So, who wins the battle of Patagonia? It's a close call - both Chile and Argentina have great mountains and walks but I think Argentina shades it because of the Perito Moreno glacier...
It's huge and stunning and bits keep falling off. There's lots of photos of it - and the rest of Los Glaciares national park - here and here.
Weather plays an important role down here and - once again - we were lucky. It was pissing down in El Calafate when we arrived but the weather forecast for El Chalten (trekking capital of Argentina apparently) was good so we cut our stay short (thank you Hainen Hostel for not charging us) and arrived as the sun came out after days of rain. Perfect weather for 3 days - then it started raining again as we left!
The first walk was the best...
A mere 10 miles. The second was the longest I've walked for about 45 years - 14 miles. Not as pretty as the first and too many people and flies.
The last day we took it easy - just about 3 miles. But very pleasant and peaceful. Spent at least an hour on an amazingly comfortable rock watching clouds evapourate.
Then back to El Calafate and a trip to the above-mentioned Perito Moreno glacier. It really was good. It was particularly spectacular when big bits fell off - sorry only one photo (and no videos) of bits falling - I wanted to watch!
It's huge and stunning and bits keep falling off. There's lots of photos of it - and the rest of Los Glaciares national park - here and here.
Weather plays an important role down here and - once again - we were lucky. It was pissing down in El Calafate when we arrived but the weather forecast for El Chalten (trekking capital of Argentina apparently) was good so we cut our stay short (thank you Hainen Hostel for not charging us) and arrived as the sun came out after days of rain. Perfect weather for 3 days - then it started raining again as we left!
The first walk was the best...
A mere 10 miles. The second was the longest I've walked for about 45 years - 14 miles. Not as pretty as the first and too many people and flies.
The last day we took it easy - just about 3 miles. But very pleasant and peaceful. Spent at least an hour on an amazingly comfortable rock watching clouds evapourate.
Then back to El Calafate and a trip to the above-mentioned Perito Moreno glacier. It really was good. It was particularly spectacular when big bits fell off - sorry only one photo (and no videos) of bits falling - I wanted to watch!
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