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| Perito Moreno Glacier |
Stretching from the southern end
of the Andes Mountains in Argentina and Chile to Cape Horn, the Americas’
southernmost tip, lies the storied land.
To say the landscape is dramatic
would be an understatement. A visit to Patagonia could include a hike around
the legendary granite mountains of Torres del Paine camping on the shore
of a glacial lake, or strapping on crampons to trek across a glacier. You could
travel the plains where cowboys still roam by horseback, and hit the road all
the way down to the land of fire, Tierra de fuego, at the southern end of the
inhabited world.
Magellan dubbed the local Indians
Patagones, meaning “big feet.” The name stuck and gave Patagonia its moniker.
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| Torres del Paine. Chile |
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| Fitz Roy. Argentina |
We left New Zealand at 4pm on the
16th (April 2012) and after an 11 hour flight we landed in Santiago at 12 o´clock midday the
same day. Long day, isn't it? Actually the longest in my life!
