{"id":197471,"date":"2015-04-16T15:46:11","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T14:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.swoop-patagonia.co.uk\/?p=197471"},"modified":"2015-10-23T13:32:43","modified_gmt":"2015-10-23T12:32:43","slug":"sarah-michaels-w-trek-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/sarah-michaels-w-trek-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah &#038; Michael&#8217;s W Trek in April"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sarah &amp; Michael returned in April from a trekking holiday in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/category\/torres-del-paine-2\/\":\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/category\/torres-del-paine-2\/ target=\"_blank\">Torres del Paine<\/a>. Here they tell us about their experiences on the trip and in booking with Swoop and our partners\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>Thanks so much for all your help and information which allowed us to have a wonderful W trek!\u00a0<\/i><i>We had an unforgettable time in Patagonia and the itinerary created by Harriet was spot on.<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-197476\" alt=\"IMG_2512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_2512.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We took our W Trek from 5th-9th April and we were so lucky- we had lovely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/patagonia-weather\/\" target=\"_blank\">weather<\/a>! Not a drop of rain! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/hotels-puerto-natales\/\" target=\"_blank\">Puerto Natales<\/a>We got on great with our guide Victor who met us on Sunday at your partners\u2019 office in &#8211; the whole experience was very positive- we enjoyed the refugios, the food, the lunches.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-197477\" alt=\"IMG_2518\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_2518.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The route was well planned and we were comfortable with the distances each day. There were some fabulous views too- Patagonia is such a lovely part of the world.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks you too Harriet for the itinerary you prepared for us before we left, and for suggesting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/perito-moreno\/\" target=\"_blank\">Perito Moreno<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/el-chalten\/\" target=\"_blank\">El Chalten<\/a>&#8211; we took a day trip to Perito Moreno from El Calafate as you suggested and did the mini ice hiking which was a great experience. Again we had a beautiful sunny day for it which was lovely.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-197478\" alt=\"IMG_2624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_2624.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We weren&#8217;t so lucky in El Chalten where it poured rain for our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/los-glaciares\/trekking\/\" target=\"_blank\">day hike<\/a> \u00a0to Laguna de Los Tres- but we had a better day for Laguna Torres. We really enjoyed them- it&#8217;s a great town, lovely hiking, lovely views and met lovely people.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-197479\" alt=\"IMG_2636\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_2636.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_2636.png 400w, https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_2636-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And Chloe thank you so much for the thoughtful presents you sent just before we left- they&#8217;ve been with us on all our treks &amp; we\u2019d be lost without them!!<\/p>\n<p>Thanks again for all your help!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-197475\" alt=\"IMG_2303\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_2303.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sarah &#038; Michael returned in April from a trekking holiday in Torres del Paine. 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