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…