End of Patagonia

Easter Monday saw us head off for the day to Chile’s Torres Del Paine National Park thanks to Wedding Gift number 18 and Auntie Peggy, Jean and Derek. Unfortunately the weather was awful, the wind was so strong it literally pushed me over twice. It was amazing! We went to a handful of viewpoints but there really wasn’t a great deal to see. But it was great to really experience the Patagonian wilderness. Right at the end when we were leaving the sky suddenly opened up and we were lucky enough to finally see some mountain peaks. So it was all lovely in the end.

Wrapped up against the elements!

We then took a four hour bus ride to nearby El Chalten where we spent a couple of days doing day long hikes-they told us they were well sign posted so we braved it after our El Bolson drama! The area was beautiful we saw some of the best Autumnal trees I have ever seen. And as was the case with Torres Del Paine, the clouds lifted just as we were leaving (literally while we were waiting for the bus back to El Calafate) and we got to see the beautiful Fitz Roy mountain peak-Argentina’s version of the Matterhorn!

Gorgeous Autumn leaves