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Route 23
Short post for today's adventure. We slept in until 9am and hit the road in our Fiat. We had initially planned on kayaking today but the weather was terrible - lots of rain and wind. So, we traveled north from El Chalten on Route 23, an unpaved road. Off Route 23 we saw the Cascada (waterfall) off the Chorillo de Salto trek. We wanted to try …
Patagonian Wales to Perito Moreno glaciers
... persuade us to go to Calafate via Rio Gallegos on the tarmac road at over 500km, we decided to turn off onto a dirt road that shaved roughly 200km off the total distance. Despite our fears this could be a big mistake (it was raining on and off) we met a friendly truck driver at the turn off who assured us it was passable and off we set. It was fine (positively smooth compared with some Peruvian roads!) As if on cue, in the middle of nowhere, strikingly barren but ...
In Patagonia
... holding a bit of the ice that the crew had netted in - was pretty cool as I got to feel its imposing size hanging over me but in my opinion its grandure is better observed from afar - the paths. From here you can see the whole surroundings, the mountains, the lake and see how much of the landscape is taken up by the glacier itself, whereas from the boat up close all you see is a big white wall. This being said, the boat ride is a must do.
Thursday was ...
So here we are in the land of Argentinian glaciers
... was a Chilean Police car with its red lights flashing and carrying four burly policemen. As it pulled over onto the gravel next to us we hurriedly hid the bottle of Argentinian beer we had been sharing and wondered what we might have done wrong perhaps back down the road towards Punta Arenas. But after the cops had climbed out of their patrol car and shaken hands it seemed it was no more than a case of idle curiosity in wanting to know who we were and why we wanted to drive to ...
Walking on a glacier's face
... out on the ice for 3 hours. We made it out to the center of the glacier and then looped back. No one in my group wiped out, but some were more talented than others on crampons. Our guide Juan ran on top of the ice peaks which was truly amazing.
At the end our trip they rewarded us with scotch on the rocks (real glacier ice!) on the boat ride back to our bus. Thanks, Hielo y Aventura!
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- Free High-Speed Internet
- Wheelchair accessibility
- Free parking
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