• 2 days in a row!

    Feb 17–20 in Chile ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C

    ..of serious hiking. We were based in Villa Cerro Castillo, making our way south on the Carretera Austral...and loving it! We've seen lots of hard core bikers who are biking the Carretera Austral. We met a Candian guy from Oakville at one of the parks, and a French guy staying at the same place as us in Cerro Castillo who started biking in Costa Rica and is going to Ushuaia! Seeing as the highway becomes gravel right here, https://maps.app.goo.gl/eJFyBbiPGbePZoDg7 , and there's a fair amount of ups and downs, it's quite the trip. Of course there are lots of motorcyclists too, but hiking is what draws most people here, some who do multi-day hikes in the parks lugging all their tents and all their gear around. Very impressive...Read more