dams that change the waterflow. Rabbits
are another imported pest and they can be seen
everywhere. Red foxes, guanacos, condors and
even an albatross call this park home.
While no longer
in operation, the
old prison can
be visited.
Lago Roca
, the most accessible lake in the
park, has a small restaurant and campground.
The
hostería
nearby had been damaged by a fire
and was not open at this writing.
Visit the Yahgan village campsite which is
marked by mounds of mussel shells. A recon-
structed Indian village is near Rio Lapataia.
Campers can
pickup supplies
here.
