Tierra de Fuego Province

Tierra de Fuego Province

The southernmost part of Argentina, Tierra de Fuego (literally, “Land of Fire” in English) is an archipelago Argentina shares with Chile. Tierra de Fuego attracts many tourists for its natural landscape and fauna beauties, as it is an untouched and astonishing panorama. Tierra de Fuego’s forests have not been exploited unlike many other places in South America—such as the Amazon Rain Forest—creating an unharmed and intact ecosystem. The North American beaver was one of the few foreign animals introduced to Tierra de Fuego but has not caused significant damage to the ecosystem. Tierra de Fuego is filled with the scenery of glaciers, channels (such as the famous Beaver Channel), forests, and mountainous regions all on islands in between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.  Wildlife, such as condors (a type of vulture), parakeets, sea lions, whales, foxes, and guanacos (a type of llama), fill the region especially in the famed Parque Nacional Tierra de Fuego (Tierra de Fuego National Park). 

Being the most southern point of South America, summer sunlight persists for upwards of 17 hours a day, while in the winter sunlight lasts for 7 hours. Many tourists come to Tierra de Fuego as a jumping point to Antarctica and to explore the winter beauties of Southern Argentina. The most common and easiest way to arrive in Tierra de Fuego is by plane, though it is possible to take a boat or a bus then a ferry.