The infamous dusty desert city of San Pedro de Atacama, the base for all tours in that area at over 2.400 m (7.800 ft) above sea level in the Andes. Entering the city feels like entering a different era – from those old Hollywood western movies,…
A short car ride away from Pucón, a very popular tourist destination with one of the best steaks we have ever eaten in our entire lives (available at La Maga), lies the Huerquehue National Park. We parked our car next…
Already before our trip to Chile we read a lot of articles, saying that hiking the Sierra Nevada trail in the Conguillio National Park is spectacular and a must do when you are in the area. Our trusted Lonely Planet…
Last year in New Zealand it was the first time that we decided to rent a campervan for our vacation and we totally loved it to be so close to nature. So naturally this time in Patagonia we wanted to…
During our time in Patagonia we drove almost 4.000 km (2.500 miles) in our trusted Wicked Campervan (read the full review of the van HERE). Before showing you some impressions of driving on the seemingly endless roads, we want to give…
When planning the tour back home in Austria we contemplated whether we should also visit the southern most part of Patagonia or substitute it with another destination. Well what can we say, Tierra del Fuego won and so we drove…
The day after our spectacular tour to the Viedma Glacier, we were planning to do an easier hike to the Mount Fitz Roy via the Laguna de los Tres. The easy hike turned out to be an 8-hour roundtrip. It was only around 12…
The day after Christmas, we decided to do something none of us had ever done before – trekking on a real glacier. We booked our tour with Patagonia Aventura and were really happy with the entire experience. The boat left quite…
Since we hiked over 20 km (13 miles) the day before and this was our last day in Torres del Paine National Park, we decided to only do an easy stroll. Therefore, we slept on the southern shore of the Grey Lake, warmed…
After we had spent the night in our campervan in the heart of the Torres del Paine National Park in Pudeto, we enjoyed a good breakfast with some coffee to get ready for a day full of hiking. In order to arrive…
In the heart of the Torres del Paine National Park you can find a rather easy hike, the so called “Sendero Mirador Cuernos”. It’s a perfect walk for the afternoon and it takes around 2 hours to do the roundtrip to…
On the first full day of our stay in Patagonia we did a half day tour to Isla Magdalena, a small island near Punta Arenas and home to thousands of Magellanic Penguins. We booked our tour with Solo Expediciones and were…