We came from Rapa Nui (which was fabulous itself) to Patagonia and landed in heaven. Simply one of the most gorgeous places on the planet. How the owner of the Explora Hotel Patagonia, Pedro Ibanez, ever managed to secure the location for his hotel is a marvel. It is so dazzling that one could spend weeks just watching the clouds move across the Torres del Paine massif from … [Read more...] about EXPLORA HOTEL PATAGONIA SALTO CHICO – NOT FOR THE ALPINEOPHOBICS
LAGO SARMIENTO, BARBECUE, LIFE IN TORRES DEL PAINE IS HEAVENLY
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
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