Category: Comment

Comment

To guide, or not to guide…

Many of our customers visit Patagonia to enjoy the extensive variety of hiking trails in Torres del Paine, Los Glaciares, Tierra del Fuego and further north towards the Lake District. They will often ask us “why should I use a guide?”. It’s fair to say that most of the walks are well marked in the […]

Read More
Comment

Doug Tompkins

All of us at Swoop were very sad to hear the news this morning that Doug Tompkins had died in a kayaking accident on Lago General Carrera in Aysen. Our thoughts are with his family and friends. In October this year, I was lucky enough to meet Doug and hear him talk about his conservation […]

Read More
Comment Things to do Travel Tips

Sally’s Walking Tour of Santiago

Sally has guided hundreds of visitors around Santiago over the last 8 years, and this is her recommended route for seeing very best sites of Santiago in an afternoon… 1. Taking the metro The metro in Santiago is easy to use, clean, safe* and reliable – 1 ticket costing about CLP$500 (60p) will take you […]

Read More
Comment Travel Tips

Patagonia on the Web – 23rd May

Patagonia is all over the internet with bloggers, adventurers  and social media addicts posting all about their experiences and sharing their photographs. Each one providing more inspiration for a Patagonian adventure! Here are our pick of photos and blogs from this week: Swoop’s Top 3 Photographs: This week the discovery of the ‘Titanosaur’ was all […]

Read More