El Chalten

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 ...

... the tiny village of El Chaltén. I am here to do a few day hikes and hopefully get a glimpse of Cerro Fitz Roy. From El Chaltén I hoped to continue north for a couple of days, on the adventurous gravel strip called Ruta 40, until I reach my next destination. ...

As I passed the goose-stepping locals on my way to Josef Goebbels Memorial Bus Station I guess I should have seen the signs earlier about Bariloche's interesting history. I think I got away with mentioning either war - at least too loudly. After a five ...

... to do something until Doug's plane leaves on Monday.  So we cut our stay short, checked out, and hopped on a bus to Chalten at the last minute.  It's cool little town with a sort of hippy vibe to it but also the place to come see ...

... - Torres del Paine, which is the South West corner in Chile, Peirto Moreno Glacier on the South East Corner in Argentina, and El Chalten on the North East corner in Argentina. After hiking 69 miles Torres del Paine, hiking another 32 miles in El ...

Puerto Eden is a tiny isolated maritime hamlet in the middle of the Chilean fjords.  The only way to get to this picturesque little cluster of tin houses and peeling boats is by the weekly ferry - and we had the opportunity to come ashore while the ...

... on this planet, on a road which is sometimes paved, but which is mostly a gravel track, we arrive in El Chalten. El Chalten is a small town next to the stunning Fitz Roy mountain range, and which was put up quickly in the 80s by ...

... doesn't sound like it would be that much fun and after the disappointment of Torres del Paine I wasn't expecting much at Argentina's Parque Nacional Los Glaciares. Maybe because my expectations were so low that it helped make it such a fantastic day. ...

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Alex: El Chalten was a necessary stop as it is the only place we can get the bus from up to Los Antiguos where we plan to cross over into Chile, but it was also a really good stop. It is a mecca for mountain climbers who come to attempt Fitz Roy, ...

... Moreno, and the wild mountainous scenery of Torres del Paine, we decide on another fix of the same stuff in El Chalten, Argentina. The huge continental ice sheet on the Chile-Argentina border extends for hundreds of kilometres from Perito Moreno, which we ...

... it survived (and me too and I spend a lot of time in it!!), it can´t be that bad. I had to stay for another day in El Chalten when I got back, as the bus that goes up north ruta 40 to El Bolson only leaves every second day. It became a nice day of ...

El Chalten is a small village 5hrs away from El Calafate. We spent 3 great days here hiking around the Parque Nacional Los Glaciers which, amazingly, is free to everyone. The mountains and scenery are stunning with granite towers rising above the snow- ...

... refreshing to think that it is only me and nature for many hours at a time. I loved it. Backpacking at its best. El Chalten is a fascinating little town in the middle of nowhere. Very dusty and set amongst the mountains of Patagonia. El Chalten is in ...

... , at least we still saw it break off and crash.    After the glacier we left for another mountain town, El Chalten.  Both the Perito Moreno glacier and the 2 mountain formations are both located in Los Glaciars Parque Nacional.  We ...

... tell that I have over packed. Drats. Minimalism is the way to go but so hard for me to accept. The views of Chalten and of the mountains begin immediately. Wow. The 4 hours until the campsite are filled with beautiful views and neat microclimates. After ...

... most of the road was unfinished. We were thinking hiking today wasn't going to be too fun. But by some miracle we arrived in El Chalten and the rain stopped. A good sign I do think.   While there was this break in the rain we quickly picked up some ...

06-02-11 I got invited by Miguel to the wedding of Pedro Small and Ana Webb, on the Argentine/Chilean border. I didn't want to overdraw on my hosts hospitality but it was a chance to meet up with my friends again, and it sounded like it as going to ...

... Two and a half hours of driving and we only saw one hotel/café and probably half a dozen cars. Pretty isolated out here. El Chalten is a great little town of only about 800 residents, in the shadow of the mountains and right next to Glacier National Park. ...