USHUAIA - TIERRA DEL FUEGO
NATURAL ACTIVITIES
Every year, tourists and residents alike jointly take part in the different sporting and cultural events that take place in winter. The most important of these are the "Fiesta Nacional de la Noche Más Larga" ("National Festival of the Longest NIght"), a musical event inaugurating the winter season on June 20, after the traditional "Marcha Blanca" ("White March") and the "Marcha de los Valles" ("March through the Valleys"), long-distance ski treks joining the winter sports centers that attract whole families and are well-known locally and abroad, as well the "Encuentro Nacional de Escultores en Nieve" ("National Contest of Snow Sculpture").
Art Tourism
Ushuaia is a veritable artist's palette of colors. The red and yellow colors in fall give way to darker winter hues and finally to the bright and cheerful yellows of summer. Ushuaia has become an increasingly popular paradise for landscape painters. The city and its environs are suitable areas, and the rivers, mountains, forest, sea, snow, sky, light and all else serve as sources of inspiration. The painters usually are found on the shores of a quiet lake or tenanting a comfortable cabin with a commanding view over a wooded valley.
Rural Tourism
Ushuaia is the ideal place to ride through fields on horseback or enjoy a quiet day's fishing. What is more, according to the time of year, you can also watch sheep shearing and sheepdog trials. Some of the Fueguian ranches can lodge people overnight and regale them with the classical rural fare of cheese, cold cuts, wines and the typical "asado argentino con cordero patagónico" ("Argentine barbecue of Patagonian mutton"). The stay is rounded off with different excursions such as those to watch the colonies of Magellan penguins or to visit an early 19th century shipwreck.
Ethnic Tourism
On the coasts of the Beagle Channel there are still signs of the original occupants of these lands. Accompanied by experts, you will learn everything about the natives of the region: the Yámanas. You will visit archaeological digs, and carry out personalized tours and interpreted treks in fabulous places.
Scientific Tourism
Due especially to the location of this province at the extreme tip of South America, and to the special features of its sub-Antarctic environment, very close to the White Continent, Tierra del Fuego is the best place for this interesting activity.
Most of the researches are connected with the natural environment. This is field work, requiring outdoor sojourns of varying length.
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