After a week in Torres Del Paine in Patagonia and a couple of days in Punta Arenas I'm now back in the civilization of Santiago. It has been a great week of hiking. In fact it has been an AMAZING hiking week. We had the best weather so far this season and could therefor do ALL the hikes (which is not always the case). This means we hiked 74 km on 4 days. For those of you who are not hikers I can tell that is quite a lot. Most hikes are around 15 km and less if there is a lot of uphill. We had 2 hikes that were 29 km and 22 km and both had around 1000 m of elevation. These hikes were quite tough, but for different reasons. On the following blog posts I will describe each of the hikes with pictures.
But first - the trip to Patagonia. It started with breakfast at 4 o'clock in the morning and a flight at 5.50. I arrived in Punta Arenas 9.15. It gives you an idea how long this country is. Santiago is approximately in the middle of the country and Punta Arenas is in the south but not as far as you can get. There is still some left of the country. :-) Then we, I and some fellow travelers, were taken by car for around 6 hours to the National Park Torres Del Paine. It was a looooong trip. But finally, at around 7 in the evening we arrived to Eco Camp - our base for the hiking.
Arriving in Punta Arenas
We saw some cute owls.
BIG cave that we visited on the way to Torres Del Paine.
Guanocos. They are like wild lamas.
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