OUR JOURNEY. CARRETERA AUSTRAL

6 WEEK ROAD TRIP [map]

Day Twenty Five - Argentina Again

14th Mar 2016

Back across the border to El Calafate in Argentina...

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Day Twenty Four - Exiting the Park

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....

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Day Twenty Three - Torres del Paine, Day Four

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....

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Day Twenty Two - Torres del Paine, Day Three

11th Mar 2016

Today was going to be a long day, the weather was playing along but Gabys knee was not....

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Day Twenty One - Torres del Paine, Day Two

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....

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Day Twenty - Torres del Paine, Day One

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...

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Day Nineteen - Gateway to Torres del Paine

8th Mar 2016

Four hours of driving though the blustery and desolate Patagonia steppe with a few stops to admire the condors soaring overhead...

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Day Eighteen - South on Ruta 40

7th Mar 2016

5 hours driving south brought us to the overcast El Calafate....

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Day Seventeen - Argentina!

6th Mar 2016

What can only be described as an epic crossing of the Andes mountains....

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Day Sixteen - Caleta Tortel

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....

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