Patagonia Pionera Hotel
Travel Blogs from Punta Arenas
Cabo Froward
... group discovered that they had blisters. Not the best way to start a five day trekking trip. There was no way back so we kept on going anyways. After 8 hours of walking, always racing the daylight we finally reached the camp and caught up with our friends who we thought were much further already. Their story was that they attempted to cross the river with the little inflatable boat we had but unfortunately it broke. When I saw the video of the attempt ...
Dog on the runway
... mud everywhere.
My view was not improved either by our failure to find somewhere fun for dinner. Trip Advisor, the concierge and our guide books were all consulted. Our first choice was closed until May. The second involved us retracing our muddy steps the wrong side of town - so we passed. The third was empty and cavernous. We headed back to our hotel. Copious wine glasses and good sushi - we definitely made the right ...
End of hte Cape Horn Patagonia cruise
... countries which contributed to a nice atmosphere onboard.
On Thursday the weather was really nice and sunny in time for our visit to the Aguilla Glacier. It just looked fantastic and it made you realise how strong the sun is down here.
This morning we got early to visit the penguin colony on Magdalena Island just outside Punta Arenas where our cruise ended about lunchtime.
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A Chilean Estancia & Aboard Stella Australis
... of bottles of water that had been left by her supplicants. This legend is part of the magical realism that is very important to the local culture of both Chile and Argentina. Our guides, Alex and Julio, who otherwise seemed quite rational, appeared to have a strong connection to this legend, and told us stories of travel misadventures experienced by those skeptical of Correa’s powers.
As our ...
Noël en Patagonie I - Punta Arenas
... tard nous sommes face a l'antarctique mais toujours dans le même pays.....en Patagonie chilienne, la région de Magallanes (Magellan), à quelques 3500 kms de la capitale et à 5000 kms du nord du pays! Un voyage d'une telle distance sur le continent européen nous aurait déjà permis de rallier la Russie depuis la France......gloup!
Nous entamons donc notre "voyage au bout de la terre" avec pour objectif de ...
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- Free High-Speed Internet
- Room service
- Free parking