It’s been over a year since my last Independent Adventures blog post which was partly due to a hectic work schedule and partly due to a breakdown in my relationship with my partner. Anyway, work has quietened down and it’s time to move on from the relationship so you can expect a trickle of posts…
Date: July 2023 Airport: Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL) Title: LATAM VIP Lounge. Location: Terminal 2; 4th floor. Airline/Alliance: LATAM have select partnerships with airlines such as Delta and Qantas. Access: LATAM and partner business class passengers and elite frequent flyers traveling any class. Note that LATAM has left the Oneworld alliance which means…
Flights out from El Calfate to a major city were expensive at the time of our visit (~$1000) and there was some doubt as to whether there was a cheaper way out that didn’t involve a 20-hour bus ride to Bariloche. Looking for alternatives, I perused a map of Patagonia and notice the Chilean town…
Argentina>ElCalafate>Perito Moreno Glacier Visiting the Perito Moreno Glacier was always got to be a memorable day. We’d seen the photos of the glacier itself and had a good idea of what to expect. What we didn’t know was that the bus ride the would be so scenic, as they say – getting there is half…
For easy access to the wilds of Patagonia, El Calafate serves as a central place to begin your exploration. Flights arrive in town from many places but for people traveling from Australia, flying from the Chilean capital, Santiago is the cheapest and least time consuming Many would ask, why not just spend your time in…
Argentina>Patagonia>ElChalten>Laguna De los Tres Undoubtedly, Laguna De lost Tres is the number one attraction for hikers traveling to thing stunning part of the world. We had our concerns about heading on this hike due to anecdotal stories from other hikers we had earlier met who failed to scale the final 400m, citing deep snow combined…
Argentina>Patagonia>ElChalten>Chorrillo del Salto After our first short hike to Mirador De los Condors, I was feeling as though a further warm up was needed before we attempted a snow-covered ascent on El Chalten’s spectacular, but challenging hike known as Laguna De Los Tres The day prior to that tough hike the weather was bad with…
Argentina>Patagonia>El Chalten El Chalten is billed as Argentina’s hiking capital and it’s easy to see why. We took a bus direct to El Chalten from El Calafate airport, purchasing our ticket for the 8am bus on arrival. Our journey began in the dark due to the late sunrise at this time of year (May/June) on…
It’s with the background of decades of traveling the world that I tell you that South America has got hold of me in a way that nowhere else has managed to match. Despite my numerous visits to this extraordinary continent I’ve traveled very little to the vast southern Chilean/Argentinian expanse known as Patagonia. The Chilean…
Argentina ranks up among my favorite countries in the world and I have visited many times, but it is not without its fair share of problems. Since the early 2000’s Argentina’s economy has been in the toilet, the country appearing to lurch from economic crisis to another, some of them self-inflicted. This has led to,…