Ushuaia - General Info
Description:
Ushuaia (pronounced u’swaia) is sometimes considered to be the southernmost city in the world. It is located in a wide bay on the southern coast of the island of Tierra del Fuego, guarded on the north by the Martial mountain range and on the south by the Beagle Channel. Ushuaia is surrounded by Magellanic subpolar forests that give the landscape a magnificent greenness.
Position:
54° 49’S, 68° 16’W (centre of the harbor)
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We stayed at Club Nautico, run by Uka. Rates (6,5 pesos per sqm as of Jan 2019) were half that of AFASyN. Electricity, water and wi-fi included. Showers were opened, just after we left.
Officials were friendly. Upon entering the country from Chile, we were sent to immigration first (where we were given the same forms to fill in as the ones at prefectura), then to aduana (although immigration may tell you to go to prefectura), and then prefectura. To clear out, start at prefectura, then immigration, customs, prefectura.
We wanted to visit the Natural Parc Lapataia; big disappointment. The prefecture allows us to anchor in this region, no problem. But if we want to come ashore there the hassle begins, the rangers of the National Park don’t allow you to come ashore, formally forbidden.
By road no problem, even now in winter the entrance is free. Who can understand this? We as cruisers got more and more the impression that Argentina wants yachts OUT, for sure foreign yachts. So we sail back to Chili, Puerto Williams.
Club Nautico is a top location, near to centre for shopping and fuel. Nice guy our Uka who takes good care of us even in winter.
Ushuaia Update from Henk Boersma:
All is quiet on the customs front, apart from some issues which involved Argentine sailors with foreign flagged boats. They are still fussy about arriving or going to the Falklands without a permit.