Laguna De Los Tres

Patagonia Trek 2015

Laguna De Los Tres Trek


This is the first day of our trek in Patagonia. We drove from El Calafate to El Chalten, for a 2 hour drive, and pass through the steppes of Patagonia.

Shortly after we arrived, we were given our packed lunch for the day, and then a briefing by our guide, before we embarked on our most memorable trek in the beautiful and pristine Patagonia.

Patagonia is a region which covers part of Chile and Argentina. It is such a beautiful place with lovely shimmering lakes, and offers trekkers one of the most exceptional experience with little chance of getting mountain (or altitude) sickness. We trekked only up to about 1,000m.

El Chalten, is a small mountain village located in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. It is situated by the riverside of Rio De Las Vueltas, within the Los Glaciares National Park, at the base of Cerro Torre and Cerro Fitz Roy mountains. It is the trekking capital of Patagonia, and existed solely for the people who come here for embarking on their trekking trip in the Patagonia. It is 220 km north of El Calafate.

El Chalten is named for Cerro Fitz Roy's Tehuelche name, meaning 'peak of fire' or 'smoking mountain.

In this post, I share with you some of the pictures that I took while on the trek.

Having our briefing session with Huan, our guide.

We left our belongings behind, and took only our day pack as we are going to camp for two nights at Poincenot Camp.

                                           We started our trek here at El Chalten.

Big Sign Board with the trekking distances indicated.

                             Huan highlighting the trekking distance, and difficulty for the day.

Beautiful Laguna Capri,

We could see Mt Fitz Roy in the background.

This is said to be the best view point here by the river.

                                                   More pictures at this view point.

                                            Continuing our trek to the campsite.

                                                        Heading to Poincenot.

                                                           I love our campsite.

                                                 Dinner time at our campsite.
This is a permanent camp, which is taken care of by our trekking agency in Patagonia. So, the tents are all set up for the trekking season, and so after each group leaves, the tents are remain erected there. We have a dining tent, and one toilet. There is no bathing facilities here, but campers can easily just go to the river to wash up.

More Pictures to come.

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Pictures of South America

01 August 2015

I am extremely happy with the fact that I was able to make 2 trips to South America this year.

In Jan/Feb, I went to Patagonia (Argentina & Chile) for trekking and then I made another
trip to Brazil and Peru, covering a few wonders of the World - visiting the Iguazu Falls, Machu
Picchu, the Amazon Forest as well as Christ the Redeemer Statue in Rio De Janeiro.

In this gallery, I will showcase some of the best photos that I had taken on both of my trips. And I will add on more as I visit Ecuador, Bolivia and the rest of the countries!

Patagonia Trekking

Fly to Buenos Aires
Fly from Buenos Aires to EL Calafate.
Travel from El Calafate to El Chalten for about 2 hours.
Start the trek in the Argentinian side,
El Chalten - Lago De Los Tres - Lago Torre - Tumbado - El Chalten
Drive from El Chalten to Chile (Torre Del Paine National Park)
Lake Pehoe
Drive onwards to Puerto Natales.
Puerto Natales - Ushuaia
Tierra Del Fuego National Park
Beacon Channel Cruise
Fly from Ushuaia back to Buenos Aires

Patagonia 

Antonio Pigafetta together with Ferdinand Magellan and his crew arrived in the Gulf of San Julian (Santa Cruz Province) in 1520. Some historians think that the immense footprints left by those Tehuelche hunters led Magellan to call them patagones, a deformation of pata gao, which means "big foot" in Portuguese. Others hold that the term derives from Pathafon, a character of the novel Primaleon, a favourite of the Portguese conquistador. For Magellan, those Indians seemed horrible to him, and thus he called the region "Big Foot country" or "Patagonia".

Gallery

PATAGONIA, ARGENTINA

Fantastic view at Laguna De Los Tres.

CUSCO, PERU

Cusco, UNESCO listed city, and the gateway to Machu Picchu.

TAMBO DEL INKA RESORT & SPA (URUBAMBA, PERU)

                     We travelled to the Sacred Valley, and stayed at the town of Urubamba,
                           at the hotel - Tambo Del Inka Resort & Spa (luxury collection)

                                         MT FITZROY, PATAGONIA, ARGENTINA

IGUASU FALLS, BRAZIL

Lake Nimez (EL CALAFATE, ARGENTINA)

LAGO DE LOS TRES

PATAGONIA, ARGENTINA

LAGO TORRE

PATAGONIA, ARGENTINA

LAGO ARGENTINA

EL CALAFATE, ARGENTINA

Lake Argentino

EL CALAFATE, ARGENTINA

Enjoy and more to come.

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Looking for Travel kaki to Patagonia Trek

Dear all,

PATAGONIA

El Calafate, El Chalten, Perito Moreno Glacier, Torres Del Paine National Park, W Trek, Ushuaia, Tierra Del Fuego (Land of Fire)

21Jan - 10Feb 2015

Patagonia, which is located in Chile, and Argentina, has been my dream for a long time. And now, I have set my mind to do the trek there for next year !! JUST DO IT....

Parque Nacional Torres Del Paines home to what is undoubtedly some of the most spectacular scenery in all of Patagonia, if not all of South America. Rising up high above the Patagonia steppe are the 3 impressive granite towers that give the park its name, surrounded by towering mountain peaks, the most famous of which are Los Cuernos and Paine Grande.. This park, has shimmering lakes, sparkling glaciers and cascading waterfalls, and it is also an important habitat for a wide variety of wildlife including the Patagonian rhea and guanaco, as well as flamingoes, condors and other birds.


W Trek 
This is the classic trek in the Patagonia area, but the maximum altitude reached is only about 1,000 m, and thus most of the people will not have any issue with the mountain sickness. You will walk into the Glacier Grey, French Valley and Los Cuernos ... The best that you can see in the Patagonia with this trek.

Perito Moreno Glacier
We will make our way to this stunning glacier from El Calafate, a little town on the shore of Lago (Lake) Argentino.

Tierra Del Fuego (Land of Fire)
This is a large island separated from mainland South America by the Magellan Straits. Most of the island belongs to Chile, but 30% of the archipelago is in Argentina, including Argentina's southernmost town - Ushuaia. This is Patagonia at its most remote, with a landscape of windswept plains, forests and swamplands, home to rheas, condors, buzzard eagles, seals and sea lions, all of which thrive in these conditions.

Budget - $9k 
Including Return flight to Argentina, and 2 domestic flights,
trek arrangement, hostel//camping, meals on trek, optional activities

Required to walk 5-8 hours a day for the W Trek, with your own pack - 7kg for 5 days.

A few of us are confirmed on going for this trip. A male traveller is wanted to join us, but all other females are welcome to join us.

PICTURES BELOW (FROM the INTERNET)

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