El Calafate Inns - Reviews and Rates

Today´s advice is that you should always trust your gut instinct, as 9 times out of 10 it is right. We have arrived in El Calafate (more of that in the next blog), and decided it would be good to transfer some photos from the camera to a memory stick. We found a Kodak store in the town, and thinking that if anyone knew what they were doing it wo...

Our second real day in Patagonia was very different than the first. We headed to the Moreno glacier to try and see it more closely. We wanted to go trekking on the glacier, but every option was fully booked. We were bummed, but decided to make the best of the day. Instead we went with another couple from our hostel on a small tour. The four of u...

El Calafate is alot bigger and in my opinion much nicer that El Chalten, although, El Chalten has only sprung up in the last 15 years so it´s only a baby of a town really. The hostel we stayed in was nice and clean with a good atmosphere and big dorms. Staff were friendly and helpful and the dinner was nice (if a bit expensive, 3 empanadas for 2...

Mark 14/3: Meant to have a sleep in but turns out the truck is "buggered". Which is the scientific term that our driver, Sail, an Aussie 17 year veteran of South American driving gave it. Sail actually designed this tour for Tucan Travel so he knows this area and trucks pretty well. The truck being practically brand new, flash and fandangled the...

6th February to 9th February 2008 Well, we were up nice and early for our trip back to Argie after a brief first stay in Chile. The most amusing thing happened at the border as we saw a sign from the delusional Argies stating "Los Malvinas son Agentinos" meaning that the Falklands are Argentinian - dream on boys and girls. Anyway, we made it up ...

Back to last night. S treated me to a very nice birthday dinner in town. I had a fantastic tenderloin steak and tiramisu for dessert and Boo had a sirloin. S had some kind of chicken dish. Our steaks were both cooked perfectly. It was a very nice time. Boo had a bit of a meltdown when we got back to the hotel. I think she was just plain exhauste...

Nadat ik op vrijdag 5 januari om 03.30 uur in SANTIAGO DE CHILI was gearriveerd kon ik niet in slaap komen. Ik ben dus maar gaan internetten om mijn reis verder voor te bereiden. Ik wilde niet te lang in Santiago blijven hangen omdat ik maar 20 dagen had om in Ushuaia te geraken. Daar vandaan vertrekt op vrijdag 26 januari mijn expeditieschip na...

Wrapped up Route 40 with my arrival into El Calafate Saturday night the 9th. Got lucky once again with my hostel and was able to secure a bed in the best hostel in town...America del Sur. I didn't get in until late on Saturday...and upon arrival I didn't think I would be able to book a tour for Sunday. Sunday is the day of rest in every city in ...

We are on the road to Argentina on a big comfortable bus. The seats are well spaced and recline a long way. After hiking 80km on the Torres del Paine trek, it´s a welcome break to be sitting for five and a half hours and like many of the other passengers it doesn´t take long before we are snoozing. We soon awaken to find that we are at the Chile...