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El Chalten Slideshow
El Chalten
Travel Blogs from El Chalten, Argentina
Hiking Fitz Roy, El Chalten, Argentina
... cafe, that served exclusively all things chocolate. Good thing we did a lot of hiking to burn off those excess calories! Fortunately, El Chalten failed to deliver the much forewarned winds, rain and cold; instead giving us five days in paradise. We highly ...
El Chalten Day 3
... twice as hotmail only allows 50 recipients per mail. Managed to also get my laundry put in as well. We are off to El Calafete for Christmas Eve and Day where we hope to see the Moreno Glacier but chance are slim. Then off to Chile to do ...
The Mighty Moreno Glacier
... trek alcohol abuse!) in the beautiful setting of Puerto Natales I decided to venture over the boarder to Argentina and the tacky touristy town of El Calafatte. El Calafatte was the closest town to probably one of the most impressive and famous glaciers ...
Blue Lagoon
... ! We were given maps and a brief talk about the local surroundings, we only had 1 whole day to explore the beauty of El Chalten...SO Being the "experienced", English hikers that we are we decided to load up on the necessary provisions of ...
El Calafate to El Chalten
This is a top pick! ... buildings are small and made of timber, with tree trunks acting as porch columns and only the main roads paved. In El Chalten, conveniences are few. The electricity goes in and out; the few Internet cafes in town are packed with backpackers ...
El Chalten to Punta Arenas, Chile
Despite their assurances that it wouldn't be as cold, I had headed back to El Chalten after lunch and left Tim and Amy to continue to Cerro Torre. On arriving back at the hostel I was adopted by Cecilia, the mama duck of the hostel and fed hot bean ...
Hiking to Loma del Pliegue Tumbado
This half-day hike skirted the eastern face of Loma del Pliegue Tumbado going towards Rio Tunel, then cuts west and north to a lookout high above Laguna Torre where we hiked a couple days earlier, offering phenomenal views of Cerros Torres and ...
El Chaltérn
... a mini lake due to the horrendous rain). Never experienced such wind chills......damn it was cold! What are we doing here?! El Chaltern is famous for its great hiking trails around the beautiful Mount Fitzroy and I kept reminding myself ...
El Chalten
Deserted town Last stop in Patagonia was El Chalten - a small village 220km north of El Calafate. It is seriously the only sign of life for hundreds of miles and only reachable via 3.5 hour bus ride from Calafate. The village was established in ...
Trek around Mount Fitzroy and glaciers
Well we´re definitely getting fitter and our backpacks are feeling lighter but this 5 day trek still gave us sore feet, aching legs and, in Esther´s case, fatter calves (won´t be able to wear high heels for awhile!). Mount Fitzroy is at the ...
El Chalten
After our brief stay in El Calafate, the next destination on our list was El Chalten, located on the northern part of the Los Glaciares National Park, where we planned to trek around the Mount Fitzroy range. Still carrying many of the ´war wounds`from ...
Bit of a Trek
... our first night in our baltic cold rooms, it was time for the hike in the morning. If we had the proper gear like everyone else in El Chalten we could have classified what we did as a hike, instead what we did was more of a walk to ´Laguna de Los Tres´. ...
A week in Patagonia
... it.....!! I´ll let the pictures tell you the rest..... DAY THREE We were transferred to Marcelo´s home town - El Chalten - considered the national capital of trekking in Patagonia. What an interesting ride. The journey took approximately four ...
Mountains which make you say....wow!
We caught an early morning bus from El Calafate to a small place called El Chalten. We were coming here to check out the amazing mountains of FitzRoy and Cerro Torre. Actually, when we say the early morning bus, it's the only bus - as El Chalten is ...
Patagonia Dreaming... El Chalten, Argentina
El Chalten... now THIS is the stuff dreams are made of! I am left breathless from this place. I can not believe the beauty that exists in this world. Wow. I don't really know what else to say. OK- so I have to write ...
Fitz Roys
Now that the feet had recovered it was time to go trekking again. The Fitz Roys are a mountain range that sits on the Continental ice shelf on the other side and are another popular hiking destination in Patagonia. Like Torres, ...
Hiking and Glaciers
My next stop in Patagonia was El Chalten, once a small farming village where cattle were raised. Since 1985 it has grown rapidly in to a tourist centre, catering for all the hikers and climbers who come to visit the famous Mount Fitzroy. ...
El Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre Trekking
... quickly off to the trailhead. We headed out on the Laguna Torre Norte trail, which was at the far north side of the El Chalten. It was incredibly windy and cold. What a way to start! Troopers as we are, we trudged forward. It only took us a ...
El Chalten
For some reason I had a vision in my head that El Chalten would be like a pretty swiss mountain village, but it wasn´t! Instead it was really windy and wild and ever second building in the town was under construction, apparently its going to be the ...
Merry Christmas! ... and some Perito Moreno pics
... greetings and mails, we hope you are all fine and enjoying the Christmas days with your loved ones. We are here in El Chalten, a small village in the mountains, the outdoor capital of Argentina. Tonight, we'll join our hosts for a real Argentinian ...
El Chalten
... where we put on crampons to tour the glacier and arrive at the site for our ice climb, in the rain!. Never done this before and it was great. After all that fun it was time to walk the 5 hours back to El Chalten for the bus back to Calafate, ...
12 Hour Hike Hurts Like Hell
... muscles and feet the next day!! I definately got a kick out of the crampons! Ice climbing rocks!! Oh, and El Chalten in one crazy sand/wind storm kind of town! This hike was incredible... with a 7 am departure, we hiked two ...
El Chalten, Mt. Fitz Roy, Cerro Torres, Hielo Sur
... bar and creme brule for desert! If looked like I wouldn't need meat again for a few days! Next day it was on to a town called El Chalten and Los Glaciares National Park. I was going to complete a 4 day hike, the highlights of which were Mt. Fitz Roy, ...
The hiking begins!
We hiked for 4 days in the southern Patagonian Andes and hung out with climbers in El Chatlen; home of Cerro Torres and Fitz Roy, two of South Americas most difficult peaks to climb. We also got a chance to see the Petito Moreno Glacier(pictures to come). ...
NYE in GNP (Glaciar National Park)
We rang in the 2009 in the smallest town of our trip, El Chalten. Even though our hostel didn't have the best pricing or service, they definitely knew how to throw a good New Years bash. All you can eat BBQ and drink for $20, a DJ, plus more ...
Here a Trek, there a Trek, Everywhere a Trek Trek
After all that relaxation in El Calafate we managed to escape on a 4 hour bus ride to El Chalten, Argentina, which would act as our base for exploring the rest of Glacier National Park. On the way to El Chalten we made one stop, at a hotel famous ...
The Worlds Most Organised National Park
Another day, another bus journey. This one was six hours to the windy town of El Chalten. Our bus stops at the national park headquarters en route. Here we receive a brief talk in English about the different hikes that are available, a map, a four day ...
Ice, Ice Baby (dun dun dun da da dun dun)
This will definitely be the coolest entry. Not only because of the ice trekking, but because James is writing. Sorry, could not resist a little corny joke to start off with for this entry (Vanilla Ice if you don't remember that sweet ...
The Fitzroy and Torre Mountain Treks
... the trekking in Chile and feeling masochistic I did three treks around the little town of El Chalten all over 20km in 3 days. El Chalten is Argentina's youngest town, established in 1985 so it's as old as me, the town was built as part of a land dispute ...