Torres del Paine by boat

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DAYS 15 Ruth woke up feeling a little better after hitting the virus hard with drugs & made a late decision to stick to the itinerary instead of travelling with the bags to our next hotel. What a good decision as we have has such a fun day.

We left Puerto Natales by ferry travelling up the Esperanza fiord with a 3.5 hr trip passing huge Mt Balmaceda & Serrano hanging glaciers and entering a very fast flowing Serrano River which in turn is fed by the Rio Grey making for a huge amount of crystal water heading down to open waters. The evidence of retreating glaciers is very evident loosing 20-30 mtrs pa.

After a brief stop at a Serrano glacier view point we kitted up into wet weather & safety vests for a quick river crossing by zodiac to a very nice freshly caught salmon lunch. After lunch we re-boarded the zodiac for an hour up river reaching speeds of 45 kph with a few sharp spring to keep the jovial atmosphere high.

We arrived at early for a change allowing time rest and catch-up on various housekeeping chores.

The view from our hotel of the Torres del Paine mountain range was just stunning. Our new local guide (Chris) has been great and said we were very lucky as it is usually shrouded in mist and have had lots of rain over the whole summer season.

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Comments

[Steve]

Looks too cold and wet for my liking!
Glad to hear that Ruth has almost recovered.