Exploring Our world one small adventure at a time
While it's not maybe as well known as its southern cousin, El Calafate, El Chalten is nirvana for hikers and climbers worldwide. A relatively new resort, built in 1985 to help settle a land dispute with neighbouring Chile, El Chalten today exists solely because of...
An hour outside of El Calafate in Argentina, hidden to the thousands of people that rush by on the busy Ruta Quarenta, lies a valley preserved in time for millennia. In the middle of the private Estancia Sant Teresita lies a whole valley with some amazing stories...
The top draw for visitors to the charming, if somewhat isolated town, of El Calafate on the shore of Lake Argentina is a visit to the Perito Moreno Glacier in the nearby Los Glaciers National Park, a 1 hour bus ride or drive away. Looking up what there is to do...
Along with the 2 other main South American hubs (Lima in Peru and Santiago in Chile) Buenos Aires in Argentina is a thriving metropolis of finance, culture, history and commercialism. But the first time my family and friends knew I was going to be going here I was...
Iguaçu Falls; even the name sounds exotic (it means 'big water' in the local Guarani language). While a great many more people nowadays have actually heard of them, the relative expense of actually getting there puts off a lot of people. I have been fortunate...