El Chaltén: the hiking capital of Argentina
After our short visit to El Calafate and the Perito Moreno Glacier, we travelled onwards towards El Chaltén. This tiny city, with only 3000 inhabitants, is known as…
Visiting the Perito Moreno Glacier
Our first destination on the Argentinian side of Patagonia was the town of El Calafate. This town is a 7 hour bus ride away from Puerto Natales in…
A tip for your next holiday: GPS-guided travel articles
As you might remember, I organised a giveaway a couple of months ago together with GPSmyCity. This website offers self-guided city walks and lots of interesting travel information…
How to visit Torres del Paine from Puerto Natales
If you’re a bit like us, you started planning your trip to Torres del Paine too late and realised all the accommodation inside the park has already been…
Hiking in Torres del Paine: mirador Cuernos, Condor and Base las Torres
My main goal in Patagonia was hiking the “W” (a 5-day trek) in Torres del Paine. Unfortunately, we only started planning the Patagonia leg of our trip in…
Puerto Montt: Puerto Varas, Osorno, Petrohue and Chiloé
We spent the Christmas period in the coastal city of Puerto Montt. In accordance with Norwegian Christmas traditions, we took 3 days off to celebrate. During the other…
A visit to magical and mysterious Easter Island
Easter Island is officially part of Chile, and is located in the middle of the pacific ocean. It’s one of the most remote places on the planet. Mainland…
Mendoza & Cordoba
After our 5 day trip to Valparaiso, we travelled to Mendoza, Argentina. We crossed the border at Los Libertadores, which was a very easy and straightforward border crossing.…
Valparaíso: Chile’s street art heaven
Our next destination in Chile (after Santiago) was the colourful city of Valparaíso. Valparaíso is located in the west of Chile, on the Pacific coast. We took a…
Santiago de Chile
Santiago de Chile, the capital city, was our second big stop in Chile. Because it takes more than 24 hours to get there by bus from San Pedro,…