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Travel Blogs from San Carlos de Bariloche
Bariloche Lake District
... off the glaciers. We trekked to the bottom of one of the glaciers which took us through a forest. It was great to see, this glacier used to be massive and created a huge valley. Later in the day we drove to another glacier which was black at the bottom due to all the rocks it had picked up. If you climb to the top of Mount Tornador it is quite a challenge as it involves rock climbing, ice climbing, walking ...
Beer and Chocolate mean Bariloche!
... route... we really couldn't believe the vistas before us; every new corner brought another striking sight. If we could take the most stunning parts of every lake and mountain resort we've been to - and there have been a lot! - and put them all together, Bariloche would be the result!
Buying a hiking map and taking advice from Club Andino Bariloche, we picked out the best day hike we could with the current ...
Cave Tour
... of the area who found the caves, when they found them, the name of the National Park and that we would not see any Mountain Lions as there aren't actually any in the area and a whole lot of other stuff which just seemed to go on and on and on… finally after standing up there in the cold wind we started to climb up and follow the well-worn and in some parts wooden path to the first cavern.
It was a small hole in the side of the plug with a large opening ...
Specialties
... rapids were really not that difficult though, which was a tad disappointing - turns out they were just Class III. I'm being a bit mean, but the best moment was when one girl from our boat of five tipped right out of the boat mid-rapid and had the perfect scream. Priceless...especially the photos and videos which were played back to us after. (I didn't buy them though, so no photos for this excursion!) I also opted to jump into the water and ...
Patagonia to the Lakes district
... port for people going to visit the great white continent Antarctica just across the Drake Passage to the south. While we were there we met heaps of excited people who were going to Antarctica and just as many who had just returned from their trip. Everyone we talked too absolutely loved it and couldn't recommend it enough. We did a little research and found there are heaps of last minute deals to get to Antarctica that are 50% off the normal price. So Liv and ...