The wind is harsh and biting – on the road from El Calafate to El Chaltén, I had to dig out my buff and beanie from suitcase on the way, to be able to jump out of the car and … Continue reading →

A day of bumming around town….. The history of El Calafate began in the first decades of the twentieth century. Originally, it was simply a sheltering place for wool traders. The town was officially founded in 1927 by the Argentinian government to … Continue reading →

MORE Ice Ice Baby! Visited ‘the Rivers of Ice Circuit’ off Punta Bandera, including the thousand year old Upsala and Spegazzini glaciers.  Beautiful start to the day travelling out of El Calafate and saw an amazing cloud formation, of which … Continue reading →