{"id":198966,"date":"2016-01-21T10:58:20","date_gmt":"2016-01-21T10:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.co.uk\/blog\/?p=198966"},"modified":"2020-04-01T15:28:07","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T14:28:07","slug":"eric-nancys-patagonian-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/eric-nancys-patagonian-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric &#038; Nancy&#8217;s Patagonian Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>&#8220;\u0018I had for many decades dreamt of travelling to Patagonia. Our five days hiking in Torres del Paine are five days that we will never forget. Thank you so much for your help in organizing this trip. It would have been most difficult for us to do on our own.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Eric and Nancy had always wanted to visit Patagonia and Swoop helped them to arrange a classic hiking trip in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/torres-del-paine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Torres del Paine National Park<\/a>, Chile. Eric gives us feedback from their unforgettable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/w-trek-torres-del-paine-page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">five day hike <\/a>in the park and time spent in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/landmark\/puerto-natales\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Puerto Natales<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>How did you find the W Trek in Torres del Paine National Park?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Your partners and guides did an excellent job. Our guide was informed, an excellent communicator, read our group well and challenged us accordingly. He is a skilled guide who we would happily use again.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_3365.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-198967\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_3365.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3365\" width=\"4416\" height=\"3312\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>How was your accommodation?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">All of our connections worked out perfectly. The accommodations in the park were good, perhaps excepting the 2nd refugio, but we acknowledge that they were overwhelmed by adverse weather conditions on that night. Our hostels in Puerto Natales worked out well.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>How was your experience of using Swoop Patagonia?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">After floundering somewhat in our attempt to access travel information for hiking in Patagonia, we found your website indirectly through a blog. The information on that site was immediately helpful. Your prompt response to our questions and your questioning of our intentions and abilities were most helpful.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Swoop can help you book the Patagonia trip of a lifetime. Do <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/enquiry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">get in touch<\/a> to find out how.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;\u0018I had for many decades dreamt of travelling to Patagonia. Our five days hiking in Torres del Paine are five days that we will never forget. Thank you so much for your help in organizing this trip. 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