Cumbres Nevada Hotel

We had a light breakfast at the restaurant in the bus terminal. After that, Hristo and I went around the town to find a place to stay. We had already looked up the prices in booking.com and had anLue lisää
Reached El Chalten

Around 8 am, we reached El Chalten. It a beautifully located small village just below the amazing Andean peaks of Fritz Roy and other peaks at the confluence of the Fitz Roy River with the VueltasLue lisää
Los Glaciares National Park

Around 7 am we entered the Los Glaciares National Park. El Chalten is a village inside of the National Park. Here we could already see the snow peaks that the town is famous for. Finally a change ofLue lisää
Sunset and sunrise

At around 9:30 pm, the sun set with beautiful colors in the clouds. The road was still along a flat straight plain. The sun rose at around 5:30 am in a golden glow with beautiful colors in the cloudsLue lisää
Off to El Chalten

The food took much longer than what we had expected and we had to literally run back to the bus terminal. At 8 pm, we were back at the bus terminal just when everyone had boarded. We picked up ourLue lisää
Los Antiguos, Argentina

After the border, we didn't have a problem taking a ride since now we were already inside the country. We got a lift in a small electric truck and the driver dropped us right at the bus station in LosLue lisää
Past the Argentina border post

It was a hot, sunny walk for 3 kms with our bags along the border road with dry eroded hills on one side and the last chain of the Andes on the other side in Chile. Of course no one would give us aLue lisää
Into Argentina

As agreed, our taxi passed the Chilean customs, waited on the other side while we got our exit stamps and then dropped us at the border. From here, we started our walk to the Argentinan border controlLue lisää
Chile Chico

We picked up our bags from the common storage in the ferry and walked out. There was no bus terminal or any information signs. We looked up on Maps.me and found the main plaza of the village aroundLue lisää
Puerto Ibáñez to Chile Chico

The ferry left Puerto Ibáñez at 11 am. It wqs sunny but very cold on the deck so we stayed inside. The seats were very comfortable and we had nice views of the milky blue waters of the Lago GeneralLue lisää
On the ferry to Chile Chico

We reached Puerto Ibáñez and paid the bus driver 5000 CLP per person for the ride. We weren't even sure if we would be able to get on to the ferry, if there were enough tickets left for us. The busLue lisää
Back to Puerto Ibáñez

As planned, we were up and ready early. The bus came and picked us up a little after 8 am. Then, it was all the way back about 120 kms to Puerto Ibáñez. We turned off the Carretera Austral towardsLue lisää
Back to Coyhaique

Hristo had remembered wrongly that we needed to return the vehicle by 11 am in Coyhaique, so we woke up early and were off from La Casona by 8 am. It was again a perfect day with no clouds. We reachedLue lisää
A fantastic dinner

Maria reached the start of the trek just as we were walking out from there. Just near the entrance of the trek is the restaurant Puesto Huemul. We were quite hungry so we decided to habe our dinnerLue lisää
Calafate berries

About a km from the end of the trail, Hristo sent a message to Maria to come and pick us. We were quite hungry by now since we had not carried any food with us. Melinda was so hungry, she could eatLue lisää
The trek back

After enjoying the view for almost 2 hours, we started our trek back at 6 pm. The views of the valley were even more mesmerizing in the evening sun. We reached the final flat part of the trail in 1Lue lisää
Cerro Castillo!!

What a sight it was!! Around 4 pm, we crossed the last of the ridhes around the Laguna Castillo. It was a mindblowing view. Typical of what one would dream of, in the Patagonia. It was a perfect dayLue lisää
Ridges near the top

As we continued to climb the views got more and more amazing. We could see further and further away. It was a panoramic view of the valleys around. The last stretch of the climb was among stones andLue lisää
The steep climb up

On the main trail, the track continued going up at a steady rate. The valley behind was spectacular. We could see for miles around. To the right were ts snow covered peaks with the Rio IbáñezLue lisää
Back on the main trail

From the waterfall, Maps.me didn't show any trail joining the main trail so we would need to walk back 2 kms and then continue on the main trail. But, from where we were, a section of the main trailLue lisää
Cascada Del Rey

There were several deviations on the main route up. We decided to go to the side path to Cascada Del Rey which was a short 2 km deviation from the main route. Hardly anybody else was going on thisLue lisää
Start of the Cerro Castillo trek

Maria decided to skip the trek as she wanted to relax a bit and the La Casona was the perfect place for it. She dropped us off at the base of Cerro Castillo where the trek starts and went back to theLue lisää
La Casona

We woke up around 10 am the next morning feeling quite refreshed. We wanted to start the trek of Cerro Castillo before 12 pm when we had heard they stop the entries for the day. It was a lovely sunnyLue lisää
Back to Rio Tranquilo and off North

We returned from the glacier, removed our gaiters and cramp ons before continuing back on the path over the boulders and the forest back to the starting point of the trek. Here our van was waiting toLue lisää
Yet another hole

We found another hole in the ice that we walked in for a few meters before coming out. We were getting late by now so after that we didn't stop anywhere on the glacier.
Tunnel of ice

We came across a small tunnel of ice. There was a deep hole on one side where the water was swirling down into the depths while on the other side the path continued onto the ice back up to theLue lisää
MatkaajaThinly populated place ,seems only for tourists?