Mitre Peninsula Trek

Day 1: Arrive in Ushuaia; Pre-trek briefing; Hotel in Ushuaia

You'll arrive in Ushuaia and check in to your hotel. In the evening there will be a pre-trek briefing with your guide to prepare you for the upcoming expedition.

Accommodation: Las Lengas or Mil 810

Day 2: Drive to Moat; Trek to Casa Vieja; Wild camp

This morning you'll leave Ushuaia on a minibus and be driven 3½hrs east. You'll follow Ruta J to its very end, at the Moat outpost belonging to the Argentine Coastguard.

You'll start the trek here, following alongside the wild Beagle Channel, heading towards the Atlantic Ocean. The trail on this section covers some interesting and challenging terrain: coastal, forest and reedbeds.

After two hours, you'll reach the Río Chico. Fording this river is an exhilarating experience, for which you'll have the expert help of your guides.

Your destination today is a shelter known as Casa Vieja, on the old Puerto Rancho estancia. When you reach here, you'll set up camp next on the expansive, open grassy area near the shelter and can relax while dinner is prepared.

Trek: 10 miles/16km

Elevation gain/loss: +560ft/170m, -560ft/-170m

Meals: Breakfast, box lunch, dinner

Accommodation: Wild camping at Casa Vieja

Day 3: Trek from Casa Vieja to Puesto Ibarra; Wild camp

This morning you'll have breakfast in the comfort of your tent, before leaving Casa Vieja and ascending through waterlogged reedbeds to a path which leads you up to a grassy area near Cabo San Pío. There are fantastic views from here and, if the weather is suitable, you'll make a detour to the cape where there is a lighthouse. This is the southernmost point in Argentina!

From here you'll begin your descent to a beach then, with the help of your guides, wade across the Río Las Vacas. This infamous descent, nicknamed 'matacaballos' (horse-killer), is muddy and slippery, so care must be taken. Despite the tricky conditions underfoot, the panoramic views to the coast along this section are great.

You'll arrive at Puesto Ibarra and set up camp nearby. You can look forward to a hearty dinner and some star-gazing, if the skies are clear.

Trek: 7 miles/11km

Elevation gain/loss: +1,350ft/410m, -1,280ft/-390m

Meals: Breakfast, box lunch, dinner

Accommodation: Wild camping at Puesto Ibarra

Day 4: Trek from Puesto Ibarra to Sloggett Bay; Wild camp

After breakfast at camp this morning, you'll trek down to the beach - except if it's high tide, in which case you'll walk along the edge of the forest.

The route contours the flank of Cerro Carpa before you arrive at the old gold prospector's outpost of El Orero. This place was formerly occupied by Ramón Orellana who spent many years here hunting for the precious metal. Here you can rest a while and look out at the abandoned Nashachata - shipwrecked in 2010.

When you reach the vast, wild beach at Sloggett Bay you can spend some time near the immense hulk of the abandoned gold dredger, by Río López, that was used here in the early 1900s.

You'll set up camp at Rancho Julian - a grassy area in the shelter of tall tress - by Sloggett Bay. You can relax this evening and enjoy the sunset, knowing that tomorrow is a rest day.

Trek: 8 miles/13km

Elevation gain/loss: +755ft/230m, -840ft/-255m

Meals: Breakfast, box lunch, dinner

Accommodation: Wild camping at Rancho Julian

Day 5: Explore Sloggett Bay (rest day); Wild camp

You'll enjoy a well-earned rest today, but there is still plenty of opportunity to get out and explore the wild and remote areas surrounding Sloggett Bay.

There are some interesting hikes you can enjoy, and at low tide you'll have the opportunity to visit the shipwrecked Nashachata.

Tonight you'll sleep at your Rancho Julian camp for the second time.

Meals: Breakfast, box lunch, dinner

Accommodation: Camping at Rancho Julian

Day 6: Trek from Sloggett Bay to Puesto Ibarra; Wild camp

After breakfast at camp, you'll start the return leg of your trek. Following the same route you used on the way in, you'll notice things you didn't see the first time and perhaps the weather conditions will be different too.

The day's trek will finish at Puesto Ibarra, near Río Las Vacas, where you stayed previously. Here you'll set up camp for the night and enjoy a good dinner while you reminisce about your day on the trail.

Trek: 10 miles/16km

Elevation gain/loss: +755ft/230m, -755ft/-230m

Meals: Breakfast, box lunch, dinner

Accommodation: Wild camping at Puesto Ibarra

Day 7: Trek from Puesto Ibarra to La Mesita; Wild camp

Heading along this section of the trail, you'll reach a high point from where you'll get some superb views of the coastline and of the iconic lighthouse at Cabo San Pío.

Your destination for the day is a camp spot in a sheltered forest, known as 'La Mesita' (the little table). This is very close to an archaeological site connected to the Yagan people - nomadic canoeists who roamed the coast of the Beagle Channel and Cape Horn areas.

Here you'll spend the last night of your adventure, with only a short trek back to the trailhead tomorrow.

Trek: 10 miles/15km

Elevation gain/loss: +755ft/400m, -755ft/-400m

Meals: Breakfast, box lunch, dinner

Accommodation: Wild camping at La Mesita

Day 8: Trek from La Mesita to Moat; Return to Ushuaia, shared apartment

On the final day of your trek, you'll head out from La Mesita camp to the trailhead at Moat outpost.

This final day of trekking will be full of memories and anecdotes of the days you have spent together on the trail, far away from civilisation.

You'll be met at the Moat outpost by a minibus to take you back to Ushuaia, where you'll spend your last night of the trip with your fellow trekkers, in a large shared apartment in the city centre. 

Trek: 6.2 miles/10km

Elevation gain/loss: +500ft/150m, -500ft/-150m

Meals: Breakfast, box lunch

Accommodation: Shared apartment in Ushuaia

Day 9: Depart from Ushuaia

Today you'll have breakfast and then say goodbye to your trekking companions before embarking on the next stage of your journey.

Meals: Breakfast