{"id":2262,"date":"2024-07-31T01:17:20","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T01:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/terramar.tur.ar\/?p=2262"},"modified":"2024-08-26T18:09:01","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T18:09:01","slug":"ushuaia-in-summer-flora-and-fauna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terramar.tur.ar\/en\/ushuaia-in-summer-flora-and-fauna\/","title":{"rendered":"Ushuaia in summer: flora and fauna"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a>Ushuaia in summer: flora and fauna<\/h3>\n\n\n\n


Many times tourists visiting the Tierra del Fuego National Park<\/a> they say there are no animals there. There is some truth in that, as it turns out, the landscape of Tierra del Fuego is quite recent. About 20,000 years ago almost everything we see around Ushuaia was surrounded by glaciers. For the processes of nature, this is too short a time for a great biodiversity to be generated here. In addition to being close to Antarctica and the limitation of being an island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you are one of those curious and observant travellers, here are some tips for you to enjoy the secrets hidden in Tierra del Fuego.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being an island there are not so many land animals, the largest animal is the guanaco, which belongs to the llama or vicu\u00f1a family. But they commonly inhabit the central and northern areas of Tierra del Fuego in the ecotone and steppe environments. Deer species such as the huemul or the pud\u00fa, which inhabit continental Patagonia, have not arrived here either. And for the travellers' peace of mind, the puma has never crossed the Fuegian archipelago. The only native terrestrial predator is the red fox, which is the size of a medium-sized dog, but its behaviour towards people is quite calm and shy.
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Due to the low temperatures in the region, there are no amphibian or reptile species, only a small lizard in the Fuegian steppe, which is very difficult to find.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most abundant fauna, as in any other insular place, are birds, some of which live all year round, such as the Andean condor, the giant woodpecker, crested ducks, thrushes, waders, or steamer ducks. Others come in spring and summer to breed in the region, such as the common geese, a species of wild goose, black-necked swans, bandurrias, among others.
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Near Ushuaia we can observe marine species that live in large colonies, so the Beagle Channel excursion is excellent for wildlife watching. There we will visit the colony of South American fur seals that live on rocky islands in the middle of the channel. So do imperial cormorants, black-necked cormorants and noisy South American terns. Also during the navigation we can visit a colony of Magellanic penguins, a typical Patagonian species, and the Gentoo penguins that can only be observed in Tierra del Fuego, Malvinas and Antarctica. Related to these animal colonies we can also see scavenging birds such as red-headed jays, scops, kelp gulls and Antarctic pigeons. If you are attentive on windy days from the boat you will be able to see black-browed albatrosses gliding by with wings spread out over 2 metres. 
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The flora of the place is very small in terms of leaves, flowers and fruits. Many times to differentiate the three species of trees from each other, it is very difficult to Nothofagus<\/em> that you can find in Tierra del Fuego you have to look at the shape of its leaves. Lenga is the best known tree in the area because it is the most abundant in the Fuegian forest, and if you look at some house or hotel panelling, you will see that it is made of this wood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you take a trail around Ushuaia or in the Tierra del Fuego National Park you will come across a creeping evergreen shrub that bears fruit the size of a blueberry but varies in colour from pink to dark red. This is the chaura and it is the only plant that bears fruit all year round, a way of providing food for birds in both summer and winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the moment, the calafate bushes are fruiting, the fruit is small, violet in colour and contains many seeds. In the city you can try ice cream, jam or calafate liqueur.
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Another shrub that bears fruit in these months is the parrilla or sarsaparilla, its leaves look like tiny vines and its fruit also grows in a very small cluster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At this time of the year you can find in the open spaces of the forest some bushes with white flowers like daisies. black bush<\/a>. It is considered a \"pioneer\" plant as it is the first to grow in impacted areas such as after a forest fire or a tree collapse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As it is not good for making fire because it generates a lot of black smoke, the natives burned it only when they needed to communicate with tribes over long distances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The southernmost city in the world, combining landscapes of mountains, lakes, glaciers, forest and sea, just a few kilometres away you can observe flora and fauna from different environments.
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Did you imagine visiting on your holidays a place where you can visit typical landscapes of the Andes Mountains and at the same time sail to visit marine fauna as in the Atlantic coast of Patagonia? In Ushuaia you will find not only that, you can also have your picture taken at the end of the Panamerican Route and RN 3 and the most famous lighthouse at the End of the World.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Write to us and we will put together a programme for your next holiday.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ushuaia en verano: flora y fauna Muchas veces los turistas que visitan el Parque Nacional Tierra del Fuego dicen que no hay animales all\u00ed. Algo de verdad tiene, resulta que el paisaje fueguino para la Historia de la Tierra es bastante reciente. Hace unos 20 mil a\u00f1os atr\u00e1s casi todo lo que vemos alrededor de […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,52,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actividades-de-verano","category-clima-en-ushuaia","category-que-hacer-en-ushuaia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/terramar.tur.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/terramar.tur.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/terramar.tur.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terramar.tur.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terramar.tur.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2262"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/terramar.tur.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2299,"href":"https:\/\/terramar.tur.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2262\/revisions\/2299"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terramar.tur.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/terramar.tur.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terramar.tur.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terramar.tur.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}