Who runs Puerto Pirata
Sergio Carrera moved to Tierra del Fuego from Avellaneda (Buenos Aires province) in 1998. Settled in Punta Parana — a tiny hamlet between Almanza and Harberton. Built a dock, got a boat and started catching centolla — Patagonian king crab.
Today his son Lucas runs the kitchen, and Lucas's partner Sol Muñoz organizes fishing trips for guests. Puerto Pirata isn't a restaurant in the usual sense: there's no menu and no schedule. Guests arrive by arrangement, go out on the boat with the fishermen, and the catch becomes lunch.
What happens
Guests are given life vests and put in the boat. Out into the Beagle Channel, traps set for centolla. An hour or two later they pull the crab out, return to shore and cook right by the water. The menu also has octopus, sea urchin, sea bass — depends on the day's catch.
How to get there
Puerto Pirata is in Punta Parana, about 80 km from Ushuaia. The road: Ruta Nacional 3 east, then Ruta Provincial J along the Beagle Channel. The last stretch — dirt road. No public transport.