Getting There · Ushuaia
The airport is USH, and no bus runs from it. It’s about 5 km from the city, per Turismo Ushuaia, and some expedition lines sell the flight in from Buenos Aires and handle your transfers.
Put in your landing and the time your line boards. We’ll hold them against our own margins; your line’s documents set the real time.
Fly into Ushuaia Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH). Flights from Buenos Aires take about three hours, per Turismo Ushuaia. HX includes the flight from Buenos Aires; Lindblad sells a recommended group flight, from Buenos Aires or Santiago depending on the ship, with airport transfers.
If your line sells a transfer, that’s your ride — otherwise it’s a taxi or a remis: Turismo Ushuaia says there’s no public transport from the airport, taxis are metered, and remises quote a fixed fare by phone. No fare is published.
The one priced ride we found is a hotel van — Los Cauquenes runs it at US$15 per person each way, per Michelin.
Booking.com lists airport taxis you can book ahead. Check the pickup point, the price and the cancellation terms before you book.
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Each line’s own wording, read October 12, 2026 — ship lists change, so check yours.
| Line | What it sells here | Ships and dates we found | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quark Expeditions | Antarctic Explorer, 2026-27 | Ocean Explorer; hotel night and airport-to-hotel transfer included; boarding usually around 4 pm; 12 Nov 2026 to 10 Mar 2027 | Quark 2026-27 brochure |
| HX | Highlights of Antarctica | MS Roald Amundsen and MS Fridtjof Nansen; Buenos Aires hotel night and the flight to Ushuaia included | travelhx.com |
| Lindblad Expeditions | Voyage to Antarctica | NG Endurance via Buenos Aires; NG Resolution via Santiago through 2027-28; recommended group flight | expeditions.com |
| Oceanwide Expeditions | Antarctica 2026-27 | Hondius, Ortelius and Plancius; 3 Nov 2026 to 4 Apr 2027 | Oceanwide 2026-27 brochure |
Oceanwide moves your bags from a pick-up point to the ship and runs a group transfer from the ship to the airport — but your own transfer to the ship isn’t included. We couldn’t verify Ponant, Aurora, Seabourn, Silversea or Antarctica21 logistics in Ushuaia this round.
Fares and dates are on Booking.com. Land the day before, not the morning you sail.
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No taxi or remis fare is published, so there’s no taxi row — the one priced ride we found is a hotel van, per Michelin.
| Los Cauquenes hotel van, US$15 per person each way (Michelin Guide) | — |
One way, in US dollars, as Michelin’s listing read on October 12, 2026. It’s the hotel’s own van, not a public service — and Michelin doesn’t say whether non-guests can use it. A private transfer from the same hotel is US$200.
Taxis are metered and remises quote a fixed fare by phone, per Turismo Ushuaia. The municipal tourism desk at the airport opens for arrivals on (02901) 423970.
No line we read publishes a latest boarding time for Ushuaia — Quark boards usually around 4 pm, so the default below uses that. Both rows are our own margins, not a line’s rules.
Your boarding documents set your time — if you’re on the line’s own flight, the line plans it, and if you book your own, land the day before. Oceanwide warns the ship won’t wait for missing passengers or luggage.
We ranked eleven hotels in Ushuaia, from opposite the pier gate to the resorts in the hills. Tell us the flight and the voyage, and we’ll pick the night that fits.
Quark’s ship reaches the pier between 7 and 8 am, and it advises against flights before noon — Quark and Oceanwide both run group transfers to the airport. Enter your flight and when you expect to be ashore.
There are no partner links inside this planner. It’s built only from what the airport, the town’s tourism office, the lines and each hotel or its named listing publish.
US citizens need no visa for visits of 90 days or less, per travel.state.gov. Your passport must be valid when you arrive, with a blank page for stamps.
Some Antarctic packages fly one way — Quark’s 2025-26 Antarctic Express brochure shows a flight back from King George Island to Punta Arenas with a strict 15 kg checked and 5 kg cabin limit and no paying for more. Check your own season’s figure before you pack.
No left-luggage service is published at the airport or the pier — Albatros stores bags outside its check-in hours, per the hotel, and Las Lengas lists bag storage. Quark keeps a luggage store open until 6 pm on disembarkation day for its own guests. For the pier and the lines, see our Ushuaia cruise guide.
One night in Ushuaia takes the flight risk off sail day, and Quark builds that night in for you. Oceanwide also suggests arriving a day early.
None of the eleven lists a ride to the ship that we could find — by our map the waterfront hotels are a short walk from the pier gate. The hill hotels need a ride.
Our top six, with the straight-line distance from Ushuaia Airport to each. All eleven are on the hotels page.
What each of our eleven, or its listing, says about getting from the airport to its door. Of those we read, only Los Cauquenes has a price, and that comes from its Michelin listing.
Ushuaia Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH), about 5 km from the city, per Turismo Ushuaia.
No. Turismo Ushuaia says there’s no public transport from the airport; you take a taxi, a remis or a transfer.
No fare is published. Taxis are metered and remises quote a fixed fare by phone, per Turismo Ushuaia.
About three hours, from Aeroparque or Ezeiza, per Turismo Ushuaia.
Some do. HX includes the flight from Buenos Aires, and Lindblad sells a recommended group flight. Quark’s Antarctic Explorer and Oceanwide’s Ushuaia departures list arrival in Ushuaia as your own; check Quark’s Antarctic Express flights separately.
Quark’s ship reaches the pier between 7 and 8 am, and it advises against flights before noon on the last day.
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