El Calafate was a great place to start our adventure in
Patagonia. We land in an airport where there was absolutely nothing but water
or land as far as you could see. I was surprised to land on a paved airstrip to
be honest. We bused into el calafate and couldn't help but get excited. It was
so beautiful and you could see mountains with snow covering them. We got
checked in at the hostel and made our way around the quaint little town to get
dinner. The sun didn't set till around 10!
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| Our view on our drive to the park |
The next morning was the real adventure. We did a day tour
to the Parques Nacionales Los Glaciares. We tracked by the water and saw the
beautiful Glacier Perito Moreno. It was huge and beautiful and blue. The face
we could see was 5 km wide and averaged 50 m high. The whole thing is roughly
the size of Buenos Aires! It moves an average of 2 meters a day so we got to
walk around the park and watch huge slabs of ice crash into the lake. It was so
awesome. Note the pictures.
We got back to the hostel and made plans for our next big adventure.
We are heading south into Chile to Puerto Natalas to gear up and hike around
Torres del Paine!
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| Calafate berries. If you eat them then you must come back to Patagonia.... |
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| Wild horses |
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| This goat really liked Kelsey. |
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| Trekking to the glacier |
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| I love feet photos! |
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| action shots of the glacier falling into the lake. It was so loud! |
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| The airport. Like I said, nothing around |
That is beautiful! Love all your pictures. So glad we were able to skype the other day. miss you! love you!
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