Hotel Lakutaia

Staying at Lakutaia Hotel allows you to visit places of unparallel beauty. You will enjoy the Majestic Darwin Mountain crowned by innumerable glaciers. In the southernmost point of Tierra del Fuego island, you will be able to navigate through intricate channels, breathtaking fjords and the mythical Cape Horn, landmark of sailboats lovers from all over the world.
 
By visiting LAKUTAIA, you will be witnessing the very same spot where Charles Darwin first met with the YAGAN, the first and original inhabitants of this remote corner. These nomads of the sea, a culture adapted to the harshest and most adverse conditions on the planet, were the southernmost inhabitants of the world by having their territories in the area of mythical Cape Horn, for which they developed a complex and rich culture which allowed them to live as just one more element in their environment.
 
There is a legend that LAKUTAIA le kipa, a Yagan woman from the Wollaston Islands herself, and inspirational source for the name of its endeavor, was one of the last known pure individuals of the Yagan race, therefore making of her a cultural bridge between the old and the new world.
 
By staying at LAKUTAIA you will have a unique chance to learn about these legendary austral peoples through lectures on the subject, given by the most qualified professionals on the field. The topics will range from the anthropological/sociological such as tradition & religion to the more specific and complex such as, for example, harpoon hunt, and ethnobotany. Also, these lectures will be complemented with interpretative talks, hands-on observations and on-the-field explorations such as visits to Yagan cemeteries and middens, the Yagan descendant’s settlements such as Ukika, or to the traditional Kipa Akar or “House of the Women.” Visit and stay at LAKUTAIA and while exploring through Yagan territory, treat yourself to the opportunity of discovering the world through the eyes of a millenary race.