After the perfect day yesterday hiking up the Villarrica, I slept quite early. At 7.15am I still feel tired but I get up anyway. My bus leaves at 8.30am for the Huerquehue national park. I enjoy the silence and space in the kitchen when having my breakfast, the volcanoe hikers already left and the others…
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Hiking the active volcanoe Villarrica. Fun and lava.
Most people come to Pucón to climb the active volcanoe Villarrica. Of course I have to do it as well! So when finally the weather was up for it, half of the hostel is up at 6am. With the climb come a lot of regulations now, due to some accidents in the past. An agency…
Pucón. El Cañi Hike and Horse back riding.
Since I arrived in Pucón the weather has been bad at a point that I didn’t even see the volcanoe (in the end I finally get to see it in the evening of day 3). Day 1 was easily spent just hanging out. Day 2 was tougher, I didn’t want to spend a lot of…
San Martin de los Andes and Pucón. Rain.
I leave Bariloche a bit disappointed as I couldn’t do all the hikes. The bus tour to San Martín de Los Andes is beautiful as I chose the scenic Ruta de los 7 Lagos option and got a window seat at the right side of the bus thanks to friendly bus agency staff. The mountains…
Nahuel – Huapi – Traverse (well, at least a trial).
It’s time for another multi-day hike, close to Bariloche. As always, I am adviced at the mountain information and at the Club Andino Bariloche about long timings (not possible to do the second hut already on the first day) and difficulties. I shouldn’t go on my own. Plus I am a woman. I am a…
Cerro Campanario and Circuito Chico: hiking and biking
I arrived in Bariloche two days ago but needed a good rest day yesterday. So I just walked around in the streets of Bariloche, trying some chocolate in the abundant chocolate shops, buying finally a new (non inflatable) mattress. Oh I forgot, the morning was spent trying to get rid of the ants that invaded…
Hiking around El Bolson. Different mountains but still golden autumn.
El Bolson – Warton – Dédo Gordo In the morning I enjoy the good breakfast of my hostel La Casona De Odile before packing up again, a small bag to leave in the hostel and my backpack and food for hiking. A taxi brings Henrike and me to Warton. A number of refugios can be…
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…
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