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I had another long day ahead of myself – a full day trip to see some of the salt flats and lagoons around San Pedro. We left town around 07:00 today (so not as bad as yesterday), then making our … Continue reading
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Today I had the earliest start of my whole trip. We left San Pedro at 04:00 in the morning, heading North for the El Tatio geyser field. The drive took us up to an elevation of around 4300 meters and … Continue reading
Today I kicked if off with the local museum of San Pedro – after which it did not take too long to realize that I had already seen the entire city center. My guidebook suggested a walk to the Pukara de Quitor, the ruins of an old Inca fort, strategically located on a hill, over-looking the oasis and the valley – a good 3km out of town.
Another hiking route started next to the Pukara’s entrance, leading up to the top of two other hills with even better views.
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This afternoon I joined a group tour to visit some valleys around town. Our first stop was at a massive sand dune in the Death Valley (not to be confused with the one in the US). We started at a … Continue reading
Today I left Argentina; a ten hour bus ride got me from Salta to San Pedro de Atacama and over the border into Chile; I got there in the late afternoon, moved into my hostal room and started to check out the town.
Our last and final (half) day in the park; today’s hike was not more than a three hour walk (mostly flat) up to a viewpoint to see Grey Glacier and back to the mountain lodge. The views of Grey Glacier were very impressive at this time … but ridiculous compared to what was to come the next few days back in Argentina.
From the mountain lodge we took the 12:30 ferry to get back to Puerto Natales in the early evening.
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Day 3 in Torres del Paine National Park … After a cold night (-2 degrees) … – hiking from Refugio Los Torres to the Paine Grande Mountain Lodge with a (most important) side trip up to the Valle Frances (French … Continue reading
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We spent the night on a private campsite outside the National Park. After a generous breakfast we got transferred back to the Torres Hotel – yesterday’s starting point was also the one of today. Destination of the day though was … Continue reading
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We finally made into Torres del Paine National Park, the van had brought us right next to the Torres Hotel – ready for our hike up to the Torres. Overall distance (one way) to the Torres is about 10 km … Continue reading
Here we were – on our way to Torres del Paine National Park, on the way to four days in the wild, four days hiking the W trek, three nights in a tent – but first we had to endure a three hours ride in a van to actually get to the park.
We had a few stops on the way to enjoy the views – until we finally reached the park entrance. From here it was only a matter of minutes – and an interesting bridge crossing – to get to the starting point for today’s hike.
