Penguin Colony Tour: Beagle Channel Adventure
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95 Ratings
Ushuaia

Embark on a half-day boat trip from Ushuaia to visit a massive penguin colony. Discover the social behavior of these fascinating animals and explore the city’s highlights from the Beagle Channel.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Tourist Port - The tour starts at the Canoeros box office located at the Touristic Port of Ushuaia.

Here, you will receive all the indications to board the Catamaran

What's Included
  • Local Professional Tour Guide
  • 5-hour boat navigation
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Gratuities
  • Food and drinks
  • Boarding Tax Fee
Additional Information

Visit one of the biggest penguin colonies in the world and learn more about this incredibly social animal during a 5-hour tour. Take a boat trip to the penguin colony, accompanied by a professional local guide, and discover the city’s highlights from the river while navigating on the Beagle Channel towards the Penguin Colony.
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Location
Av. Prefectura Naval Argentina 470
Avenida Prefectura Naval Argentina
Travelers must be present 30 minutes before the scheduled time at the meeting point: Canoero box office in order to exchange tickets.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Victorm46905
Jan 27, 2025
Amazing! - Excellent! The best tour to see the Lighthouse, Beagle Channel and Martillo Island. Totally recommend it! Very easy to find location, expedite boarding and reasonable prices for snacks during sailing. Time to take pictures and a very interesting history telling from the guide.
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P4737gvdavids
Jan 6, 2025
Rare experience with the penguins - This is a once in a lifetime experience to actually be walking around on an island that inhabits two different penguin species. Wish we could have spent more time as it was so fascinating observing them. Our tour guide was Tomas who kept us well informed about the area and the penguins. The boat ride in the afternoon was also really nice getting to see sea lions and other birds.
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Mariella
Jan 4, 2025
Nice and cozy tour - Very attentive staff. Good sequence for the pictures on Mortillo. Always plenty of time to shoot. The only organizational defect: Vouchers for boarding tickets exchange as well as boarding connected with incredible queues (though in high season with significantly fewer visitors than usual). The system needs to be changed. The queues are caused by the system and not the amount of passengers.
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Brenda
Jan 3, 2025
Great excursion - Comfortable catamaran. No motion sickness at all. We saw everything that was promised and it was a great! It was raining when we went out but that didn’t affect our ability to see the critters, and it did clear up. Lots of busy penguins 😁 Really fun excursion
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A6686uccheryll
Dec 18, 2024
Delivers what it says - Great up close views of penguins and sea lions. Bonus for bird watchers.. saw tern and imperial cormorant colonies. Weather constantly changing. So come prepared. Went from hot to cloudy to rainy to sunny and cold all in 5 hrs.
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Bicyclefamily52010
Dec 15, 2024
Saw lighthouse, birds, penguins, and 4 whales! - This was a nice relaxing boat trip and it was really fun to see the penguins! The mountains were beautiful and we were lucky that the water was calm.
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J9187qxmarcop
Oct 1, 2024
Ushuaia penguin tour experience - Ushuaia is a beautiful city with many different attractions such as the Martillo Island penguin tour which was one of the best tours I have ever been on as being in the tour allowed me to get up close and personal with a penguin colony and seals with the beautiful Ushuaia landscape all around me. This is one of the best trips I have ever had and I will remember this for my whole life!
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Richm874
Mar 23, 2024
Awesome cruise on Beagle canal - Great trip on this boat to see penguins sea lions and we also got to spot some Orcas along the way. Great views and educational staff on board. Very friendly and helpful. Nice spaces indoor and out for the cruise in any weather. Would recommend this to anybody
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Kenneth_f
Feb 7, 2024
Enjoy the penguins - It’s a nice boat trip with a great payoff at the end. The sites of Patagonia are amazing and the trip out is beautiful. The main focus of this trip is to see the penguins and you do get a ton of time with them while being fairly close. Bring a camera with a good zoom lens and you’ll walk away with some amazing photos.
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Mikayla_f
Jan 30, 2024
Amazing experience! - This was an amazing experience. Yes, there’s a lot of people on the boat, but you have your own space and there’s even a cafeteria on board where you can buy food. You stay on the boat to see the penguins, but you get very close to them. This was our favorite part of the Ushuaia trip!
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