Travelogues Region of Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica

Manchmal vereinen 30 Minuten alle 4 Jahreszeiten in sich und ein Blick gen Himmel vermag maximal den Istzustand zu erfahren. Prognosen gehen sich keine aus. Wegen des hohen...

The bus had already made its way up to the border, and without any fuss, we entered a beautiful no man's land. A river curved multiple times, cranes sat by the water, and several...

22.1. Today at 9:00 am we have the appointment for our PCR test. After a short night, we stand tired and with the remaining muscle soreness from the W-Trek in front of the...

Outside Punta Arenas

Our bus ride back to Chile took a good 5 hours. We left so early that we could still experience one last amazing sunrise in El Calafate and arrived in the small town of Puerto...

28.1. Puerto Natales Ultracozy, we pack our stuff. We have decided to go back to Puerto Natales. The idea is to decide whether an antigen or PCR test would be worth it after the...

13.1. We can take the day easy and Stefi cooks breakfast for us for the second and last time. We leave behind some food that we cannot take with us and say goodbye to Stefi and...

At 11 a.m. we had to check out of the hostel and passed the time until the bus left for Torres del Paine National Park with a walk and in a small café with delicious pastries. ...

At 7 o'clock sharp, the Uber driver was waiting in front of the hostel and reliably took us to the airport. Since we couldn't add checked baggage when booking the flight, we...

Strait of Magellan and Walk through Punta Arenas.

After a very peaceful night and plenty of sleep, today was our last day or the last hike on the agenda. Well nourished, we set off again at sunrise after breakfast. The...

During the night, the wind was quite strong and kept waking us up. However, we were relatively rested and after breakfast, we set off at sunrise for the next stage. We were able...

18.1.-21.1. W-Trek First of all: If you visit Chile, you have to do the W-Trek. It is Chile's undisputed highlight and also very impressive for Swiss people who are used to...

(Almost) well-rested, we went to breakfast. There had been a few centimeters of fresh snow overnight, but the weather forecast for today's 17km hike to the next hut was very...

16.1. At 6:30 the alarm clock rings again and we go to the bus terminal to go to Puerto Natales. No one checks our ticket and we drive through a barren landscape three hours to...

Today, after a long trip through the Magellan Channel, we arrived in Punta Arenas at 6:00 a.m. We hadn't booked anything here because we weren't that interested in the offers,...

This was our next day at sea. We should now slowly immerse ourselves in the Chilean fjords. After a once again extensive breakfast and a visit to the fitness area, there was a...

January 19, 2024 Punta Arenas / Chile We had gotten our tender tickets the evening before, but unfortunately our premonition was confirmed: we couldn't get off board again. Due...

Glacier passage in Patagonia on the way from Ushuaia to Puerto Montt.

Nice little museum, here we were able to see the replicas of Magellan and the ship of Fritz Roy, who sailed with C. Darwin 200 years later. Incredible achievement to sail around...

The only king penguin colony outside Antarctica, a few of them have settled here and more and more are growing. The entire fish area is now closed to fishing so that the...

We now had two "travel days" ahead of us, as we wanted to go from southern Argentina to northern Chile and unfortunately there was no affordable direct connection from El...

Today the day started with an early rise. We should see the first glacier. The “Brujo Glacier” was announced for 7:30 a.m. Additionally, the front open deck should open at 7:15...

During the crossing to Tierra del Fuego we even saw a white dolphin, but we were too fast to take pictures! That's why we shot the fox at the ferry pier.

Unfortunately, Tierra del Fuego is heavily impacted by gas and oil production. If the field is exploited, everything just stays put! The main thing is that the oil flows!!!

My first stop in Patagonia was Punta Arenas, a nice town that serves as a hop off to different nature attractions. It's not too busy and even boasts a replica of Magellan's ship...

Chile is so long that it has to be divided into four parts in order to print the map.

Throughout the last two days I've literally taken hundreds of pictures. So choosing ten out of those doesn't nearly do justice to what I was blessed to see so they give you just...

Am nächsten Morgens ging es dann mit dem Bus nach Puerto Natales. Kurz vor der Grenze nach Chile teilt uns der Busfahrer mit, dass keine Lebensmittel erlaubt seien. Wie trauen...

Creo que no hay necesidad de explicación de estas imágenes. Fue simplemente increíble...