If you are in the lake district of Chile and want to get to Patagonia or vice-versa one option you have is to travel on the Navimag ferry. The once-a-week service connects Puerto Montt in the lake district to Puerto Natales in Patagonia. The three-day trip aboard takes you through some amazing Patagonian fjord scenery…
Two Nights in El Chalten
Our taxi picked us up from the AirBnB apartment in El Calafate and took us to the bus terminal for our onward journey to El Chalten. Three hours on the coach, including a toilet stop, and we arrived at our destination. Before the journey ended at the bus terminal we all had a briefing from…
Amazed by the Perito Moreno Glacier
It was time to leave Puerto Natales and cross the border into Argentina to El Calafate. Excited to see the Perito Moreno glacier, we donned our backpacks and took the short walk to the bus station for our coach. The border formalities were swift. After receiving our exit stamp from Chile the bus drove a…
The Torres del Paine National Park
A three-hour coach trip took us from Punta Arenas to Puerto Natales through some pretty unspectacular flat, bushy Patagonian landscape. We were here for one main reason, the Torres del Paine National Park. Initially we were going to camp and trek a bit in the park, but with campsites fully booked when we attempted to…