Punta Arenas Bed and Breakfasts Reviews and Rates

Antarctica or not so much

January 28, 2011 – Punta Arenas

They loaded us up with all of our cold weather gear and took us to the airport. Once we were there they told us we couldn't go to Antarctica and they were taking us to Torres Del Paine National Park. Paine means blue in the native language. This park is part of the UNESCO biosphere Reserve. It is a …

Patagonia passtimes

No way! An eagle, like a golden eagle for example is 1m long! Cats are like 30cm. 50max. Plus if you go for weight, the eagle is huge, so the eagle sized cat would be a total monster. I reckon the little eagle probably would win though, being a bit more agile.

Glad to hear the NOC has returned to normal.

We managed to get into …

Downtime

So what does a person do after they've been to the Antarctic? Hang around in Punta Arenas for 3 days thats what! Not the most beautiful or exciting of towns but managed to catch up on sleep and admin.
The 11hr bus trip from Ushuaia was almost pleasant, got to go on a car ferry and see little black and white dolphins, very cute. Punta Arenas has …

Auf dem Rückweg

Die Zeit ist gekommen, ich gehe nicht mehr weiter. Der südlichste Punkt ist erreicht, ich bin auf dem Rückweg. Bald schon bin ich wieder zu Hause, die Schweiz macht sich in meinen Gedanken breit und Chile, Argentinien, Peru verblassen schon fast ein wenig, auch wenn ich noch mitten drin bin. Heute habe ich das letzte Mal eine Grenze überquert, von …

We flew out of Buenos Aires... our bags didnt.

As I mentioned on the other entry, we didnt know the problems that were ahead of us this day. Maybe the fact that the taxi driver smoked his cigarette inside the taxi (with us in) should have been a tip... but we didnt notice. Well, we arrived at the airport at 6am. About 2 hours before our 8.30am flight to Santiago do Chile. The website I had …

Oh Patagonia

Well, I haven´t dropped a note for awhile and because of this I fear that this entry will lack any type of logical organization. That being said, I hope you can still pick up my gist... Patagonia is amazing. Turquoise lakes, giant jagged peaks, glaciers and the most fantastic cloud formations I have ever seen make Patagonia number one on my ¨most …

Seeelefanten u. Pinguine / Sea Elefants, Penguins

Ainsworth Bucht Bei Tagesanbruch unseres ersten Tages auf der Mar Australis befahren wir den Almirantozgo-Fjord bis zur Ainsworth-Bucht, wo sich der Marinelli-Gletscher befindet. Wir gehen mit sogenannten Zodiacs (sehr stabilen Schlauchbooten) an Land und koennen von ca. 50 Meter Entfernung eine Seeelefanten-Kolonie beobachten. Diese Tiere kommen …

Zuidwaarts

Hola chicos y chicas, Op dit moment zitten we achter een computer in Punta Arenas. Maar voordat we hier konden neerstrijken hebben we het volgende achterde rug. Op 28 februari 2006 hebben we Puerto Montt verlaten. We kunnen niet zeggen dat we het jammer vonden om daar weg te gaan. Dat was een plaats voor eens maar nooit weer. Ondanks dat we Puerto …

The South of the South of the South

Hello! So, at the moment, I am in Punta Arenas...now everyone needs to go to an Atlas and look up Punta Arenas. I can look out the window of this internet cafe, to see the Strait of Magellen. Pretty cool! although, do not get me wrong, getting here was quite the adventure! With an ultimate goal of cmaping in Torres Del Paine in the South of Chile, …

Torres del Paine

We went back north into Chile again to the Torres del Paine (Towers of Blue) national park where most travellers complete a W walk through the national park in the shape of ... you guessed it... a W. This trek is done with ALL of your sleeping gear, food and any change of clothes that you need for the three days in a pack. Not for the faint hearted …