Chile – World Safari

PATAGOINA NATIONAL PARK, CHILE

TWO HIKES, 50KM, THREE DAYS 10-13 January. The drive into the park meandered gently for nearly 20 kilometres before reaching the visitors’ centre. The road wound through open grasslands, following rivers and backed by serrated mountains still holding pockets of late snow. Guanaco roamed and grazed — some lifting their heads as we passed, most […]

CARRETERA AUSTRAL – MARBLE CAVES AND TURQUOISE LAKES, CHILE

DUST, MARBLE AND THE COLOUR OF WATER 7 – 10th January. Leaving Cerro Castillo behind, the carretera carried us onward toward Puerto Río Tranquilo. The landscape opening out into wide valleys and 100km long, exposed stretches of very dusty gravel roads. Traffic was 80% adventure bikers and cyclists, 10% overland vehicles and 10% locals. Brazilian […]

CARRETERA AUSTRAL – HIKING CERRO CASTILLO, CHILE

Hiking Patagonia 6 January. Long, sweeping curves lead us down into the valley leading to the striking Cerro Castillo. We camped together with Sara & Huw in a windy, dusty carpark, everything slowly coated in fine grit each time a vehicle passed — which was far too often. The next morning we set out early-ish, […]

CARRETERA AUSTRAL – Yelcho Lake to Futaleufú, Patagonia Chile

Rivers, Rapids and a Slice of Old Patagonia 26 – 29th December Boxing Day morning Our plan was simple: drive until something beautiful made us stop. We left Chaitén the same way we had arrived — wrapped in rain. Low cloud pressed down over the hills, the volcano fading behind us as the road pulled […]

CARRETERA AUSTRAL – Hornopirén to Chaiten, Chile

By the time we reached the start of the Carretera Austral, the weather had already set the tone — cold, wet, and windy. We camped that night on the roadside in the small town of Hornopirén, queued for the next morning’s ferry alongside others doing the same. Vans and campers with Chilean, Brazilian, and Argentine […]

CHILOÉ ISLAND, CHILE