Category: Epic Adventures

Epic Adventures Los Glaciares

Expedition trekking on the Southern Patagonian Ice Field

‘We were like buffalo charging straight into the storm,’ was how one of my trekking companions described it. We were halfway through our week-long expedition, roped together as we picked our way across a glacier. Behind us, a black cloud was descending, whipped into menacing swirls by a ferocious wind. Ahead of us the air […]

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Epic Adventures Los Glaciares

Why El Chaltén is a trekker’s paradise

El Chaltén, a small town nestled within the rugged embrace of Los Glaciares National Park in Argentinian Patagonia is one the trekking world’s great gateways to adventure. Although many first time visitors to the region focus on the headline-grabbing Torres del Paine National Park just across the border in Chile, Los Glaciares is equally spectacular […]

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Adventure cruising to Cape Horn

‘A cruise for people who don’t like cruises’ is how one of my colleagues described it to me. I was in Ushuaia in Argentina, getting ready to sail one of Patagonia’s most spectacular expedition cruise routes, around Tierra del Fuego to Cape Horn and back to Punta Arenas in Chile onboard the Ventus Australis.  When […]

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Exploring Perito Moreno glacier by boat

When it comes to icy rivers of blue and white, few glaciers can make you draw breath like Perito Moreno in Argentina’s Los Glaciares National Park. Everything about it is superlative. Its immense walls tower more than 60 metres above the waters of a vast lake, offering a great face of ice that stretches seemingly […]

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Trekking to Patagonia National Park

For me, the wilderness of Chile’s Aysen region contains some of the most exciting and untamed places in Patagonia. Having access to its rugged landscapes is a major reason why I made my home here. Whenever I have the opportunity, I grab my backpack and hit the trail. Most recently I’ve been exploring the hiking […]

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Epic Adventures Los Glaciares

Why you don’t have to be a hiker to enjoy Los Glaciares National Park

Los Glaciares National Park is one of Argentina’s greatest jewels. It’s both the oldest and largest national park in the country and is famous for its world class trekking. But its 3000 square miles offer far more than just the opportunity to get your hiking boots on. It’s also home to some amazing sights including […]

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Epic Adventures

Lanín Volcano – my favourite trek in the Argentine Lake district

I first visited San Martín de los Andes in the Argentinean Lake District 15 years ago when I backpacked around Patagonia and had much longer hair than I do today. When I finally returned recently for a trekking adventure, I was overjoyed to find that not a lot seemed to have changed in the intervening […]

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