Another of the key day-hikes from El Chaltén is to the Loma del Pliegue Tumbado. This seems to be everyone’s last option (the Senda Laguna Torre and Laguna de los Tres are far more popular), but the park rangers tell me that it is actually one of the most spectacular hikes … IF you have […]
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Another of the short trails that I didn’t hike on my first visit to El Chaltén in 2015, was to the Chorillo del Salto. Given that the end-point is a waterfall and lofty views are not really part of the agenda, I waited for a day where the tops of the mountains were once again
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The reason I ended up in Patagonia this year was because I was helping my friend, Mathilde (who I met on the Unplugged Wilderness Trek in East Greenland), plan her trip in the area. I didn’t really have any concrete plans for Feb-Mar and had no intention of returning to Patagonia so soon. But when
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Although I was trying to not overdo it, I did have several days in El Chaltén before starting the Southern Patagonian Icefield Expedition with Serac Expeditions and Swoop Patagonia. So, in addition to my “active rest” afternoon at the Mirador de los Cóndores and the Mirador de las Águilas, I decided to join fellow-Aussie, Brock, on the
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The Mirador de los Cóndores and the Mirador de las Águilas (the Condor and Eagle viewpoints) are two of the three relatively short hikes around El Chaltén in Argentina (the 3rd one is out to the Chorillo del Salto). Most travelers to the region only stay a couple of days and so tend to do
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This is my favourite image from my trip to Greenland this year. Taken on Day 3 of the Unplugged Wilderness Trek with Greenland Adventures by Icelandic Mountain Guides, it (almost) perfectly captures everything I loved about the trek and the reasons why the experience was so special to me. Many people have asked me about
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We finally had the most glorious weather on Day 7 of the Unplugged Wilderness trek! The jackets and jumpers were off and the shirtsleeves (and eventually arms) were out. Oh how I love blue skies and sunny days! Maxime gave detailed instructions to the boat drivers on where to drop our camping gear, and off
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Although it was the last thing that I did during my 5 weeks in Greenland, hiking the 12-day Unplugged Wilderness Trek with Greenland Adventures was the first thing I had decided upon for my visit. This was inspired by the two previous long-distance treks I’d done – the 8-day Torres del Paine Circuit in
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My final excursion in South Greenland was a boat trip out to the Qooroq Ice Fjord to see the calving glacier. Unfortunately, I was the only one going on this particular day, so it was a small, fast boat out, and a rather solitary experience 🙁 On the way across to the glacier, however, we
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Continuing the journey… Day 6: Viconga (4,407m) – Punta Cuyoc (5,000m) – Huanacpatay (4,300m) Awoke to yet another gorgeous day, and after our usual awesome breakfast (everything tastes so good when you are camping, and Eliceo is genuinely a master with a 2-burner gas stove!) we started our climb to Punta Cuyoc – one
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