Puerto Chacabuco, Chile

Puerto Chacabuco, Chile
We are now in Patagonia (yes, like the store), the last stop before the Chilean Aysen Fjords. If you wondered, Patagonia is both in Chile and Argentina. We took a tour thru the Andes to the Rio Simpson River National Reserve that snakes thru the sheer mountain gorge for 55 miles. Quite beautiful views all around these 90,000 acres of preserved land. It looked like great hiking with some peaks reaching over 5,000 feet. Nalca was found everywhere, the plant with gigantic green leaves (rhubarb comes from here and is medicinal and edible). Next, we went for snacks and lots of alcohol (yes, Pisco Sours too) at a lodge on a vista. Our last stop was the town of Coyhaique (sounds like Co-Yankee) the former Capital. We walked around the area and enjoyed taking in the sites (while others shopped).Read more