http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Argentina , Santa Cruz en-us Sun, 19 May 2013 07:59:19 +0000 Sun, 19 May 2013 07:59:19 +0000 Momenteel zetten we onze avonturen verder in ZuidAmerika. Straks reizen we naar Colombia en NoordPeru.Maar eerste het vierde en laatste verslag over Patagonia op www.patagoniandreams.comfor english version of this entry with more pics please visit www.patagoniandreams.com http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Los-Glaciares-National-Park-/blog-784496.html Maria Chiara and I must be suckers for punishment. After two long plane rides we had finally managed to escape an excruciatingly long and severe British winter when we arrived in Buenos Aires. No sooner had we got nicely settled and acclimatised to the benign late summer temperatures than we took yet another long flight down to Southern Patagonia and yet more cold Aas our plane plunged towards A http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/El-Calafate/blog-784234.html Had our legs not done enough moving in the past few week Apparently not. So even more walking after the beast of the Torres Yeh sure. And in the socalled trekking capital of the world.... weather depending of course as we soon found out.After a long day of bus rides and waits journeying from Puerto Natales we were greeted by an unforgettable sunset over the Parque Los Glaciers. As the bus ro http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/El-Calafate/blog-779754.html After having a rest day yesterday we are wanting to do another trek today. Mojo has worked on my calves with some tiger balm and pointy fingers and it seems to have released the tension in my knees so we decide to first walk out to the Corrillo Del Salto a waterfall 4km out of town and then tackle the climb up to Laguna Capri which is supposed to have great views to Fitz Roy range.The walk o http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/El-Chalten/blog-779258.html There is only the two of us now as Mike ventured north yesterday. It was sad to see the final remnants of the group break up but i have a feeling we will run into each other somewhere in the near future. The previous two days were very low key recovering from the trek getting a ridiculously large amount of clothes washed and sorting out travel arrangements. We did go out for a belated birthday http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/El-Chalten/blog-778858.html After a great time in El Calafate forgetting the bug bites Sonya and I were both keen to discover more of the spectacular beauty that southern Patagonia has to offer. A three hour bus ride north brought us to the tiny town of El Chalten at the foot of the Fitz Roy mountain range in the middle of nowhere. The town attracts tourists during the summer months because of its many walking trails to http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/El-Chalten/blog-777491.html We arrived at our next destination El Calafate by plane which was a nice change from getting an exhausting overnight bus journey. We had been told that it was pretty cold in El Calafate and as soon as we stepped outside the airport me and Jon both looked at each other and laughed as the freezing weather hit us immediately. We had acclimatised to the hot and humid weather of Brazil so 5 degrees was http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/El-Calafate/blog-777339.html After the short side trip back to Chile I returned across the border into Argentina to take a look at two memorable destinations in the Los Glaciares National Park. First stop was the town of El Calafate gateway to some of the lakes and glaciers in the area. The most wellknown glacier is the Perito Moreno and is currently one of the few advancing glaciers. Its tongue juts across the Lago Argenti http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/El-Chalten/blog-777008.html Feeling surprisingly refreshed and ready to go after our bus ride down from El Bolson we were keen to make the most of our time in El Calafate all of the two days we had.The first day was almost a write off after arriving into the town at 1.30pm then getting to the hostel sorting out our things and of course showering. It left us a few hours in the afternoon to do a couple of things. First and http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/El-Calafate/blog-776676.html Today we went ziplining flying fox. It was Emiliano39s idea as it was his last day of his holiday and we had booked it the night before. Unfortunately he has come down with the cold that has been making its way through all of us and has bailed out. Just leaving Jo Mike and myself to do it on another beautiful day.We drive about an hour out of El Calafate to a private farm where they do http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/El-Calafate/blog-776618.html Off to the Los Glaciares National Park today to see the Perito Moreno Glacier. Up at 6am to hunt for a taxi or bus company to take us out there. Ended up getting a bus tour for a good price but its still not cheap when you add in national park fee39s and a boat ride.Once again a spectacular day we can see Torres Del Paine in Chile clearly some 450kms away. The bus tour guide says that the http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Los-Glaciares-National-Park-/blog-776566.html Arrived in El Calafate in the early afternoon after an enjoyable flight with Lade Air. Seeing as the tickets were so cheap i was expecting that we would be sitting amongst some chickens and a crate of fruit. But we were served a nice lunch and drinks including beer which i suprisingly turned down as i was still getting over a cold. Additionally we had views across the Andes the whole way down. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/El-Calafate/blog-776489.html Until now the longest bus journey we have done has been 12 hours and its about to be more than doubled. We have over 2000km of arid land to go over before finally arriving into El Calafate 5 hours outside Puerto Natales. We are more than likely going to go insane on it and I thought it would be best to write down this painfully enduring journey.11 am The bus pulled into El Bolson and we see exa http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/El-Calafate/blog-776368.html Viagem Patagonia Argentina em familia.Nobile Edna Bruna Daniel e Fabrizio Oristanio Buenos Aires Parque Nacional Los Glaciares Glaciar Perito Moreno El Chaltn http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Los-Glaciares-National-Park-/blog-776255.html After the intense hiking we did in El Chalten and before we got into more of the same in Chile we took a few days to recuperate in the town of El Calafate and per Craig Lan39s suggestion to allow Chris time to shave. The town was small but huge compared to El Chalten Population 600. It is the jumping off point for the Argentinian side of Patagonia so there was no shortage of tourists sou http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/El-Calafate/blog-774677.html After Ushuaia we heading to Argentina39s unofficial Capital of Treking El Chalten. El Chalten is the newest city in the whole country and with 600 people its easy to believe. The town is situated right at the base of the Andes and at the Northern tip of the Glacier National Park. This makes it perfect for hiking glacier walks and rock climbing. Our focus was on the hiking and we spent o http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/El-Chalten/blog-773687.html Il est temps de quitter El Chalten et le Fitz Roy a t sympa dtre l pour mon dpart il tait mme visible depuis lembranchement avec le route 40 50 km de l Retour vers El Calafate donc avant de reprendre un autre bus pour Bariloche. Pour ceux qui lisent ce blog et qui sont passs dans le coin je sais ce nest pas logique il y avait dautres solutions mais cest le http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/El-Calafate/blog-773481.html Aujourdhui ctait prvu beau temps prvu la journe idale pour aller faire la rando de 8h 26 km et 750m de dnivel jusquau Laguna de Los Tres au pied du Fitz Roy. Eva est repartie la veille pour El Calafate pour faire une excursion en bateau et voir dautres glaciers les plus grands mais moi je ne voulais pas manquer loccasion daller faire cette rando dont on ma http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/El-Chalten/blog-773478.html Le site windguru avait dit que le ciel se dgagerait partir de midi il fallait vraiment lui faire confiance pour y croire en se levant le dimanche matin la pluie continuait et navait pas arrt de toute la nuit ce qui commenait a rendre tout le monde dhumeur maussade. Et puis 11h stop. Ni une ni deux on embarque sac dos et piquenique et on sen va pour la balade annon http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/El-Chalten/blog-773476.html Nous savions que samedi serait une journe un peu perdue cause de la pluie. Mais jesprais quand mme aller me balader autour de El Chalten et faire les petites balades courtes et faciles quand il y a une accalmie. Eh bien non pas daccalmie du tout et il ny a rien faire El Chalten part randonner Situ 3 heures de route de El Calafate cest un cul de sac dans la p http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/El-Chalten/blog-773475.html