Ushuaia beneath the southern Andes beside the Beagle Channel
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Ushuaia experience

Sail the Beagle Channel to Les Éclaireurs

Leave Ushuaia by small boat for sea lion rocks, cormorant colonies and the red-and-white lighthouse guarding the channel.

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The experience

See Ushuaia from the channel that defines it

The Beagle Channel cuts between the southern Andes and islands shared by Argentina and Chile, linking Atlantic and Pacific waters.

A small-boat navigation reaches seabird and sea lion colonies before circling Les Éclaireurs, which is visible from the water but not open to visitors.

Experience FAQ

Sail the Beagle Channel to Les Éclaireurs

Q01Is Les Éclaireurs the original Lighthouse at the End of the World?

No. That literary name properly refers to San Juan de Salvamento on Isla de los Estados; Les Éclaireurs is Ushuaia's familiar channel landmark.

Q02Will we land near the animals?

Usually not. Sea lions and cormorants are observed from the boat at a distance set by conditions and regulation.

Plan with Alex

Plan the Beagle Channel sail

Follow Patagonia toward the ice, or take the northern road from vineyard shade to Iguazú's thunder.

Tell me which landscape you keep returning to, and we will build the right Argentina journey around it.

Portrait of Alex

I would travel south for whales, lenga forests and glaciers calving into blue water. I would turn north for Mendoza's vineyards, the white deserts of the Puna and the roar of Iguazú. Both deserve a journey of their own.

Alex

Journey designer