Beautiful Bariloche – in the Argentinian lake district – seems to specialise in chocolate and beer. Oh, and hiking, cycling, fishing and general outdoor loveliness. But mostly, in our case, it was the home of the completely-disproportionately-large-for-our-hotel-room hot tub: As well as curious (greedy?) bird-life knocking on our patio windows every morning: Despite the hot tub,…
Tag: Patagonia
11th November – 14th November – Trevelin and Esquel
One of the reasons I wanted to come to Patagonia in the first place was the Welsh heritage, so here we are in Trevelin, one of the towns that retains not only Welsh place names but also language, where plenty of people siarad at least a tipyn bach of Cymraeg. As well as optional free classes,…
6th November – 10th November – El Chalten
El Chalten is a small town 3 hours drive from El Calafate, near to the border with Chile. It’s known as the ‘National Trekking Capital’: mainly because that’s the only reason the town is there – it’s inside the Glaciers National Park and has access to many one-day and multi- (up to 10!) day hikes as well…
3rd – 6th November – El Calafate: Glacier Hike, Perito Moreno Boat Trip, and more…
We arrived in El Calafate after a 5 hour but fairly uneventful journey that included the very straightforward Chile>Argentina border crossing. Apparently the other way is more complex and includes baggage scans and checks on boots etc because there is an issue with didymo. This is the view across the lake from our hotel, the…
31st October – 3rd November: Patagonia Camp, Torres del Paine, Chile
The 4 hour drive from Punta Arenas to the camp via Puerto Natales was rather ‘exciting’ because of the extreme high winds blowing across the plains, however our driver did a great job not only of preventing the minibus from rolling but also pointing out local fauna as we passed it. We saw the expected…
29th October – 31st October: The end of the world…almost.
After two days, five flights (including crossing the Andes) … …and seven airports we arrived in Punta Arenas in the far south of Chile, just on the Straits of Magellan. Our cosy Bed-and-Breakfast ‘El Chalet Chapital‘ in the centre of town: After a brief wander around town we found a little row of restaurants on…
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