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Cruises visiting Tierra del Fuego

323 upcoming Antarctic expeditions with Tierra del Fuego on the route, from $8,840 per person.

Tierra del Fuego is the "Land of Fire" at the continent's end, whose capital Ushuaia is the world's southernmost city and Antarctica's main gateway.

Arrive a day early: the national park's subpolar forests, the End of the World train and king crab dinners are the classic pre-expedition ritual.

Wildlife you can spot here

Wildlife

Southern Rockhopper Penguin

A small, spiky-crested penguin found around the southern tip of South America and its outlying islands. Its tangled taxonomic history makes it a quietly interesting stop on any Southern Ocean itinerary.

Wildlife

Commerson's Dolphin

A small, sharply marked black-and-white dolphin found only around the tip of South America, often seen riding the bow wave in narrow channels. Its jacobita or panda-dolphin nickname comes from the bold two-tone pattern that make it hard to mistake for anything else.

Wildlife

Peale's Dolphin

A small, sturdy dolphin found only in the waters off southern South America, sometimes still called the black-chinned dolphin for the dark patch under its jaw. Watch for it riding bow waves as your ship threads the channels toward Antarctica.

Wildlife

South American Sea Lion

Bulky, maned bulls and sleek females haul out together on beaches from the Falklands to the Beagle Channel. Watching a dominant male defend his patch of shoreline is one of the more entertaining wildlife spectacles of the region.

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