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Patagonian Wales to Perito Moreno glaciers
... the main road and stumbled into Calafate about 8pm and after a couple of false starts, found a lovely wood cabin, Paraiso Patagonia overlooking the town with a wonderfully friendly owner who’s going to find us a mechanic and we discovered a super market still open at 11pm so stocked up, cooked pasta for supper and got to bed by midnight. In theory this is the furthest South we will go – we thought about camping but boy its cold and this wind – it never ...
In Patagonia
... in the long run we decided it the better option. At about 11am we arrived in the park and set about taking in the scenery.
Our driver and guide took us around lakes, where we could see the Torres - the most famous part of the national park - and on walks around the hills etc. I was a little let down from what I was expecting to do for the day, as we didn`t get to see the Torres for a very long time and what we did see of them wasn`t amazing as we weren`t ...
So here we are in the land of Argentinian glaciers
... fuel and also gleaning some very helpful and friendly advice about getting into and seeing the best of the Nat. Park from Bill at the Erratic Edge Tour Office in town. An American originally from Oregon he was most helpful and knowledgeable and urged us to make contact with his Dad when we passed through his home State next year en route to Canada and Alaska.
After shopping for supplies we had the most frustrating time trying to drive the few hundred metres back from ...
El Calafate
... like it's only a few meters high. In reality when faced with the colossal wall, we could see that it was over 50 meters high (about the length of an Olympic-size swimming pool), and 70 at it's highest peak. The chunks of ice that came crashing off the ice wall were the size of four story buildings. We're not talking about little ice cubes, people!
The boat tour was great and gave a brilliant view of the glacier, but the best views were yet to come. The bus picked us up ...
The "Big Ice" Excursion
... approximately 30 km in length, 5 km wide at the terminus (or end) and has an average height of 60 m above the surface of Lago Argentino. Impressive. This national landmark is a little taste of Antarctica for those who didn't take advantage of a last minute cruise ship ticket in Ushuaia. We observed the end of the glacier from an extensive network of boardwalks before boarding a catamaran across the lake. After 45 minutes of hiking uphill, then ...
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