Tag: adventure

The festive month of December is upon us and here at Swoop we have some fantastic trips and deals available that you can treat yourself to in the new year. Last Minute trips: Looking for an adventure in January? We have spaces available for an Original W Trek trip in Torres del Paine starting January […]

A few of the people who contact Swoop have visited Patagonia before and are looking to go back and explore it further. After all, a region that spans 1,000 miles North to South and 1 million square kilometres, with landscapes ranging from glacial to volcanic, to rainforest and desert, probably deserves more than a fortnight […]

First Name: Matty Age: 37 Occupation: Academic researcher Which operator did you go with or did you organise it yourself?  I organized my trip from Santiago to San Pedro de Atacama myself. If you had a local guide, what was he like?  I took three tours from San Pedro de Atacama with the same company […]

When Darwin visited Chiloé in 1835, he described the island as “the border of Christianity”, both in the geographical and spiritual sense. The brilliant researcher was marveled by the co-habitation achieved between Mapuche Indians and the Spanish conquerors over three centuries. This relationship has helped bring about a culture which can be appreciated today in […]

Grylls parachutes into Patagonia, the southernmost tip of South America, where he first encounters a vast ice field, then forages in a beech forest, wades through a frozen bog and swims through icy water. Next Grylls skins a hare, scales a cliff, tracks a puma, drinks dirty water, and crosses the Perito Moreno glacier, a vast frozen labyrinth of ice caves and […]