Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
WildWings Travel
(
www.wildwings.co.uk
)
UK-based company that focuses on bird-
watching and wildlife in Antarctica.
For more information see Lonely Planet's Antarcticaguidebook. Also check
www.70south.com
for up-to-date information and articles. In Ushuaia consult the
very helpful
Oficina Antárctica
(
430015;
www.tierradelfuego.org/ar/antartida
; Av Maipú
505)
at the pier.
BUS
Ushuaia has no bus terminal. Book outgoing bus tickets as much in advance as possible;
many readers have complained about getting stuck here in high season. Depending on
your luck, long waits at border crossings can be expected.
Bus Sur
( 430727; Av San Martín 245)
Buses to Punta Arenas and Puerto Natales, Chile,
three times weekly at 5:30am, connecting with Montiel. The office is in Comapa, which
also does tours and ferries in Chile.
Lider
( 442264; Gobernador Paz 921)
Door-to-door minivans to Tolhuin and Río Grande
six to eight times daily, with fewer departures on Sunday.
Montiel
( 421366; Gobernador Paz 605)
Door-to-door minivans to Tolhuin and Río
Grande six to eight times daily, with fewer departures on Sunday.
Tecni-Austral
( 431408, 431412; Roca 157; )
Buses to Río Grande at 5am via Tolhuin;
to Punta Arenas three times weekly; and to Río Gallegos daily at 5am.
Taqsa
( 435453; Godoy 41)
Buses to Río Grande at 5am via Tolhuin; to Punta Arenas
and Puerto Natales three times weekly at 5am; to Río Gallegos, El Calafate and Bari-
loche daily at 5am.
Transportes Pasarela
( 433712; cnr Av Maipú & 25 de Mayo)
Round-trip shuttles to Lago
Esmeralda (AR$100), Lago Escondido (AR$150) and Lago Fagnano (AR$150), leaving
around 10am and returning at 2pm and 6:30pm. Pay one way if you're planning to stay
overnight, and arrange for pickup.
Buses from Ushuaia
COST
(AR$)
DURATION
(HR)
DESTINATION
Bariloche
1300
36
Calafate
384
18
Punta Arenas, Chile
400
11
