El Chalten

Hola everyone!,
It´s been a while and we´ve been to a number of places since my last update. I´ll start with our trip to El Calafate, which is considered the hub to Patagonia. We flew here because it would have been a death ride here on a bus from Buenos Aires. It´s recommended to all people to fly here. The flight is very comparable to a bus …

When debating whether to visit the Perito Moreno Glacier, Eoin convinced me that I would be super impressed by it even having already visited the Viedma Glacier near El Chalten. That was a huge call as we had an up close and personal experience when ice trekking the Viedma Glacier, not to mention the fantastic weather we had for it. Viedma is the …

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Ik weet niet goed meer waar en wanneer ik m'n vorige post geplaatst heb, maar ik vermoed dat het in Puerto Natales was, net voor ik de bergen in trok.
Duuus... Ik trok vervolgens de bergen in.
Parque Nacional Torres del Paine is bekend om, jawel, zijn Torres del Paine. Zot steile pieken omgeven door andere zotte bergen en …

Op vrijdag 9 december namen we een vlucht naar El Calafate. We stond op om 7u en om 8.05u zaten we al op het vliegtuig. Ontbijten, taxirit (20min!) en inchecken zijn echt nog nooit zo snel gegaan. We hadden feitelijk pas een vlucht om 9.40u maar aangezien er nog plaats was op de vlucht voor de onze hebben ze er ons meteen nog snel …

We rijden vanuit Puerto Natales door de uitgestrekte vlakten van Patagonie (pampa's). Alles draait hier om de kerk, asados (BBQ op groot vuur) met vrienden en familie, muziek en natuurlijk...voetbal! En dus probeert onze buschauffeur de gehele route (ruim 5 uur) lang om een deel van het radiovoetbalverslag te volgen zodat wij als passagiers naar …

Weather: 9 degrees but warmed up hugely Highlight: Seeing the mountains of Patagonia! It was a struggle to wake up at 3am this morning but the motivation of not being late for the group got me up. Had to pack all my things and also left a separate bag of my summer clothes to be kept at the hotel as it would not be needed in Patagonia. We headed to …

We flew down to Calafate with Lade the Argentinian airforce airline and by the time we got there we were exhausted and hadn't got anything organised. It turned out after all our research that we would still have to transit to Puerto Natales in Chile, passing the entrance to the park en-route... It was difficult to get everything sorted as the …

... it really helps avoid the crowds and lets you be much more flexible with the weather. Day 3 – Laguna Torre Campsite to El Chalten We were very lucky the day before getting such spectacular views of Cerro Torre all afternoon as it’s notorious ...

... the following day I was happy to leave and head another couple of hundred kilometers north to the next national park of El Chalten.     El Chalten is yet another purpose built tourist town and wouldn´t exist without tourism, but the ...

... made our way back, stopping every so often for poor Sylvia who was now hobbling so badly. We eventually made it back to El Chalten, all a little stiff and sore about two and a half hours later. We treated ourselves to a great, but expensive, dinner in ...

... only sell us 100 pesos worth of fuel as he was running short but this was enough to get us the rest of the way to El Chalten. The drive in to El Chalten is spectacular. After leaving the Ruta 40 you follow a paved road along the side of the enormous ...

... hill, where miraculously the sun was shining and it was hot. After a relaxing picnic on the grass we continued back down hill towards El Chalten. By the time we returned to the hostel we'd been trekking for just over 8 hours and we were exhausted! I ...

... from here because the system is so slow. So for any other accommodation reservations it's best to book before you arrive in El Chalten, although some hostels will phone and reserve for you. When the electriciy is off the supermarkets can shut because the ...

... rain would be promptly finished off by the wind. A few days later, we would make our way to El Chalten, known as the trekking capital of Argentina. The views and trekking didn’t disappoint. We had a spectacular day’s trekking (about 26km in ...

Get on bus for El Calafate in Argentina which should take about 5 hours to get to. We head off on a virtually empty coach and enjoy the views as we cross over to the border which is a very quick process. I am bemused by the sign at the Argentinian ...

Have a lie in today and Tony goes out to sort a hire car as its cheaper than the tours to the glacier plus means we can leave later. Weather still great and we head off after stocking up for a picnic. Drive is just over an hour away along the lake and ...

... stuff for the trek.  In reality we could have done this the day before and left for the trek today but as I wanted to be in El Chalten on my birthday we were waiting until the 8th anyway so we took it easy!  All sorted and packed we went out to ...