On the 9th we reached the southernmost city in the world – Ushuaia! It’s located on the largest island in Tierra del Fuego. For us, the draw was that it is the southern end of the Pan-American Highway, so we took the “End of the Road” tour.
We went to the Tierra del Fuego National Park, stopping first at Ensenada Bay.
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| standing in Argentina, but that's Chile behind us |
At one stop Scott spotted a beaver, and the driver backed up the bus so that everybody could see. (Beavers are not native – they were introduced in the 1940s to create a fur industry, but that didn’t work because it’s not cold enough for their fur to get really thick.) We saw a number of new birds – including black-necked swans, upland geese, two kinds of caracara, and a condor!
At the end of the road we posed next to the sign…
If all goes well, maybe this summer we can get to the northern end above the Arctic Circle at Prudoe Bay!
After the road ends, there’s a short walk to the bay and a panoramic view.
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