Our guide from yesterday took us from the hotel to the airport for our flight to Ushuaia. On arrival at the domestic airport we learned our flight was rescheduled to leave from the international airport on the other side of town. Fortunately the flight was changed to a later departure time so we were able to make the flight in plenty of time and the guide took us there.
We were met at the Ushuaia airport by a woman from the local guide company. She took us to the Linares Manor, our hotel for our stay in Ushuaia. From there we took a taxi to the ski lift at the base of the hill leading up to the Marital Glacier, a hanging glacier. We took the ski lift up as far as it went and then hiked up to the glacier. We had a wonderful view of Ushuaia, the Beagle Channel and the Chilean islands on the other side of the channel. I would have loved to hike to the peak so we could see the views from the top, but it was 5 p.m., I had no water with me, and we had not eaten since breakfast. We turned back at the base of the glacier, stopped for a beer at the bottom of the lift, and called a cab to return to our hotel. The glacier, we were told, has shrunk drastically over the past few years, an example of the effects of global warming.
Ushuaia is built on a hillside and our hotel was several streets up with a perfect view of the harbor and town below. I took several pictures from the balcony off the lobby. John, Kathy and I walked down towards the harbor, window shopping as we went to the restaurant where we had a great meal. Argentina has great wine.
Kevin got right on our request and had us booked within the week
Linda Cummings
1 day ago
The info on the website was laid out very well. I did some comparisons with other tours and found Adventure Life met a lot of what I wanted in an Antarctica trip at the cheapest price. Requested a quote on Claudia contacted me right away. She answered a lot of questions the I had via email even though she offered to discuss via phone call. I’m more of an email person so appreciated how she accommodated that and answered all my questions. And when I was ready to book, she quickly got the ball rolling with getting our spots reserved on the trip my friend and I wanted. Thanks again, Claudia!
Hazel Araza
1 day ago
(1) great information on the website and throughout all the "materials." (2) Jane Packer is great: knowledgeable, responsive, takes a personal interest and tone, seems to care about the customer as a person not a sale.
Larry Bethune
1 day ago
great people doing a wonderful job to make our voyages happen.
trudy
2 days ago
For our first trip to Costa Rica, Adventure Life designed a tour that meets the interests, ecological and adventure, of our party; but also takes into account our physical limitations sine we are all septuagenarian. We are looking forward to the trip.