Los Nires

... op stap te gaan. Blijkt deze wandeling nu toch wel net buiten het Nationaal Park in een 'Propiedad privada' (nl. Estancia Los Huemules) te liggen, en we moeten toegang betalen (per persoon: 30 ARS= ongeveer 5€). Blijkbaar liggen er aangrenzend ...

... weer als vandaag! De geplande trip naar het Chileense Torres del Paine schrappen we, wegens te ver. We blijven liever wat langer in Los Glaciares. Zo, nu proberen dit alles op de blog te zetten. Internet gaat hier in het hotel heel traag, als je geluk ...

Today we went on a second hike.  It was "shorter", but I think it was still close to 20km.  We went to Lagunas De los Tres.  While the weather was good, it was not as fantastic as our more important hike to Mount ...

... del Desierto es más largo que ancho y cristalino. En la costa occidental tiene montañas nevadas con glaciares "colgando" de los riscos. Al llegar a la Punta Norte, hicimos el Control de Extranjería para salir de Argentina. Armamos las bicis de nuevo y ...

... with wheels this was a major problem. So for the first time I unzipped the carrying straps and lugged my way to the Hosteria Los Nires about a half km. away. Reservations are a must at this time of year and I keep wondering how people who don´t speak ...

Even though the trip began a day before with us checking into the 'Los Nires' hotel and me getting to know my triple share room-mates, Claude from Switzerland and Chue from the USA, today was when the anticipation crescendoed. After a restful sleep, we ...

... at 12:40pm where the temp was a comfortable 57 degrees celcius. Having gathered our bags, we were transported (25 minutes) by van to Hosteria Los Nires where we would spend one night. Again, having checked in, we set out into town to see the sites and get ...

... ontbijt, laden de valiezen in de wagen en rijden dan met de wagen naar de plek die we voor onze laatste wandeling in Los Glaciares NP uitgekozen hebben: we kozen voor de Pilar wandeling. Die vertrekt aan Hosteria El Pilar (dat eigenlijk net buiten het ...

... )  El Chaltén is gelegen aan de voet van het Fitzroy gebergte. El Chaltén ligt tevens aan de ingang van het Los Glaciares Nationaal Park. Dit park is zo uniek dat UNESCO het op de lijst van Werelderfgoederen heeft geplaatst. Het park kent maar ...

Wednesday, 16 March 2011 We took a bus transfer to the start of our hike today. We trekked to Laguna de Los Tres to see the magnificent peak of Fitzroy mountain (although today the peak was covered in clouds).  Today we experienced the volatility of ...

... - managed a quick look at the laguna and glacier at the end before being blown back down, then the next day we walked to Laguna de los Tres, and had fantastic weather, ie no wind, clear skies and sunshine - so we had a very good look at Fitz Roy (how on ...

... por descendientes de colonos o indígenas que realizan actividades rurales, así como sectores con importante infraestructura para los visitantes y propiedades privadas preexistente a la creación del Parque. En algunos casos se ha pasado del estado de ...

... up a rock. But then the forest is cleared. Orange is starting to show on the horizon. Zig zag up through bonsai nires. the wind acts as a bonsai-ist constantly pruning the trees, producing a staggering array of miniaturised trees. The trees are incredibly ...

... formando parte de expediciones esclavistas, de misiones evangelizadoras (siglo XVII) o en viajes exploratorios (siglo XVIII). Los viajeros encontraron grupos tehuelches y araucanos, que transformaron significativamente su dinámica poblacional y formas ...

... antes de que su cumbre principal fuera finalmente alcanzada el 29 de enero de 1934 en solitario por Hermann Claussen. Entre los intentos previos se pueden contar al menos cinco intentos infructuosos de Federico Reichert (1909, 1911, 1922, 1928, 1931), y ...

Just a brief one night stopover before we sail on the good ship Akademik Ioffe. Cue sleepless night spent pacing the floor and ironing my thermals!!! Well I always said I would go to the ends of the earth for Julie.................now we're doing it:-) ...