As we continue our journey, we come across the Magellanic penguins we already know. A short detour of “only” 120 km to go and 120 km to come back takes us to a large Magellanic penguin colony of approx. 250,000 penguins at Cabo Virgenes. On the Chilean island of...

As mentioned in the first blog post about Los Glaciares National Park and El Chaltén, we come across the same national park again a few hundred kilometers further south. This time the national park doesn't challenge us in a sporty way, but it still plays on all our...

In order to protect the impressive nature of Patagonia, many areas are protected under the regime of national parks. The region in the mountain range between El Chaltén and El Calafate is also united in a large national park: the Parque de Los Glaciares. The...