Our trek of Lago Sarmiento covered 4 kms (2.5 m). It is a huge lake, with a coastline of 78.3 kms (48.6 m). The outstanding feature is the formation of exotic buttes and piles of calcium deposited along the shoreline and in the water. They create marvelous reflections and provide caves in which the puma live. The calcium deposits are composed of sand, aragonite shells of … [Read more...] about LAGO SARMIENTO, BARBECUE, LIFE IN TORRES DEL PAINE IS HEAVENLY
Archives for February 2011
SUNRISES AND MOUNTAINS
The Torres del Paine national Park is one of the jewels of the world, a stunning place of turquoise lakes, amazing mountains ….. it is not the end of the world, but the beginning! Below is a collection of some sunrise scenes and a variety featuring the mountains we saw every minute from the Explora Patagonia Salto Chico…. To the west, the Cerro Cota and Cerro Catedral, to … [Read more...] about SUNRISES AND MOUNTAINS
INTRO TO HEAVENLY PATAGONIA
I had always wanted to travel to Patagonia … at last we made it, following a marvelous two weeks on Easter Island, Rapa Nui. We traveled up the pampas from Punta Arenas to Puerto Natales, finally to Parque Nacional Torres del Paine. It is an enchanted place. Not the end of the earth, but the BEGINNING, as one of the guides at Explora Patagonia told us. As soon as we … [Read more...] about INTRO TO HEAVENLY PATAGONIA
FAIRYTALE LANDSCAPES AT THE END OF THE WORLD
PATAGONIA, the very word evokes wild landscapes and adventure, huge spires of mountains and turquoise lakes. We spent ten wonderful days at the end of March 2011 traveling from Punta Arenas to Puerto Natales to Parque Nacional de Torres del Paine in southern Chile. We were incredibly fortunate with weather on our flight from Santiago in that the clouds were parted. So … [Read more...] about FAIRYTALE LANDSCAPES AT THE END OF THE WORLD
TREKKING AMIDST VOLCANOES AND MOAI
Walking is always my favorite way to really see a new place be it a city or the countryside. The trekking was wonderful on Rapa Nui. One of our treks with Bud, was along the coast with its black rocks, turquoise water, ruined ahus and OVAHE beach at the end. My new pal, Teresa and I summited all three of the major volcanoes (not all that hard, really compared with … [Read more...] about TREKKING AMIDST VOLCANOES AND MOAI