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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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Ian and Sue returned in December from a 24 day trip to Chile and Argentina that was designed and arranged by Swoop Patagonia. Here they tell us about their experiences on the trip and in booking with Swoop.
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Harriet from Swoop recently returned from Torres del Paine where she spent an afternoon ice hiking on Glacier Grey. The ice hike lasts 5 hours and there are departures in the morning and afternoon from November until March. Harriet thinks this is a great activity and everyone should add it onto a trek in Torres del Paine!
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The Huemul Glacier mini-hike is a great short walk of just 1 to 2 hours for less experienced hikers. You climb for 30 mins to 1 hour through beautiful Lenga Forest to the Lago Huemul and hanging glacier Huemul. Here Swoop’s own Harriet takes you on the mini-hike with her to show you the way…….
Read MoreRachel returned in December from a 35 day trip to Chile and Argentina, planned and arranged through Swoop Patagonia. Here she tells us about her experiences on the trip and in booking with Swoop Patagonia. Wow – what a great holiday for me. I always wanted to experience the size and wilderness of this far […]
Read MoreJohn returned in February from a 2 week mountaineering, trekking and kayaking trip in two of Patagonia’s most spectacular national parks: Torres del Paine and Los Glaciares. Here he tells us about his trip and his experiences in booking with Swoop and our local partners…
Read MoreDeb & her family returned in February from a trip to Patagonia during which they spent 6 nights at a private lodge on the edge of Lake Nahuel Huapi, and embarked on some trekking in Bariloche. They then headed to Los Glaciares National Park for some trekking in and around El Calafate and El Chlaten. Here Deb tells us about the highlights of their trip, and their experience of booking with Swoop and our partners…
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We have a number of people asking about treks in April and with fewer scheduled departures going on at this time in the ‘shoulder’ season we thought it might be helpful to share details of a few guaranteed trips, and a few provisional trips going on.
April is in the Austral Autumn so you can expect shorter days, and cooler temperatures but also fantastic autumn colours and fewer people in the national parks.
Where dates are provisional please do let us know [link] if they might be of interest and if it would be helpful to move the trip forward or backward by a couple of days.
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