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Visiting el Lago del Desierto (the desert lake)

January 17, 2024

After the Fitz Roy-hike we needed a rest and used the opportunity to visit, by following a 40 km dirt road along the Rio de Las Vueltas (the river that goes in curves) until reaching the Lago del Desierto (desert lake). The lake, which is situated in a beautiful partly forrested valley, was reportedly given […]

Reaching the Fitz Roy viewpoint

January 13, 2024

Wow, what a day…… beautiful summer weather, approximately 8 degrees Celsius when starting at 06:30 in the morning but heating up during the day. After the early start, followed a 4,5-hour uphill climb to reach the uppermost viewpoint of the Fitz Roy Mountain peak. The trip up was very beautiful through mixed terrain and vegetation, […]

Camping at El Relincho – El Chaltén

January 12, 2024

We knew this was a popular destination with its fantastic hiking opportunities, but still we were surprised by this little town’s beauty and charm. Our camping was very close to the start of several popular hiking tracks. Consequently, the camp was close to full of backpackers, large and small campers, motorcycles and otherwise filled up […]

From El Calafate to El Chaltén

January 11, 2024

The drive from El Cafafate to El Chaltén offered us an incredibly beautiful scenery by mixing the typical Argentine steppe with views of blue-green-grey lakes and white peaks of the Andes in short distance. The famous Route 40 thus gave us all we could ask for and more. More, because it was both warm and […]

El Calafate – steppe and mountains

January 9, 2024

We have now been three days in El Calafate – a beautiful and tourist-friendly – but expensive, small town located next to Lake Argentina. We are taking a brief rest from our camping lifestyle and instead staying in a cottage. Also, due to a steady wind, the indoor and under-a-roof-solution works out wonderfully compared to […]

Torres del Payne – goodbye reflections

January 8, 2024

The national park is truly impressive, even for a nature spoiled Norwegian like me. The views are spectacular, and the hiking opportunities are fantastic. And Chilean authorities deserve credit for how the park is managed – with ranger-stations and controls on certain hikes. For instance, on some of the hikes we had to leave our […]

Enjoying Torres del Payne

January 6, 2024

During the last week we have camped at two campgrounds within the national park. First, we spent three nights at Lake Pehoe, with a panoramic view at the three Torres (towers in English) which have formed part of so many commercials for trekking and tourism. At Lake Pehoe camping, which we used as a […]

Back in port and on the road again

January 1, 2024

Back in port early in the morning December 29 we picked up the Toyota, which faithfully started, and headed north on the “end-of-the-world” highway and soon crossed the border to Chile in direction of Porvenir. Here we decided to free-camp at the port’s lighthouse facing the Magallean strait….. and slept truly peacefully until about 03:00 […]

Antarctica-impressions

December 29, 2023

We had a super experience with some highlights summarized in the video below filmed by the excursion team members during our various zodiac-landings and activities on board (we even had a wedding onboard when a young chinese couple surprised us by being wed by the captain). All in all, we believe we were very lucky […]

The idea of a new adventure

December 18, 2023

Walking around town and seeing several expeditions to Antarctica being announced the idea occurred to participate on one. Checking our last-minute options, timing and budget naturally being important factors (we were nevertheless shocked to see the prices charged by some of the cruise-lines), we finally became aware of an offer for a cruise on the […]