Tag: Cruise

What’s the best way to see the most of Patagonia in a single trip? You might argue for getting in a car and heading down the Carretera Austral, that epic highway that runs down the spine of Chilean Patagonia? Or you might dash about with a series of internal flights, ticking off as many spots […]

The ship had barely pulled out of Punta Arenas when the talk turned to Cape Horn. Would we really get there? It felt like a mythical place, all treacherous weather and shipwrecks. Not quite the southernmost tip of the world when you look at the map, but definitely the most extreme in my imagination. It […]

At Swoop, we like to think that no one knows Patagonia better than us. Every year we send our team out across the region to experience the best of Patagonia – and that’s on top of the many members of our team who already live there, from Bariloche and Pucon in the north down to […]

I’ve lived in Puerto Natales for some time, so I’m used to seeing ships come and go from the port here to explore the fjords but I had never taken one myself. For me, glaciers had always been something to explore by foot rather than by boat, so I was excited about seeing those that […]

‘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 […]

In Spring 2016 Harriet, Chloe and Sally will be downing tools and heading to Patagonia. Regular trips like these ensure we stay close to our roots and maintain our in-depth knowledge of the region. We test out new trips, visit new parks, hike new routes and eat in new restaurants – all in the name […]