Cairns to Sydney Airport
26.–27. lokak. 2017, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
We had a good trip to Sydney and stayed at Rydges Airport. The view from our room was looking out over the runway.
Sydney to Santiago Flight
27. lokakuuta 2017, Chile ⋅ 🌫 8 °C
Photos of our flight from Sydney to Santiago.
Matildas Hotel Boutique
27. lokakuuta 2017, Chile ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
We had a good but sleepless flight and it was a struggle keeping awake during the rest of the day.
Santiago
28. lokakuuta 2017, Chile ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
We walked into the City Centre. The Central Markets are located in an interesting old steel building made in England and shipped out.
Colchagua Valley, Chile
30.–31. lokak. 2017, Chile ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
It was an early departure from Santiago towards the south via the Panamerican Highway, passing the city of San Fernando onto Santa Cruz, in the heart of the wine zone. We visited Colchagua Museum,Lue lisää
Santa Cruz to Pucon
31. lokakuuta 2017, Chile
We travelled south along the highway passing orchards and plantations of fruits and vegetables, as well as a big timber industry. Early evening we arrived into Pucon, located in the heart of Chile’sLue lisää
Pucón
1.–2. marrask. 2017, Chile ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
We awoke to a wet morning and were unable to do the Pucon Hike. Instead we did a walk at Ojos Del Caburga which has three beautiful waterfalls. We then visited Caburga Lake. Early afternoon we visitedLue lisää
Pucon to Bariloche
3. marraskuuta 2017, Argentiina ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C
We departed Pucon at 8:00am. Our first stop was to view Lanin Volcano. It was a beautiful drive passing lakes, snow capped mountains and waterfalls.
Baricolhe
4. marraskuuta 2017, Argentiina ⋅ 🌧 4 °C
Located within the Nahuel Huapi National Park, Bariloche is a city in the province of Río Negro, Argentina, situated in the foothills of the Andes on the southern shores of Nahuel Huapi Lake. We wereLue lisää
Bariloche
5. marraskuuta 2017, Argentiina ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
On our free day in Bariloche we spent the morning walking the town streets...yes, did buy some chocolates. In the afternoon, we caught the local bus with another couple in the group (Anne and GrahamLue lisää
Bariloche to Puerto Blest
6. marraskuuta 2017, Argentiina ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C
It was a foggy morning when we left our hotel in Bariloche. After a 30 minute bus ride to Pureto Panuelo, it was a one hour cruise across Nahuel Huapi Lake to Puerto Blest where we stayed the night.Lue lisää
Puerto Blest
6. marraskuuta 2017, Argentiina ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
We really enjoyed our night at Puerto Blest...great view from our room; enjoyed a 3 hour walk around the lake through rainforest to a huge waterfall with a beautiful reflection lake at the top. WeLue lisää
Puerto Blest to Puerto Varas
7. marraskuuta 2017, Chile
It was a relaxed start the next morning as we waited for the boat to arrive from Puerto Paneulo at 11.00am with adjoining passengers for a 3km bus ride past the Frias River to Puerto Alegre. It was aLue lisää
Puerto Varas
8. marraskuuta 2017, Chile
In the morning we took a local bus ride (45 minutes) to Fruitella a seaside town influenced by german immigrants (Photos 1 to 3). In the afternoon we enjoyed wandering around Puerto Varas (Photos 4 toLue lisää
Puerto Varas to Chiloé Island
9. marraskuuta 2017, Chile
The weather for our crossing/drive to Chiloe Island was overcast and turned to rain (Photo 1), but cleared up after we arrived into Castro. Photos 2 and 3 are of a local wooden church. Photos 4 to 7Lue lisää
Chiloé Island
10. marraskuuta 2017, Chile
We begin with a view from our room (Photo 1) before taking a day tour to Acho (Photos 2 to 12). Photo 9 is the stone foundations that the church was built on before concrete. Photos 6 to 8 are of theLue lisää
Chiloé Island
11. marraskuuta 2017, Chile
We have enjoyed having a free day walking the streets of Castro and relaxing. Murray also found some seals near the wharf looking for an handout.
Flight to Punta Arenas
12. marraskuuta 2017, Chile
Murray had chosen good seats for the spectacular view as we flew over Torres del Paine National Park.
Punta Arenas
13. marraskuuta 2017, Chile
We enjoyed our free day in Punta Areanas. Photo 1 - our hotel. Photos 2 and 3 - we walked along the foreshore. Photos 4 to 6 are in the city centre. Photos 7 and 8 are looking out over the city acrossLue lisää
Drive to Ecocamp in Torres del Paine National Park
14. marraskuuta 2017, Chile
It was a five hour drive from Punta Arenas to Ecocamp. There were many Estancias (Photos 1 to 3) along the way. Photo 4 is at Puerto Natales where we stopped for lunch before heading along moreLue lisää
EcoCamp Patagonia
15. marraskuuta 2017, Chile
Photo 2 is a view of the camp with the towers in the background. Photos 3 to 6 are of the dining/bar area. Photo 7 is the view from the dining/bar area. Photo 8 is of our dome and Photo 9 inside. TheLue lisää
EcoCamp Fauna Walk
15. marraskuuta 2017, Chile
Our first day activity was a 10km fauna walk from the ranger station. It was a very windy day and Photo 1 shows the wind blowing a waterfall back up. Photos 2 to 4 are of the walking track. After aLue lisää
EcoCamp - Laguna Azul
16. marraskuuta 2017, Chile
The weather was not the best on our second day, so we joined in a traditional barbeque lunch at Laguna Azul (Blue Lake). After lunch the weather cleared and we enjoyed the short walk around the lakeLue lisää
EcoCamp Pingo Walk
17. marraskuuta 2017, Chile
Today we awoke to a brillantly clear day and had booked ourselves in on the Pingo drive and walk. We had some great mountain views and as we had to go to the southern side of the park, it was good toLue lisää
EcoCamp Walk
19. marraskuuta 2017, Chile
For our last day, we did a couple of local walks from the camp. It was another very windy day which is normal here and we experienced this most days and nights.
















































































































































































































































































