{"id":196651,"date":"2014-12-05T14:50:27","date_gmt":"2014-12-05T14:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.swoop-patagonia.co.uk\/?p=196651"},"modified":"2015-10-23T13:32:50","modified_gmt":"2015-10-23T12:32:50","slug":"jon-debs-full-circuit-torres-del-paine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/jon-debs-full-circuit-torres-del-paine\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon &#038; Deb&#8217;s Full Circuit in Torres del Paine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\">Jon and Deb returned in November from a <a title=\"Paine 1\/2 and 1\/2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/paine-circuit-half-and-half\/\" target=\"_blank\">Half &amp; Half Full Circuit<\/a> (half guided and half self guided) in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/torres-del-paine\/\" target=\"_blank\">Torres del Paine<\/a>. Here they tell us about their experiences on the trip and in booking through Swoop and our partners\u2026<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>&#8216;Thanks for your help with our trip to Patagonia. It was amazing!&#8217;<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0858.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-196663 alignleft\" alt=\"IMG_0858\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0858.jpg\" width=\"283\" height=\"213\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0834.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-196664 alignright\" alt=\"IMG_0834\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0834.jpg\" width=\"283\" height=\"213\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We were extremely blessed with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/patagonia-weather\/\" target=\"_blank\">weather<\/a>, as we only experienced rain once throughout the entire trek, and that was during the evening, whilst we were asleep.<\/p>\n<p>The group of people that we hiked with were great &#8211; we spent10 days together and there were no real niggles.\u00a0Our equipment worked really well, the guide your partners arranged was an amazing individual with a high level of professionalism, and the porters were rock solid.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-196668\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/PB2510461.jpg\" width=\"371\" height=\"278\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We ate amazing meals for the two days in <a title=\"Puerto Natales hotels\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/hotels-puerto-natales\/\" target=\"_blank\">Puerto Natales<\/a> after the trip, on recommendation of your partners who ran the trip: Aldea and the Red Crab. Great food next time you are in town.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">[See Sally&#8217;s <a title=\"Restaurants\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/swoops-top-pick-restaurants-throughout-patagonia\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Restaurant Guide<\/span><\/a> for more recommendations on great places to eat throughout Patagonia]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-196667 aligncenter\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/PB2612061.jpg\" width=\"371\" height=\"278\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On a down note &#8211; and beyond your control &#8211; we had everything that could go wrong with the flights go wrong\u2026Luckily we had such a great trip that this is only a minor distraction!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d like to extend a big thank you to Swoop for the great work you did for us and for making our time work so well. We had an amazing experience and feel lucky that we came across your company online. You and your partner in Torres del Paine helped make the ground part of this trip run extremely well. Thank you.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-196669 aligncenter\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/PB2510381.jpg\" width=\"371\" height=\"278\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jon and Deb returned in November from a Half &#038; Half Full Circuit (half guided and half self guided) in Torres del Paine. 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