The
city was originally named by early British colonists after the name
that the native Yámana people had for the area. For most
of the first half of the 20th century, the city was centered around
a prison for serious criminals. The Argentine government set up
this prison following the example of the British with Australia:
being a remote island, escape from a prison on Tierra del Fuego
would have been impossible. The prisoners thus became forced colonists
and spent much of their time cutting wood in the lands around the
prison and building the town. They built a railway from the forests
to the settlement, now used as a tourist train as the Tren del Fin
del Mundo (End of the Earth Train), the southernmost railway in
the world.
The tourist attractions include the Tierra del Fuego National Park
(to see Lapataia Bay) including by using the Tren del Fin del Mundo;
hiring a boat charter to Cape Horn (in Chilean waters); and local
birds, penguins and seawolves on the islands in the Beagle Channel.
Some tours also visit the Lighthouse at the End of the World (Faro
del fin del mundo) at the Isla de los Estados, made famous by Jules
Verne in the novel of the same name.
HOTELS
USHUAIA- ARGENTINA
HOTEL LAS HAYAS Luis F. Martial Nº 1650
Ushuaia - Argentina
HOTEL
Cauquenes Calle Reinamora S/N
Bº Bahia Cauquen Ushuaia - Argentina
Hotel
del Glaciar
Av. Luis Fernando Martial 2355 Ushuaia – Tierra del Fuego