Rumbo Sur is a travel agency that offers various excursions and also provides navigation services in the Beagle Channel.
Its navigations are made in large catamarans. One of them goes through the Bird Island, the Wolf Island and includes a trekking through the Bridge Island.
Daily departures at 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. 3 hours long.
Rumbo Sur also offers a navigation to Martillo Island, better known as La Pingüinera, where you will be able to observe a large colony of Magellanic penguins and Papuas. The tour also passes by Isla de los Pájaros and Isla de los Lobos.
The other option repeats the previous tour to the penguin colony but includes a visit to Estancia Harberton. This excursion departs from the port by catamaran and returns to the city by bus along the complementary route J.
About 90 kilometers from Ushuaia lies Martillo Island, better known as "the penguin colony," the only one in Tierra del Fuego.
Between October and April, it's possible to see two species of penguins that come to spend their reproductive period on this island in the channel: the Magellanic penguin and the Gentoo penguin, albeit in smaller numbers. Occasionally, you may be surprised by King Penguins.
There are different excursions that take you to see this incredible place.
Some providers start the tour from the commercial pier, passing by some islands until reaching the penguin colony.
Others include the transfer to Puerto Almanza, and from there, the navigation begins. This tour, depending on the company you hire, can be done by sailboat or motorboat.
The last option includes the transfer to Estancia Harberton, from where the navigation starts, and a walk through the penguin colony.
Here are the companies that offer these excursions. Choose the one that best suits your needs.