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…
Antarctica Expedition. Part 4.
Day 7. Danco Island and Neko Harbour It’s happening again. I didn’t think it could get any better but then it does! This morning my leopard group is the first landing on Danco Island. The sun is out and the sky is blue, in sharp contrast to the ice and snow. It’s the first time…
Antarctica Expedition. Part 3
Day 6. Lemaire Channel, Petermann Island and Pleneau Bay This morning our ship will go through the Lemaire Channel and we are “encouraged” to watch it from the deck. At 6am I am still very tired and the sky is covered so I just stay in bed a bit longer. Was too much wine and birthday…
Antarctica Expedition. Part 2
Day 4. Sunrise, Brown Bluff and Whales. What a start into the day! At 6am Marna gets up and although I intended to sleep longer, a glimpse out of the window makes me jump up, get dressed in one minute and run out to see this beautiful rosy light just before the sun comes out….
Antarctica Expedition – Part 1.
Ice bergs, penguind, wild landscape, rough sea, glaciers, whales… my expectations for Antarctica were high, especially as cruises are really expensive. Until about 2 weeks before my flight to Ushuaia I didn’t have any plans to go to Antarctica. Too expensive, I had put the idea aside a while ago. When I started preparing more…
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