Travelogues Aysén Region

The Chilean side of Patagonia is quite different from the Argentine side, but no less beautiful.

When we woke up this morning, we wanted to get going quickly because we were going back to Chile today. The last time the border crossing took quite a long time and we still...

Day 44 Broken and tired, we took the bus to Quellen in the evening - as I said - the ferry was supposed to leave here at 11 p.m.... In an old pub, a number of locals were having...

I take the bus for 2 hours from Castro to Quellon. There I will take the ferry to Puerto Chacabuco. I'm very excited. 2 days ferry through the fjords of Patagonia. Thanks again...

From Coyhaique, we continue to the 100km distant Villa Cerro Castillo in 4 different cars. A small village located at the 2,675m high Cerro Castillo mountain, to whose lagoon we...

Good morning, We finally find time. When it's 30 degrees you have to motivate yourself to write ;) best wishes to snowy Germany :) Day 51 We started the day relaxed. I...

In Cochrane, we almost give in when we are at the bus station with Steve (for some reason there is a whole new terminal for one bus a day, but well...) and buy a ticket for him....

Day 48 From Coyhaique we took the bus for 4 hours to Rio Tranquilo, the second largest lake in South America. After we arrived here, we immediately wanted to go to the Marble...

The best news of the day was that we didn't have to be at the port until nine o'clock instead of 8:00 am. But it didn't really matter because our neighbors were playing loud...

Getting up was hard. Our first thought was about the poor people at home who have to get up so early every day. Our second thought was: Oh no, we'll experience that again...

16.2. Shortly asked for internet at Casita de Té, refueled and headed south. Today we drive to Villa Cerro Castillo to hike there tomorrow. The drive takes us past glaciated...

Arrival on 02/08/2020 in Chaiten, at the 'Northern entrance' of Patagonia. Due to the super weather today, it was decided to drive the entire route to Coyhaique today. The...

In Puerto Tranquilo we book a boat tour to the main attraction at Lago General Carrera - the "Marble Chapels". The nearly 2-hour ride takes us to the amazing rock formations -...

18.2. At 7:30 we are ready to visit the Cathedral of Marble. We take a minibus to the lake where we are equipped and instructed. The almost 2 hours on the water are a lot of fun...

The day was free, but we still did some 'work'. MotoForPeace wants to produce a film of at least 1 hour for the entire tour this time. The film in Africa in 2017 was only about...

To avoid further boring driving through the boring Argentinian Pampa we have to cross back to Chile. The highlight of this border crossing is the falling off of the...

The Carretera Austral first goes up a mountain through rather pampas-like landscape on an asphalt road. And on the other side, it goes back down through a rainforest on a gravel...

Continuing on the Carretera Austral, you will pass by the largest lake in Chile, General Carrera Lake. It invites you to swim in its blue water. But as soon as you're in, you'll...

700 km, 3 days off-road track with an average speed of 20 km/h later, we finally arrived in Tortel. We have thought long and hard about whether the 200 km off-road track is...

Tomorrow we are going to Uruguay. Here are impressions of the last days from the Carretera Austral up and down, the Coyhaique National Park and the Queulat National Park with a...

Water and electricity - who needs that anyway

Racing in the jungle

By the way we took off from Puerto Montt in bright sunshine. The sun had apparently decided to bid us farewell. The flight lasted just under two hours. The further south we flew...

After our hitchhiking marathon from Chaitén to Coyhaique, we settle into our rustic cabin to cozy up for Christmas. And that's exactly how Christmas will be: cozy! On the 24th...

Not much is happening at the moment, but I have fully embraced the South American 'tranquilo lifestyle' and find very little time to write. However, here are some photos from my...

Now we are enjoying the Southern Carretera Austral with beautiful landscapes, especially the Valle Ibanez and the drive down there. We visit the 'Wall of Hands' during a nice...

Originally, we were supposed to go to the marble caves by boat at 8:00 in the morning. But when we heard the wind whistling and the rain pounding against the wall, we wrote to...

Way too many pictures, but the caves aren't bad. You can only get there by boat and of course it is very touristy!