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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 \u2013 and that\u2019s on top of the many members of our team who already live there, from Bariloche and Pucon in the north down to Puerto Natales in the far south. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the recent 2023\/24 season, we sent over 2200 travellers to Patagonia, as well as more than 20 members of the Swoop Patagonia team. From enjoying the springtime flowers to the first snows of winter, we visited more than 20 national parks and reserves, stayed in every type of accommodation from luxury lodge and refugios to wild camping \u2013 and hiked on more trails than we could count. We do this so that we can offer our clients the best expert knowledge and find exactly the right trip for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Swoop team in Patagonia throughout the 2023\/24 season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

But what were our Swoopers\u2019 personal highlights of their trips? We asked each one to pick out the one moment that stood out about their adventures around the ends of the earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Torres del Paine National Park<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen I worked as a guide in Torres del Paine, I hiked the W Trek and O Circuit literally dozens of times, but somehow I had never had the opportunity to do the Lazo Weber hike in the west of the park. It\u2019s pretty gentle by local standards, through the sort of terrain we call \u2018Patagonian flat\u2019, but I loved the views across the lagoons to distant mountains, despite the wind! It was a joy to realise that a national park I know so well still had the ability to surprise me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Marcela travelled on our  Experience Paine’s Nature and Wildlife<\/a> tour<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marcela’s windy Lazo Weber hike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHiking the W Trek during the first snows of winter felt like having our own private Patagonia. We didn’t see a single other trekker during the entire time we were out on the trail \u2013 everybody in the group was in disbelief, even our guides. The short days meant we had to hike hard every single day to complete the route, but my sore knees were a worthy price to pay for such a treat: how often do you get Patagonia’s most famous national park all to yourself?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Lauren travelled on our W Trek in Winter<\/a> tour<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI spent six months travelling around Patagonia as a digital nomad, connecting with our local partners and all my Swoop colleagues who live in the region. It was a perfect way of connecting more closely with people and enjoying traditions that can otherwise pass you by as a traveller – after visiting Torres del Paine I even got to celebrate New Year\u2019s Day with a friend\u2019s family at their home in Puerto Natales. There were 20 of us together for an incredible home-cooked asado!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Carys spent six months in Patagonia as a digital nomad<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Los Glaciares National Park <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy favourite encounter was with Lobuna, the horse I rode over several days riding from estancias in Los Glaciares National Park. Sat in my soft sheepskin saddle like a true gaucho, we happily rode together over miles, and quickly became firm friends. Her only fault was that I\u2019ve never met a horse who disliked getting her hooves wet \u2013 we had to have a long discussion every time we had to cross a river!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Chloe travelled on our Riding to Hidden Glaciers<\/a> trip<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chloe and her new best friend Lobuna<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

“For me, this year was about connecting with our partners and understanding how we can work together to protect Patagonia. It was a joy to meet up with people so passionate about their destinations. At Refugio del Glaciares I met park rangers where the money from the mountain refuge directly funds the conservation of beautiful lenga forest, while at Huemules Reserve you can already see conservation and tourism fuelling each other. It underscored how we need to move people off the busiest trails and work with new projects where people will experience the wilds of Patagonia without over burdening nature.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Harriet is Head of Swoop Patagonia and travelled across the region<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cClimbing up to the Paso de Viento on the Huemul Circuit is a real way to test yourself. It was exhausting, and I had to concentrate hard every slow step I took over the rough moraine. But when I reached the top, the fatigue just fell away. I looked down over the entire Southern Patagonian Ice Field, a beautiful plain of ice that stretched out to a horizon of distant mountain peaks. It was an extraordinary moment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Tomas travelled on our Huemul Circuit<\/a> trip<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tomas at the Paso de Viento on the Huemul Circuit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI got completely wrapped up in the laid-back atmosphere of El Chalt\u00e9n. Just hanging out in a bar like Cerveceria, the entire hiking world seems to pass in front of you. Everyone had an interesting story to tell over a drink, a favourite day hike they\u2019d just done, or a tip about the best bakery to stock up on cookies for the trail. All recounted under the watchful eye of Mount Fitz Roy high above us!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Cecilia travelled on our Best of Los Glaciares<\/a> trip

\u201cTravelling as a vegan is always interesting in somewhere like Argentina, but I absolutely fell in love with Puentes Amarillos Tienda Natural in El Chalt\u00e9n, and the amazing boxed lunches they made up to take on day hikes, and best eaten where a glacier snakes down from a mountain into a turquoise lake. I always threw in a couple of their alfajor cookies for an extra treat, and wondered where they got their peaches from: they tasted like pure sunshine and happiness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Rachel spent six months in Patagonia as a digital nomad<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aysen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI got to reconnect with the Patagonia I remembered when I first travelled here 20 years ago. I hiked through the Leones Valley in Aysen, following a rough trail through landscape that felt like a geology textbook sprung to life. Far in front of us was the Leones glacier, with only me and my hiking companion to look at its face. It was a fabulous, wild reminder that Patagonia still has so many beautiful and unexplored glacial regions waiting to be explored.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 David travelled on our Highlights of Aysen Road Trip<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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David on his way to the Leone Valley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne thing I didn\u2019t expect on my trip was to be dodging guanacos on my way to breakfast. I was at Explora in Patagonia National Park to learn about the rewilding that\u2019s been done there to return old ranching land back to its natural state. After years of hard work, the wildlife is prospering to the extent that guanacos would gather in the morning around the lodge to graze. It was a humbling example of what can happen when the fences come down.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Matt travelled on our Explore Patagonia National Park from a Luxury Lodge<\/a> trip<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Felipe in Cerro Castillo National Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTrekking through Cerro Castillo National Park for four days felt like being part of the first generation of hikers discovering something new. My guide and I had been quite alone by a mountain lagoon dotted with icebergs, until we spotted a knot of hikers in the distance. We watched them for half an hour as they got closer and closer, until they finally joined us on the shore, and we all congratulated each other on our tremendous good fortune at finding new friends to share this amazing landscape with.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Felipe travelled on Cerro Castillo National Park Trek<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Glaciers and volcanoes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI never fail to be humbled by my encounters with glaciers. This time it was in Tierra del Fuego, in places so remote you can only visit them by boat. We hiked along the shore to some, but the zodiac cruises allowed us to get so close I felt I could touch them. Even in the sunshine, they seemed to freeze the air around us until everything was sharp and blue and clean, until we were completely wrapped up in the giant ice cliff around and above us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Lujan travelled on our  Cape Horn and Glaciers Cruise <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lujan at Condor Glacier in Tierra del Fuego<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cExploring the Chilean Fjords by boat, we landed on a distant beach and followed the footprints of a huemul deer until they crossed a meltwater river. It was fed by the broken blue cliffs of the Amalia Glacier that rose up above us like frozen ramparts. This was the sort of moment I appreciated most as a hiker \u2013 it was easy to walk to a spot where I felt like I had the entire glacier to yourself and truly enjoy how remote I was from civilization.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Nico travelled on our Southern Patagonia Glaciers Cruise<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn a side trip to the Atacama Desert, I climbed Cerro Toco, a long-dormant volcano in a dry landscape that looks like the surface of Mars \u2013 if Mars got the occasional fall of snow. High above the desert, I could look over the border to Laguna Verde in Bolivia. A few years earlier I had been there, gazing up at the peak of the volcano and wondering what the view would be like. It was well worth the wait to find out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Sydney travelled on our Explore Atacama from a Luxury Lodge<\/a> trip<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sydney’s view from Cerro Toco in the Atacama Desert<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A taste of luxury<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI took a surprise boat excursion from Melimoyu Lodge in northern Aysen, close to the Chilean Lake District. We took a boat across a narrow lake then followed a trail up through a forest until we reached a private hot spring by a rushing river. That I had expected, but I didn\u2019t know the lodge\u2019s chef would be waiting for me with a pisco sour in his hand. He cooked a three course lunch for me on the spot, then I spent a happy hour relaxing in the volcanic waters. It was a genuine slice of luxury, served up far off the beaten track.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Iain stayed at Rio Palena lodge<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Iain’s luxury lunch in the Chilean Lake District<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne morning I sat out by Lago Ranco in the Chilean Lake District. The water was like a mirror, with the mountains and low clouds forming perfect reflections. The trees and ferns were dripping with dew. I listened to the birds and the gentle lap of water and the entire buzz of the modern world just fell away. It was a quiet reminder that we\u2019re nothing in comparison to the nature that’s around us, and we always need to take time to reconnect with something bigger than ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Melinda stayed at Futangue Hotel<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI took a private boat trip out to French Valley in Torres del Paine, to a fantastic hike through the forest to the Italian viewpoint looking out over a glacier. Everything was red and gold with autumn colours, offering a wild contrast against granite grey mountains and steel blue ice. Having our own boat meant we could get back to the lodge super quickly \u2013 there was even some time to enjoy the spa before dinner!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 August\u00edn travelled on our Explore Torres del Paine from a Luxury Lodge<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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August\u00edn in Torres des Paine’s French Valley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Wildlife encounters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was sailing through Glacier Alley in Tierra del Fuego and our ship became absolutely surrounded by humpback whales. They were all spouting great plumes of vapour until it felt like there was nothing but all ice and humpbacks. I lost count of how many we saw. We’d constantly run from one side of the deck to the other to try to take it all in, it was just such an amazing moment of joy between this small group of us on the top deck of the ship.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Danny travelled on our Wildlife, Glaciers and Cape Horn Cruise <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Danny’y humpback whales in Glacier Alley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe were driving back from Glacier Grey to our lodge in Torres del Paine, when our guide suddenly stopped the car. There were two photographers at the side of the road, and in front of them a puma silently padded out of the brush. It was 20 metres away, and completely oblivious to how spellbound we were by its presence. I\u2019m not sure how long it stayed before wandering off \u2013 a minute or an eternity, possibly \u2013 but I\u2019m pretty sure I held my breath the entire time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Hayley travelled on our Torres del Paine Luxury Adventure Retreat<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe were driving down the Carretera Austral highway in Aysen when I saw movement in some bushes near the road. Quietly pulling over, we saw a huemul deer walk out carefully pick its way through the scrub. It was followed by another and another until there were more than a dozen in front of us. You can go hiking in prime huemul deer country and barely see a hoof print, but here on this remote road, they happily grazed around us before moving on and blending back into the landscape.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Burnham travelled on our Gentle Adventure in Aysen<\/a> trip<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Burnham’s huemul deer on the Carretera Austral<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWatching southern right whales with their calves was a magical moment in Peninsula Valdes. Although the boats have strict guidelines about how close they can approach the whales, no one seems to have told the whales the rules. One swam right up to us and under our boat as if it was the most normal thing in the world. Perhaps it was for them, but for those of us on board it was truly a sublime moment to be so close to these extraordinary creatures.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Peter travelled on our Best of Peninsula Valdes<\/a> trip<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Collectively at Swoop, we\u2019ve now logged hundreds of trips around Patagonia. We can\u2019t wait to add to that tally in the next season \u2013 and help you find your perfect Patagonia adventure along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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