We crossed the Argentine border into Patagonian Chile and headed straight to Puerto Natales, gateway to the Torres Del Paine national park. Though only 3 hours further south than El Calafate it was much colder here and the wind cut straight through our many layers of long johns. Puerto Natales was even quieter than El Calafate and we as we stood shivering and banging on the hostel door we wondered if we’d made a big mistake. Eventually the surprised owner let us in and though the place seemed colder inside than out, after cranking up the heaters we were soon snug as a bug.
Since we weren’t carrying arctic grade camping gear we opted for a day tour of the of Torres Del Paine. Again we were really lucky with the weather and got a whistle-stop tour of all the highlights without the 5 days of trekking that usually go along with them. The abundance of nature was great to see and our eagle-eyed driver kept us up-to-date with his latest sightings so we could snap away.
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3 comments so far
July 18th, 2009 at 11:40 am
Hello, “Expert house-mover” here??
Thats a very tired looking fox, or is he just talking?
Stunning scenery & again the ‘long white clouds’ like in New Zealand.
Must be cold, Cochise & Mini Ha Ha are frozen solid!
Are they LLamas?……and what’s that chicken-type thing?
Lovely pic of you both by the lake with the clouds & what looks like a frozen dolphin in the background!
Glad you didn’t fall off that bridge, Mark, it looks ‘hypothermia-type’ cold!…Brrrrrrrr! xx
July 18th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
Hey!!…..I just looked at the pictures again on the big screen & is that an ostrich??….I couldn’t see that on the small screen, I was looking at the yellow coloured thing above it??
July 19th, 2009 at 7:02 pm
Well spotted mum!
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