Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Ushuaia (Tierra del Fuego), Argentinië

Topdrukte — Antarctic sailing season, Argentine summer holidays

• Regel

  Tierra del Fuego park entry fee

  1 jan – 31 decBoek vroeg

  The national park charges per person per day at the gate, with a higher foreign rate, and it is bought online or at the entrance rather than in town. The end-of-the-world train is a separate ticket again. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Penguins on Isla Martillo (1 okt – 5 apr (meestal)), Antarctic sailing season (20 okt – 31 mrt), Trekking season (1 dec – 15 mrt), Argentine summer holidays (20 dec – 31 jan)

Topdrukte — Antarctic sailing season, Summer holidays in Argentinië

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Tierra del Fuego park entry fee (1 jan – 31 dec), Penguins on Isla Martillo (1 okt – 5 apr (meestal)), Antarctic sailing season (20 okt – 31 mrt), Trekking season (1 dec – 15 mrt)

Topdrukte — Antarctic sailing season, Summer holidays in Argentinië

• Feestdag

  Semana Santa

  2–5 aprPasen & Goede WeekDrukBoek vroegSluitingen

  Holy Thursday and Good Friday make one of the year's biggest long weekends. Banks and public offices close, long-distance buses and domestic flights sell out, and hotels in popular towns fill at higher rates, so book ahead. Bron ↗

• Natuur

  Lenga forests turn

  25 mrt – 5 mei · meestalHerfstkleuren

  The southern beech around the town and up the Martial valley goes red and copper through April, with the first snow on the peaks above it. The quietest and, for a photographer, the best few weeks of the year here.

Nog steeds bezig: Tierra del Fuego park entry fee (1 jan – 31 dec), Penguins on Isla Martillo (1 okt – 5 apr (meestal)), Antarctic sailing season (20 okt – 31 mrt), Trekking season (1 dec – 15 mrt)

Druk — Semana Santa

• Sluiting

  Between the seasons

  15 apr – 15 jun

  The Antarctic fleet has gone and the lifts have not opened: hotels drop their rates, several restaurants close for the weeks, and the excursions run on demand rather than a timetable. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Tierra del Fuego park entry fee (1 jan – 31 dec), Semana Santa (2–5 apr), Lenga forests turn (25 mrt – 5 mei (meestal)), Penguins on Isla Martillo (1 okt – 5 apr (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In mei begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Tierra del Fuego park entry fee (1 jan – 31 dec), Lenga forests turn (25 mrt – 5 mei (meestal)), Between the seasons (15 apr – 15 jun)

Druk — Fiesta de la Noche mas Larga, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Fiesta de la Noche mas Larga

  19–23 jun · meestalGroot festivalDruk

  The town makes a three-day national festival out of the winter solstice, with torch processions and events across the sports halls and cultural centres. The sun clears the horizon for about seven hours and then gives up. Bron ↗

• Opening

  Cerro Castor ski season

  25 jun – 5 okt · meestal

  The southernmost resort in the world and the longest season in Argentina, running from late June into early October, with cheaper promotional weeks at each end. Northern-hemisphere race teams train here in August. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Tierra del Fuego park entry fee (1 jan – 31 dec), Between the seasons (15 apr – 15 jun)

Topdrukte — Argentine winter holidays, Winter recess in Argentinië

• Feestdag

  Argentine winter holidays

  1–31 jul · meestalSchoolvakantiesDrukBoek vroeg

  The two-week national school break lands somewhere in July and Ushuaia sells itself as the snow city for the whole month around it, with Castor, the husky camps and the Marcha Blanca ski crossing all inside it. Flights from Buenos Aires are at their dearest. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Tierra del Fuego park entry fee (1 jan – 31 dec), Cerro Castor ski season (25 jun – 5 okt (meestal))

Druk — een van de beste maanden qua weer

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Tierra del Fuego park entry fee (1 jan – 31 dec), Cerro Castor ski season (25 jun – 5 okt (meestal))

Druk — schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de beste maanden qua weer

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Tierra del Fuego park entry fee (1 jan – 31 dec), Cerro Castor ski season (25 jun – 5 okt (meestal))

Druk — Antarctic sailing season

• Natuur

  Penguins on Isla Martillo

  1 okt – 5 apr · meestalVogelseizoenBoek vroeg

  Magellanic penguins come ashore in the Beagle Channel from about October and are gone by early autumn, peaking between November and February. Landings on the island are capped and permit-only; the gentoos stay all year.

• Seizoen

  Antarctic sailing season

  20 okt – 31 mrtCruiseseizoenDrukBoek vroeg

  Most Antarctic expeditions on Earth leave from this pier between late October and March, and the town runs on their turnaround days. Hotel rooms and the good restaurants go with the sailing schedule, not the weekend.

Nog steeds bezig: Tierra del Fuego park entry fee (1 jan – 31 dec), Cerro Castor ski season (25 jun – 5 okt (meestal))

Rustig — reizigers noemen het rustig, Antarctic sailing season

In november begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Tierra del Fuego park entry fee (1 jan – 31 dec), Penguins on Isla Martillo (1 okt – 5 apr (meestal)), Antarctic sailing season (20 okt – 31 mrt)

Topdrukte — Antarctic sailing season, Argentine summer holidays

• Seizoen

  Trekking season

  1 dec – 15 mrtWandelseizoen

  Laguna Esmeralda, the Martial glacier and the coastal paths in Tierra del Fuego park are walkable and the light lasts past ten at night. Snow lingers on the high ground into December, so the passes come good last.

• Feestdag

  Argentine summer holidays

  20 dec – 31 janKerst & nieuwjaarDrukBoek vroeg

  The rest of the country takes January off and a good share of it comes to the end of the world, on top of the peak of the sailing season. Flights from Buenos Aires and the trail car parks are both at their limit. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Tierra del Fuego park entry fee (1 jan – 31 dec), Penguins on Isla Martillo (1 okt – 5 apr (meestal)), Antarctic sailing season (20 okt – 31 mrt)