Once off of Ventus Australis in Ushuaia we collected a Mercedes-Benz Vito people carrier from Localiza, a car rental company within walking distance of the port. After depositing the bags at the hotel (it was too early to check-in) we visited the Cabanas Tea Room perched high on the side of the mountain over looking Ushuaia. We had visited here ten years previously and the place now provides hotel accommodation as well as food and drink - the interior of the pla...

You certainly do feel like you are a long way south when you get to Ushuaia, the last town of Argentina before you hit the South Atlantic Ocean and the last stop before you reach Antarctica too! Ushuaia would be where we board our ship to take us through the Beagle Channel to Punta Arenas in Chile with a stop, hopefully, at Cape Horn. Before we joined the boat there was however enough time to visit the Tierra del Fuego National Park enjoy the most southerly rail...