With an exciting cruise adventure awaiting you, sometimes it’s hard to focus on your time before in Ushuaia. While you must arrive the day before your cruise embarkation to ensure you can make the boat on time, I highly recommend at least two nights in Ushuaia.
Where the sea meets the mountainous sky, Ushuaia is a unique small town. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed walking around and admiring the local shops and restaurants. With its size and being the main port for these cruises, it was no surprise the focus on tourism with a Hard Rock Cafe and adventure gear stores.
The town itself might not often boast a lot of options for typical sightseeing (like a few museums and some great restaurants), there are so many options in the surrounding area. I'm glad we got to get a little taste of it all. First, we took a Lakes off road tour to visit the Argentinian country side north of Ushuaia. While the scenery took our breath away, unfortunately so did the car ride. If you don't mind a shaky ride, it's an amazing tour, but motion sickness sufferers be warned!
However, a highlight of not just Ushuaia but the entire trip, was the half day hike Meg and I took to Martial Glacier. It was a terrific recommendation by a friend! We left our hotel in the early morning with just a day pack, a short taxi to the Tea House and our hike began. No matter where you looked it was gorgeous, the bay and ocean were behind us and waterfalls and mountains in front of us. We stopped near the base of the glacier but there were more paths for those who wanted to hike longer. We had a quick lunch at the tea house, a sandwich and beer, and that was all we needed before heading back in town for our embarkation.
So don't forget to enjoy your pit stop before or after the cruise!
The response from Adventure Life to my first inquiry was prompt and promising. I worked with Jamie Broeckel, Trip Planner, via text, email, and phone calls- always extremely responsive and thorough with information and explaining the process to arrange a private tour for me to Malaysia Borneo. Within about week, the booking was complete and I made decisions because of Jamie's great customer service , friendly manner, and overall competence on behalf of the company's travel expertise. Now I have an itinerary, additional Trip Planner Assistants, several links for vital information for traveling to Maylasia, etc. Still many details for Sept. trip, but now the heavy lifting is done and I can enjoy the rest of the anticipation and research!! Thanks Jamie- you are amazing!!!!
Susan Campo
3 days ago
The trip was not only memorable for the amount of animals we saw but also for the people and accommodations at the two camps where we stayed. Our first guide, BK, was a wealth of information about the animals, landscape and down to the plants and what they were used for. Everyday out was a learning experience with him. All the people at the camps were gracious and the food was excellent.
Our second camp in the Okavanga was just as good as the first as far as the staff, accommodations, food and animals. After our experience at the first camp we amazed that the high quality remained the same. Our guide, G, made sure we were able to enjoy every experience including a rush through the bush to witness a cheetah and an ensuing hunt that he heard over his radio.
In both camps there were enough guides out that if they saw something the other guides were informed which helped in seeing as much as possible. It was also nice that the concessions were large enough that we did not have vehicles following each other throughout the day.
Normally there is always something in a trip of this length that we think could be improved upon but this is the rare case where we cannot think of anything. From the time we left the States to when we returned it was one of the most hassle free vacations we took.
Perhaps emphasizing the use of the laundry facilities at the camps would be useful because of the luggage restrictions would be the only thing I can think of as an improvement to future clients.
Kenneth Dropek
4 days ago
Mary was so pleasant and professional. She made sure all of our questions were answered.