The White Volcano
October 15, 2024, from the itinerary: At 8am meet at the lobby to meet for your adjusted White Volcano experience. We will drive 40...
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Oct 186 min read
Peñaliri
(Gentle Readers: It has taken me 5 days to repeatedly publish this post. WIFI is minimal in rural Bolivia, so the rest of the posts may...
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Oct 154 min read
Santiago to Calama
13 October, 2024 from the Itinerary: drag yourself to the airport in time for your 7am flight on LATAM LA148. You will be met by an...
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Oct 132 min read
Madrid to Santiago, Chile
October 12, 2024- from the itinerary: catch the 12:30 Iberia flight to Santiago and sit on the plane for 13 hours. Stay at the airport...
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Oct 111 min read
To Atacama and Uyuni Salt Flat
October 11, 2024 and today we start on our adventure to Chile and Bolivia. It was freezing cold in Liphook this morning, I wore a down...
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Apr 10, 20234 min read
Torres del Pain(e)
March 28,2023 from the itinerary: Base Torres. High mountain ascent. Expert level. 14.7 miles. Full day. 7 hours. Elevation gain:...
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Apr 10, 20234 min read
The Full Patagonia Experience
March 27 from the itinerary: Glaciar Grey - full day 12.4 km/7.7 miles. Elevation gain 1765. We cross the Pehoe Lake by catamaran to...
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Apr 9, 20232 min read
Operation White Witch
March 29, 2023. From the Itinerary: Exploration 1 - Laguna Negra horseback ride. Rated easy for a 90 minute, 2.5 mile, half day ride. ...
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Mar 27, 20232 min read
Petroglyphs!
March 26, 2023, from the Itinerary: Hike 1:Aonikenk - half day. We travel by van to the eastern sector of the park, where we hike,...
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Mar 26, 20232 min read
Windy!
March 24th- from the itinerary: Alto del Toro- full day, 5 hour moderate hike, 7.8 miles, elevation 1870. We begin our hike with a...
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Mar 24, 20233 min read
Travel Odyssey- South, South, South
March 24, from the itinerary-get on plane. fly a long way. Run to catch connecting flight. Continue flying further south. Overnight in...
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Mar 23, 20232 min read
We are off to Patagonia
It's March 23 and we are off to Patagonia today. From the itinerary: Get up at 4:50am for our 8:16 am flight to Panama City. Change...
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Mar 27, 20221 min read
Back to Santiago
All good things must come to an end and today - 3/18/22 - we had to endure the 6 hours back to the airport for the flight back to...
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Mar 27, 20223 min read
Los Coihues - too hard, too long
This is our last day at the lodge and the staff at the lodge created a special itinerary for us combining a boat ride and two hikes - ...
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Mar 26, 20222 min read
Lots of Guanacos and a great bridge
CAÑADÓN CHACABUCO on mom's birthday. A 10.3 mile hike, some of it on a path, some "off-piste" and we were able to hike directly from the...
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Mar 24, 20222 min read
Aviles hike - the best we had in Patagonia
On 3/15/22 we took a day hike called "Aviles". This is a 10.3 miles and ranked as moderate. We started at 9 with a 40 minute van ride...
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Mar 23, 20221 min read
Lago Chico
We had our first hike in Patagonia was on 3/14/22 to Lago Chico - small lake. Breakfast was typical Explora - half cooked eggs:), but...
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Mar 22, 20225 min read
Santiago to Balmaceda, then on to Patagonia National Park
Today is 3/13/22, day 10 of our trip to Chile. Thankfully, we no longer need to self report any Covid symptoms. This morning we rolled...
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Mar 21, 20221 min read
Final Expedition in Atacama and back to Santiago
3/12/22 and our last day at San Pedro de Atacama. We saw the sun rise from the top floor and enjoyed some minutes of quiet before...
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Mar 21, 20222 min read
Petroglyphs and the Canyon Waterfall Walk
We swapped out another high altitude hike for a hike to see the petroglyphs called Caravaneros. This hike was supposedly harder than...
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