We begin an experience filled with mysticism, landscape, adventure, and, without a doubt, themed cuisine in the best indigenous style. We'll travel along Route 3 to Route J, where we'll begin our journey through the forest. Our first stop is a delicious breakfast at Laguna Victoria, an ancestral site where you'll feel the energy of our Yámana people who navigated the area more than 8,000 years ago.
We'll then continue along Route J to the junction with the road leading to Puerto Almanza. We'll descend at Puerto Brown to view the impressive Beagle Channel, the area where Fuegian spider crabs are born and raised. Upon arriving in Puerto Almanza, we'll have lunch at one of the restaurants serving typical local dishes, based on fish, seafood, and spider crab.
After lunch, we'll set off along the King Crab Route, enjoying the distinct, pristine landscape of the Beagle Channel, with a forest that runs right up to the banks of its watercourse, occasionally appearing through the branches of the lenga trees. The trip is complemented by a beautiful hike to Duende Waterfall.
Finally, we'll take a tour of the town and learn the techniques of king crab fishing along the sensational "Ruta de la Centolla," where the Beagle Channel stands out like an imposing crystal, bordered by a lenga forest that drops abruptly to the sea. A unique sensation at the ends of the earth!
We'll head to Tolhuin for a delicious dinner and stay in wonderful domes with the best views of the Fuegian skies and Lake Fagnano, warmed by the embers of lenga trees.
After breakfast and a visit to the town of Tolhuin and its famous La Unión Bakery, we'll begin our next journey: Cape San Pablo and Estancia Pirinaica. After skirting Lake Fagnano, we'll continue on to the access route to complementary route "A," which will take us more than 40 km to the sea. We'll then arrive at Cape San Pablo. This route winds through picturesque estancias and offers incredible landscapes of hills, lenga forests, rivers, and cliffs that flow into the sea. It's also very common to encounter flocks of sheep, guanacos, foxes, and condors.
One of the main attractions of the day are the estancias located along Complementary Route A. We will visit the authentic Estancia Pirinaica. With nearly 100 years of Patagonian production, it boasts wonderful facilities, which we will explore. We will experience country life, shearing, and work spaces such as the carpentry shop, shearing sheds, the ranch house, and the forest and surroundings of the estancia. We will enjoy a breakfast there, in the estancia's own style, with regional products prepared locally.
After the snack, we will continue to our next attraction, the San Pablo Lighthouse (Depending on the tidal conditions, you may be able to visit the Desdemona ship first and then take the walk to the lighthouse).
We'll reach the top of the cape via a trail. Once at the top, there's the old leaning lighthouse, and off its shores, the rusty hull of the ship "Desdemona," which ran aground there in the early 1980s, giving it a dose of mystery worthy of the End of the World, and a testament to the past of shipwrecks and adventures that followed in the rough southern seas.
At the end of the hike to the lighthouse, we'll head to the Fisherman's House to sample the best "róbalo" recipes, fresh local fish, served with the best recipes from the fishing family. You'll enjoy delicious smoked róbalo empanadas, or seafood empanadas, the house specialty, as well as pizza-style róbalo, unique at the end of the world.
After lunch, amidst anecdotes from the area of influence, we will visit the Desdemona ship, an icon of the region.
After this captivating journey, we will return to Tolhuin, where, in addition to enjoying a delicious dinner overlooking Lake Fagnano, we will stay at a typical inn in Tierra del Fuego province, "Hostería Kaikén."