Leaving Cuenca our journey took us through some incredibly fertile plains and mountain valleys. The banana plantations were on an industrial scale and full of fruit, in addition there were many other crops and livestock …
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Pucón – Smoking Volcano
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On Easter Sunday we headed North out of Bariloche through the picturesque Parque Nacional Nahuel Huapi, with its autumnal colours and attractive lake and mountain backdrop on our journey back into Chile. The border crossing …
Continue readingEl Chalten – Changing Mountains
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The tourist town of El Chalten sits at the northern end of the National Park and has been massively developed in recent years to service the nearby tourist industry as Argentina has created facts on …
Continue readingTorres del Paine – The W Walk
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Into Chile our first destination was the awesome Torres del Paine National Park, the location for four days trekking on the W Walk, a trek shaped like the letter W that goes up and down …
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