Day 50-53 – Puerito Moreno Glacier

Posted on February 23, 2013 by fleesee

Leave Chile and cross into Argentina. Still in Patagonia we base ourselves in El Calafate for 3 days and on day 53 we visit Perito Moreno Glacier, 250 sq km, 5km wide, 30km long & 60m high! As it is … Continue reading →

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Trekking the Torres del Paine National Park

Posted on February 22, 2013 by jammin

Torres del Paine had long loomed as a challenge on our trip. From our very first day in Santiago, we heard many stories from other travellers about trekking around the park, but we still couldn’t really get our heads around how it would work until we arrived in Puerto Natales and started doing some research.
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Day 49 – Last day at Torres Del Paine

Posted on February 22, 2013 by fleesee

Day 5 and our last day at Torres del Paine. No wow day today but time to pack up tent and backpacks. We catch the catamaran to link to a 2 hour bus trip back to Peurto Natales for a … Continue reading →

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Day 48 – Trek day 4 – Grey Glacier

Posted on February 21, 2013 by fleesee

Day 4 of our Torres del Paine trek. 22km return trip to Glacier Grey. Blessed with more amazing weather and the sun setting late in the evening this far south, we took our time and sat mesmerised by the views … Continue reading →

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Day 47 – Trek day 3 – French Valley

Posted on February 20, 2013 by fleesee

Day 3 of our Torres Del Paine trek, the French Valley. The perfect day (with no wind) to trek this stunning V-valley of hanging glaciers, waterfalls and snow capped peaked mountains. Long day of 20km return and a steep 1 … Continue reading →

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Day 46 – Trek day 2 – Torres del Paine

Posted on February 19, 2013 by fleesee

Day 2 of our Torres del Paine trek. After surviving the gusty winds the day before, we packed up our tent and caught the catamaran over to our next base at Grande Paine. Not a bad view to wake up … Continue reading →

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Day 45 – Trek day 1- Torres del Paine

Posted on February 18, 2013 by fleesee

Our first day on the Torres del Paine Trek. 8 hour return trek to the Mirador Torres in the strongest gusty winds of 75kmph. This was the view at the top. One for the books especially after a gust moved … Continue reading →

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Penguins, tombs and duty free in Punta Arenas

Posted on February 16, 2013 by fleesee

Having arrived in Puerto Natales on Monday after 4 days on the Navimag, I thought I needed just a few more days for my blisters on the back of my foot to heal. By Wednesday I had underestimated the time. I got the blisters from our first huge trek back in Cochamo. Still in pain wearing my treking shoes I find myself having to wear sandals and socks in a climate that is below 10C in the summer. Over the next few days we catch up with our Navimag buddies Karin, Peter, Paul and Carola for coffee and dinner and constantly bump into others also from the Navimag. Everyone is gearing up for the Torres Del Paine trek. However with sore blisters and bad weather forecasted we make an executive decision to delay our trekking to next week. In the meantime what to do…
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Day 41 – Hanging out with Penguins

Posted on February 14, 2013 by fleesee

A side trip to Punta Arenas. The only highlight of this shipping port is a 2 hour ferry to Isla de Magdalena to see Los pinguinos. We pretended we were David Attenborough hanging out with 63,000 pairs of Magellanic Penquins. … Continue reading →

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Crusing the Patagonian Fjords on the Navimag ferry

Posted on February 11, 2013 by jammin

The problem with heading south through Chile is that eventually you run out of road. We wanted to get to Puerto Natales, deep in the South of Patagonia, to trek in the Torres del Paine national park. But there isn’t any way to do it by bus other than crossing into Argentina which we planned to do for our return trip.
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