We have a new favourite place! The town of El Chaltén, dubbled Argentina’s trekking capital, was apparently thrown together in 1985 to beat Chile to ownership of the National Park. Our bus arrived at 4pm and we immediately decided to head out for a short walk. We ambled up to Mirador de los Condores, which provided a brilliant views in all directions of the town, the valley behind it, the Fitz Roy mountain range and lovely green moorland. We continued to Mirador de las Aguilas, stopping to see a couple of condors perched on a cliff, and found ourselves looking out over miles of plains, the enormous turquoise Argentino lake, and rolling hills in the background. On the way back, we noticed the beautiful wildflowers, sprinkling patches of yellow, white, pink and purple in amongst the
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