Best hotels in Ushuaia

Magellan Explorer is a new and modern expedition vessel custom-built for the Antarctic air-cruises to the latest Polar Code specifications.


The small ship can accommodate up to 76 guests on air-cruises and 96 guests on sea voyages in seven cabin categories. All cabins feature a wardrobe, individually controlled heating system, a sitting area, and a private bathroom with a shower and heated floors.

With just seven rooms and a husband-and-wife team running the show, this is about as far from a cookie-cutter hotel as you can get. Maia and Sebastián built the place themselves, and it shows in every detail. Sebastián is also the chef, cooking intimate dinners for guests each evening using regional produce from his own greenhouse, while Maia's encyclopaedic knowledge of the area means you'll end up on excursions you'd never have found on your own. Rooms are spacious with big windows framing the Beagle Channel and the Fuegian Andes, and there's a genuine eco-conscience running through everything they do. It's the sort of place where you arrive as a guest and leave feeling like a friend of the family.