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We’re heading back to Puerto Natales on the bus tomorrow morning (Friday) - we decided not to go via Rio Gallegos.
Here’s a couple of photos from today’s trip to The Glaciers National Park:
Andean Condors - Onelli Bay, The Glaciers National Park, Argentina
Andean Condor - Onelli Bay, The Glaciers National Park, Argentina
… will post more when I [...]

A very early start again this morning - the bus was scheduled to pick us up at 7:30am, but it turned up just after 7am! Good thing we had finished showering, we were just finishing our packing and were about to head down to breakfast, but we had to skip that and race to get our [...]

Surprisingly late start today - the tour company was not picking us up until 9am - indeed it was nearly 9:30 before they arrived. We were picked up in a minivan and driven to the far side of town, where we got on to a large coach for the trip to Peninsula Magallanes to view the [...]

Just letting you know we’re still in El Calafate - the internet link here is very very slow, so I’m a bit behind with the blogging.
Hopefully when we get to Punta Arenas on Saturday we will have a bit of a faster link - but no guarantees there!

Got to sleep in a little this morning - breakfast finished at 9:30am, so we were able to sleep in until nearly 9, which was nice for a change. Mid-morning we walked into town - El Calafate is a nice little tourist town that was nowhere near as overdeveloped as places like Bariloche (although with the amount of [...]

Very early start this morning (yet again - I’m getting tired of this - especially with the late nights after eating around 9pm or so - restaurants generally only open at 8pm … we appreciate the afternoon siesta - although we don’t often get a property one while on a tour). We finished packing, had [...]

Yet another early start - this time after our shower and breakfast we headed down to the warf at 7:30am to catch a boat cruise up to another National Park: Bernado O’Higgins … one of the most remote and inaccessible national parks in this area.
Flightless Steamer Ducks - Admiral Montt Gulf, Puerto Natales

Up early to catch our bus this morning - a quick breakfast and then out to wait for our bus by 7:30am. The bus (12,000 pesos each AU$29) took us into Torres del Paine National Park, a 3 hour trip, most of it on very rough and dusty roads.
Horse statue at Cerro Castillo - on [...]

Got to sleep in a little bit this morning, but breakfast finshed at 9:30am, so we couldn’t lie in too long. Breakfast was cereal and toast (with ham and cheese on the side!) - not too bad really. At least the milk was cold (the flavour of UHT milk has come a long way in [...]

Had a good night sleep last night - smooth run through the channels with very little boat movement. Got up just after 8, dressed and went for breakfast.
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