Yes, our initial idea was to cycle to Punta Arenas. For which reason? No particular one other than our friend arrived in Punta Arenas. So why did we stop in Puerto Natales? It’s closer to Torres del Paine National Park and the hike was the next thing we had planned anyway. The road to Punta Arenas was said to be quite boring. 200 km of flat land with plenty of wind and rain. It did…
Already on the traverse of the Lago O’Higgins we had seen the iconic peak of Fitz Roy from the far distance. The closer we got the more impressive it became with its sheer granite faces towering over the adjacent scenery. But also the wind picked up with every kilometre we travelled towards it. The first night we stayed on a camp-site 20km before El Chalten (Ricanor), surrounded by mountains. The wind was sometimes non-existent and…
Yes, we knew that the border crossing from Villa O’Higgins in Chile to El Chalten in Argentina was going to be a little expensive. We bought our ferry tickets when we arrived in Villa O’Higgins. A not very interested lady sells the tickets in an overly heated tipi tent next to the company’s (Robinson Crusoe) brand new and somehow misplaced luxury hotel. Once you see this hotel you can imagine where the money from the…
Yes, people were talking a lot about the O’Higgins crossing: the transfer by boat was not guaranteed if the weather was bad and we might get stuck in the town, the trail is a real challenge and it would be better to do it in flip flops as we need to cross so many streams and we need to push the bikes most time anyway. Of course we met only people who did the crossing…
