It’s time to leave El Chaltén. If I hadn’t already booked the bus, I might have stayed. I just love this place and could still go on more hikes. But it’s time for a long bus ride. The bus leaves at 9pm and by chance the seat next to mine is empty. After the poor…
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Fitz Roy and Laguna de los Très. More sunshine on my last day.
After all those Cerro Torre hikes, I finally need to see Fitz Roy closer. It’s my final day in El Chaltén and I wonder how I managed to stay here 12 days but still I didn’t do all the hikes I planned (but also one unplanned). I will have to come back! I already packed…
A tough but rewarding hike to camping Polacos.
During the Huemul Circuit I met Oliver who had some personal reasons for wanting to hike to the climbers camp Polacos, on the backside of Fitz Roy and Poincenot peaks. It seemed an interesting challenge to hike with him to this remote place, I was looking for some tougher hike I couldn’t do on my…
Hiking around El Chaltén. Stunning Cerro Torre and Fitz Roy.
I just love El Chaltén. The impressive mountains are so close and the little town is very relaxed. There are panaderias with the most delicious lemon pies and cones stuffed with dulce de Leche, a heladeria with one of the best ice-creams I had so far in south America (Super Domo which is chocolate with…
Huemul Circuit. Glaciers, mountains and fun on a zipline.
From El Chaltén there are a couple of day hikes to Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre viewpoints which you can also combine through campsites, then there’s a huge circuit over glaciers going even into Chile, and then there’s the Huemul Circuit around the Huemul mountain, a 4 day hike which became increasingly popular over the…
El Calafate and Perito Moreno Glacier
El Calafate On my way from Torres del Paine to my next hiking mission around El Chaltén, I stop in El Calafate. A small and very touristy town with its main attraction the Perito Moreno Glacier some 80km away. There’s not much to do but I enjoy walking around, eating alfajores and ice cream, getting…
Torres del Paine. Q-Circuit part 2.
Day 4. Los Perros to Campsite Grey. The rangers made everyone who hikes to Grey leave at 7am. Supposedly it will take 11h, but it’s only 14km and the pass is just at 1200m elevation – for me not such a big deal but many others are a bit scared… I get up at 6.15am,…
Torres del Paine. Q-Circuit Part 1.
Day 0. Puerto Natales – Torres del Paine Campamento Centrale. I have booked the afternoon bus shuttle into the Torres del Paine National park. I am tired, I didn’t sleep well in the hostel and so I sleep in the bus before waking up to a beautiful landscape. At the Laguna Armaga check point we…
3 Ps. From Puerto Williams to Punta Arenas to Puerto Natales.
After the Dientes Circuit I spent one night in Puerto Williams. I found a rather cheap hostel with Wi-Fi (so important for my blog) but hang out in the evening at the cozy El Padrino hostel with some other hikers. Next day I have a flight in the afternoon to Punta Arenas. The transfer to…
Dientes Circuit & Lago Windhoek. Golden automn in Chile’s southern end. (Part 2)
Day 4. Laguna Escondida -Laguna Rocallosa My tent was OK with the wind. And the rain that started around 3am. At 8am I have a look outside and only see fog and rain. I close my tent quickly again, sleep, read and as I can’t hear any rain anylonger I finally take my breakfast and…
Dientes Circuit & Lago Windhoek. Golden automn in Chile’s southern end. (Part 1)
Isla Navarino is most famous among hikers for the multi day hike of the Dientes Circuit. The island is opposite of Ushuaia and belongs to Chile. There’s a ferry (or rather water taxi) that takes you for expensive 120 USD from Ushuaia in about 30 minutes to the other side and included is then a…
Tierra del Fuego National Park. 2 days hiking.
From Ushuaia it’s only some 12km to the Fireland National Park. As I came off the ship from my Antarctica cruise much later than expected plus having had to organise a few things, I end up at the road around 2pm. The shuttle bus is so expensive for such a short distance that I decided…
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