Category Archives: Travel Journals

The newly marked trail starts only 15 minutes from the Lodge where a small arrow sign directs us to the right.  We will make the 16 km loop counterclockwise – hopefully running into the suspension bridge after 5 kms. Some … Continue reading →

Magdellena Penguins on Magdellena Island off the coast of Punta Arenas, the farthest southern city in Chile. Here for a short season of nesting, the penguins coexist with a few thousand gulls who keep to their own section of the … Continue reading →

These llama like cameloids are flourishing in the Chacabuco Valley or Patagonia, Chile where sheep farming is no longer competing for the grasses. The guanacos keep a community order that is fascinating to watch. Each member of the herd has … Continue reading →

The Lodge at Chacabuco Valley, Patagonia Park, Chile is a uniquely Patagonian experience! The interesting aspect of this new national park of the country of Chile is that several facilities were already built by Kris and Douglas Tomkins in order … Continue reading →

The boat captain is right at home. He maneuvers through the waters never touching the stones or rocks that are especially soft. He motors across the lake if its blowing less than 50 kms/hr! We have waited over two days … Continue reading →

More pictures from the Marble Caves – it was very cold and early morning crisp air. The rock formations look more dramatic in the pictures. I snapped away with my IPhone X – amazing camera! The whole tour takes an … Continue reading →

Reviewing pix of penguins from Patagonia. This is Magdellena Island with rows of penguins on the top of the ledge and families of sea lions. We are allowed an hour to walk through the colony of nesting couples tending their … Continue reading →

On our last day of the Patagonia tour, we stop for an early and very chilly boat ride across the huge Lago General Carrera to see the Marble Caves – recently noted as a must see by the NYTimes (I … Continue reading →

Entering Cerrito Castillo Patagonia Chile — at Reserva nacional Cerro Castillo.

The goal is to return in 21 years to this sign! I am standing in Argentina with Chile behind me…..it is also an area where the regional species of rheas like to graze (they look like a small ostrich.) The … Continue reading →

Puma Watch! 11 Feb 2019 It was in the morning after our long hike that our guide, Hans, had seen tracks on the dirt road near our lodge. There a puma had dragged the carcass of a guanaco (small llama … Continue reading →

Hans, our Chilean guide wearing his Patagonia pride, introduces us to the General Carrera Lake. Lago General Carrera – the largest in Chile – half of it is in Argentina where it is known as Lago Buenos Aires It is … Continue reading →