Ushuaia – “el fin del mundo” – is the southernmost city on Earth in Tierra del Fuego, and considering the cold, rainy, windy misery that has been our weather up until this point in Patagonia, we were pleasantly surprised by the end of the world. Ushuaia was a quaint, picturesque (and sunny!) city surrounded by water and mountains. Seeing as it was both of our birthdays recently and we were the benefactors of some  generous parents, we were able to splurge and have a nice celebratory dinner. We went to Kalma Resto, a very nice restaurant that serves only local ingredients from Tierra del Fuego – it was our best opportunity to try truly Patagonian food and while it certainly hurt our wallets, it did not disappoint in flavour!

After our senseless dinner splurging, we hightailed it to Tierra del Fuego National Park to camp for the evening. We were given mixed reviews on the park, and people said it was less than impressive – those people didn’t camp. Our hike into our campsite was along a shoreline with a view of the Andes on the other side of the Beagle Channel. Once we arrived at our site, we took a stroll through the park and stumbled upon all sorts of wildlife from foxes, to baby birds, baby birds being chased by said foxes, to “canadian” beavers. Once we got back to the site we were blown away again by a family of nine wild horses who also decided to camp out right beside our tent. The next day we hiked to the Chilean border, then went back to Ushuaia for a couple quiet nights before flying to Puerto Madryn and Peninsula Valdes [for any interested travellers, the 2 hour flight was cheaper than the 30 hour bus ride].