{"id":5222,"date":"2022-08-03T05:32:51","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T05:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/excursionesenushuaia.com\/?p=5222"},"modified":"2025-11-06T22:25:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T01:25:39","slug":"la-fauna-marina-del-canal-beagle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/excursionesenushuaia.com\/en\/informacion-general\/la-fauna-marina-del-canal-beagle\/","title":{"rendered":"Beagle Channel's marine fauna"},"content":{"rendered":"

La fauna marina del Canal Beagle: Una de las excursions<\/strong> most wonderful things it has to offer Ushuaia<\/strong> is undoubtedly the navigation in the Beagle Channel<\/a>You can observe the islands that compose it in a wonderful natural setting, but also learn about the history of the first settlers of the region, the expeditions that came to the area and also about the animal and plant species present in its extension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The marine fauna of the Beagle Channel<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the Beagle Channel you can see many species characteristic of the Beagle Channel area. Ushuaia<\/strong> and depending on the time of the year it is possible to see more or less specimens. The marine fauna of the Canal is very abundant.

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On Bird Island (as it was named because it is the habitat of hundreds of birds) you can find: petrels, southern gulls, gulls, imperial cormorants, Pacific steamer ducks, sea geese, southern oystercatchers and Magellanic penguins. On the coasts of the Channel, the kingfisher bird can also be observed.

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Isla de Lobos (also named after its inhabitants) is home to sea lions and fur seals, as well as sea otters and dolphins.

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As for the fish that swim through the waters of the <\/strong>Beagle Channel in Ushuaia<\/strong>,<\/a> There are many species, but what attracts the most attention are its invertebrates, such as mussels, mussels, mollusks, crustaceans and Patagonian spider crabs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Beagle Channel Excursion<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To be able to marvel at all these animals that live in the surroundings of the Beagle Channel, the best option is to travel by catamaran or yacht. This excursion departs from the Port of Ushuaia<\/strong> and offers two daily departures, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, ideal to combine with other activities and rides.

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The tour to enjoy the marine fauna of the Beagle Channel is approximately four hours, where you can learn all the secrets of the Bay, the Channel, the islands and the city, told by the very expert and friendly crew. During the walk, a breakfast or snack is offered while stories about pirates, aborigines and penguins are told. Everything is more than interesting, so as not to get lost during the vacations in Ushuaia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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La fauna marina del Canal Beagle: Una de las excursiones m\u00e1s maravillosas que tiene Ushuaia es sin dudas la navegaci\u00f3n por el Canal Beagle, ya que se pueden observar las islas que lo componen en un marco natural estupendo, pero tambi\u00e9n aprender sobre la historia de los primeros pobladores de la regi\u00f3n, de las expediciones que llegaron a la zona […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":18076,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-informacion-general","category-navegacion-canal-de-beagle-es"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/excursionesenushuaia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/excursionesenushuaia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/excursionesenushuaia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/excursionesenushuaia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/excursionesenushuaia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5222"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/excursionesenushuaia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43570,"href":"https:\/\/excursionesenushuaia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5222\/revisions\/43570"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/excursionesenushuaia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/excursionesenushuaia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/excursionesenushuaia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/excursionesenushuaia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}