OUR JOURNEY. CARRETERA AUSTRAL
6 WEEK ROAD TRIP [map]
Day Thirty Five - Cueva de las Manos
24th Mar 2016
A perfect day for trekking to the Fitzroy viewpoint; unfortunately with Easter looming, our hotel was booked up and other hotels had upped their prices to cash in on the long weekend. So today we were heading north back along the 'Ruta 40'...
Day Thirty Four - Chalten
23rd Mar 2016
Dark skies greeted us this morning and despite the sun trying its best, the clouds won and the day was mainly gloomy...
Day Thirty Three - North to El Chalten
22nd Mar 2016
After a three hour leisurely drive north from El Calafate we arrived in the mountain town of Chalten, famous for Cerro Fitzroy and Cerro Torre, two giant granite peaks rising up from the edge of the Southern Patagonian Icecap...
Day Thirty Two - Last day in El Calafate
21st Mar 2016
Our last day in El Calafate. An early morning trip to the local hospital to get an appointment for Gabys knee...
Day Thirty One - Perito Moreno Glacier Again
20th Mar 2016
There's not much to do in El Calafate except visit the glacier, so today we returned to the Perito Moreno Glacier for some more glacier watching....
Day Thirty - Not much happened today
19th Mar 2016
Not much happened today...
Day Twenty Nine - Still in El Calafate
18th Mar 2016
A trip to the hospital as Gabys knee is still giving some pain...
Day Twenty Eight - Glaciarium
17th Mar 2016
After stuffing ourselves for breakfast we headed to the Glaciarium located 5km outside of El Calafate to learn about the glaciers....
Day Twenty Seven - Perito Moreno Glacier
16th Mar 2016
Just 75 km's from El Calafate is the impressive Perito Moreno Glacier and this was our objective today....
Day Twenty Six - El Calafate
15th Mar 2016
A day relaxing in El Calafate...