Elan El Calafate

... told, is Patagonia weather for you. <br><br>After we returned from the glacier we spent some time chasing flamingos. Yes, flamingos. Across from our hotel is a couple of small lakes where we can see flamingos, so we decided to brave the strong gales of wind to take some photos of these wild flamingos. Unfortunately they were quite shy, so we only got a few good shots, but it was entertaining to try to walk in that wind!<br><br>We also had a fantastic dinner in a restaurant ...

... perto do glaciar tem uma agua verde e fica bonito.<br><br>Voltamos ao hotel e ao ver que a previso do tempo para amanha eh de um pouco de sol mas para os proximos dias vem chuva, decidi fazer o outro tour dos glaciares amanha mesmo. Neste, que comeca as 7:15hs, percorremos 50Km ateh um porto onde pegaremos um barco que durante todo o dia nos levarah a conhecer outros glaciares. Quem foi diz que eh otimo.<br><br>Falando em glaciares, o Parque Nacional Los Glaciares, definido como patrimonio ...

... ice crashed into the lake with a resounding roar. The lake on which we were sailing was a milky turquoise, this is from the minute powdered particles which are held in suspension. After the boat trip we were met by our coach which drove us to the viewing platforms. There were 3 different platforms each at different levels. We were given 2.5hours here, which was slightly excessive if you ask me. We walked to each platform and completed the circuit in under an hour, taking ...

... places. We went to Perito Moreno, impressive glacier, as big as whole Buenos Aires city. The Perito Moreno comes down from a valley, and it is stopped by the Lago Argentino and Península de Magallanes, situation wich makes an amazing effect, because the glacier breaks the Lago Argentino in two, and it makes that after some time (years) the pression of the water in one side breaks the glacier. Pity we ...

... it back down the trail under three hours, with views of every mountain and lake in the park. The euphoria overwhelmed my illness and my painful knees and we celebrated our last night in the lodge and slept really well that night. Day 6: Hike to Laguna Amarga and Feast in El Calafate We lazily woke up on our last morning at Torres del Paine, packed up camp and lounged in the Refugio for a few hours. After lunch, we walked ...

... om in te wandelen en je helemaal 1 te voelen met Moeder Natuur. Het weer was prachtig, lekker zonnetje tussen de schaduw van de bomen door, vergezichten tot in het oneindige, maar vooral rust (iets wat niet al te schaars is in Patagonie overigens). Na dik twee uur hiken bereikte we het uitkijkpunt op de pieken en daar blijf je dan heerlijk een half uur naar staren. Wat een ander leven dan in het gehaaste Nederland zeg. Ik neem me echt 200% voor om iets van de ...

... around further over. At first we thought they were people and then realised they were Guanacos (they look like lamas) after we looked through the binoculars . As they started to move closer to us we got quite excited, but then they didn´t stop and started to make this awful laughing sound. At one point we were a bit nervous and thought they might run at us...strange how you want to get as close as possible to wildlife ...

... XXI - XII - MMVIII. El Parc Nacional dels Glaciars està a 80 kms. Ens passen a buscar amb minibus a les 8am després d'un bon esmorzar amb dulce de leche, m**melada de p**a, etc. Arribarem al parc pels volts de les 9.30am. Ens dirigim al llac que hi ha a la part sud del glaciar P**ito Moreno. Des d'allà agafarem un catamarà durant 15-20 minuts que ens durà a un refugi, on començarem el trekking o caminada. Abans ens fan una breu explicació del procés de glaciació i, en aquest cas sobre ...

... what you are seeing is amazing, then it isn't spectacular. How can it be? I guess what we really wanted to see was an entire serac, something the size of a skyscraper fall and smash into the water. Now that would have been amazing. I wouldn't have needed to do work anything out in my head! But that was never going to happen. So I wouldn't say I was disappointed with the Perito Moreno Glacier. Not at all ...

It seems that we were never destined to get a good night's sleep in Puerto Natales, this time it was a load of dogs barking for hours non-stop from about 6am which prevented it. <br><br>However this wasn't a bad thing because we had another early bus to catch. <br><br>So we finished off our packing, grabbed some quick brekkie (where we learnt that our fellow guest the poor German lady had Dengue Fever, which ...