Patagonien-2023

After two genuine rest days in Santiago, we headed around 80 km east, into the heart of the Andes. Our destination: 'Refugio Aleman' in Lo Valdés, a holiday home of the...

Friday, 03.03.23 / Saturday, 04.03.23 After a good breakfast with Juan and Pablo, we set off towards Santiago. We quickly decided to drive only to Santa Maria de Los Angeles....

Today for breakfast we had peaches, oranges, and melon.... Our journey from El Bolson today took us again through the provinces of 'Rio Negro' and 'De Los Lagos' under wonderful...

Tuesday, 28.02.23 We had to prepare our breakfast ourselves today. We got up early to embark on the long journey from El Chalten to Perito Moreno. After about 600 km through the...

After breakfast as usual, a short city tour today through El Calafate.... Then departure to El Chaltén, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. A beautiful drive, we had to stop...

Departure at 10:00 AM from Cerro Castillo (Chile) to El Calafate (Argentina). This time, crossing the border went quickly because we were pretty much the only people crossing...

Today we spent an entire day in Torres Del Paine National Park. Any comments on this are unnecessary.... Good Night!

After breakfast at the Salesians, we headed towards Puerto Natales, heading north. My trusty friend, the Peugi, was needed again... On the way over Route 9, we could once again...

9:30 AM, breakfast with the padres of the Salesians, who took great care of us, a room for two nights including breakfast, free! Today we took the whole day to explore Punta...

Last breakfast in the southernmost city in the world and then off to the small airport. The old Cessna plane, with space for 20 people, was already ready for takeoff. I had to...

Today we had a day of rest until 2:30 PM, so there's not much to report.... After a hearty breakfast at the Forjadores Hotel, I took another couple of hours to sleep and read a...

Today we first visited the open-air museum 'Bateria Robala', a museum that emerged after the conflict between Chileans and Argentinians in 1978, focused on the eastern islands...

Today we had a bit of peace after breakfast until lunchtime. Then a visit to the Catholic Church of Puerto Williams (My uncle had said a mass here). From the outside, I wouldn’t...

Isla Navarino

I surprisingly slept very well. The first glance out of the window - rain, quite gloomy out there but still very beautiful. A great view of the island world of South Patagonia....

My ship journey from Punta Arenas to Puerto Williams, to Navarino Island. 30 hours through the Strait of Magellan, past Isla Dawson, several unnamed smaller islands, through the...

After breakfast in Porvenir, Cabanas Pulegan, and then preparing for the long boat trip to Puerto Williams. First, we had to get the tickets for the crossing from Porvenir to...

Today we had a leisurely sleep-in. Departing at 10:30, we traveled back over Rio Grande and San Sebastian, crossing the border into Porvenir, Chile. From here, we will take the...

8:00 AM, new snow on the foothills of the Andes, 3 degrees in Ushuaia....by the way, it’s summer here.... Our host from the apartment was so kind and drove us to the city this...

Today we visited several interesting and beautiful places near Ushuaia, here is 80-100 km, of course, in the vicinity.... It is getting colder, 12 degrees during the day and 4...

For breakfast, we had a huge honeydew melon, which had to last until noon... Then we set off for Ushuaia, the southernmost city in Argentina, 217 km along the well-paved Route...

Breakfast at Aunt Sara's was excellent Then off on the Patagonian Express to explore the city of Rio Grande and the surrounding area a bit. But first, we headed to the car...

After breakfast at the Hosteria Tunkelen, we departed further south. Our destination was our apartment at 'Hotel Blau Weiss Rentals' in Rio Grande, which was founded by...

Today we had a long journey ahead to Cerro Sombrero in Chile. After 520 km (thankfully only paved roads!), we reached our accommodation, the 'Hosteria Tunkelen', at around 6:30...

Perito Moreno (town)

Since we are traveling to Perito Moreno (town) in Argentina only tomorrow, we managed to explore a bit of Coyhaique. In the afternoon, we drove along the old Route 7, which is,...

After a great breakfast with everything you can imagine, for €7.50 per person, we set off to our next destination: Coyhaique, the capital of the Aysen region (Chile). Of course,...

After an overly expensive breakfast at a café in Futaleufu, we bravely embarked on the challenging path 'over hill and stone' to the gate of the Futaleufu National Park. A short...

Bariloche (ARG)- Futaleufu (Chile)

Osorno (Chile) - San Carlos de Bariloche (ARG)