22nd Nov 2013
Time for the Patagonian Adventure to really begin. It's an early morning start, pick up at 7.30 am to board the 21 de Mayo for the trip along the Senoret Canal and into Fiordo Eberhard.
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| Really felt like an adventure with the crusty old sea dog doing the meet and greet |
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| Beautiful sailing conditions |
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| Balmaceda Glacier |
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| Serrano Glacier |
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| Giving Serrano Glacier a bit of scale |
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| Time to taste some Glacial Ice |
After the short walk to the Serrano Glacier viewing area we jumped into a zodiac to head over to Serrano homestead which looks out at the Glacier where we shared a meal of delicious pan fried salmon and too much wine with a small group that we're also heading up to the Torres del Paine National Park.
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| Off the zodiac and about to get in a bus - Torres del Paine in the background |
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| Time for a selfie...Andrew does sign photos, I do selfies |
This was a lovely tour but somewhat overpriced for what we got. We were very surprised to find that the driver was going to leave us some 7km from where we expected to start hiking from. We had been told there were buses all the time ( we would have to wait 2hrs for the next bus ) fortunately for us there was an Italian couple that spoke Spanish who were also doing some hiking, they negotiated with the driver to take us into the park to Las Torres where we could camp since it was too late to set out hiking. On arrival at Las Torres Hotel Andrew thought he would see if we could get a room for the night, " sure " said the lovely young lady in very clear English " that will be $600 " Hmmm...maybe not, $12 for camping sounds more than reasonable.
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