14th Mar 2016
Back across the border to El Calafate in Argentina...
13th Mar 2016
After a trip to the park information center, we drove back along the gravel road stopping to take photos and experienced some true Patagonia winds....
12th Mar 2016
The decision was made, today we would retreat from the Torres del Paine circuit so we back tracked the 30 long and tiring km's to the car....
11th Mar 2016
Today was going to be a long day, the weather was playing along but Gabys knee was not....
10th Mar 2016
A shorter day with a rainy start. About three hours of trekking to the Saron campsite where we spent most of the afternoon relaxing in the tent....
9th Mar 2016
Having decided to drive to the National Park and have more flexibility rather than catch the bus, we left Puerto Natales early and were some of the first to arrive at Laguna Amarga to enter the park...
8th Mar 2016
Four hours of driving though the blustery and desolate Patagonia steppe with a few stops to admire the condors soaring overhead...
7th Mar 2016
5 hours driving south brought us to the overcast El Calafate....
6th Mar 2016
What can only be described as an epic crossing of the Andes mountains....
5th Mar 2016
A cold morning delayed our departure but we had packed up the tent and were away by 10:30am. Today's objective was described in our guide book as a 'highlight' and a 'magical place' we were heading to Caleta Tortel famed for its wooden board walks....