Despite the awesomeness of Patagonia our favourite treks have been the ones we did in the Peruvian Andes back in November. Something about being isolated in these rugged and harsh landscapes manages to raise stoke levels just a touch higher than when we were hiking amongst more spectacular Patagonian peaks but surrounded by other hikers. […]
Read more "Ausangate: Trekking around a Sacred Mountain"Our high altitude Bolivian adventure continued as we rolled into one of the highest towns on earth. Potosi, sitting pretty at 4,000m. This town does have some picturesque colonial buildings from back in its Spanish hay day but other than that it’s not too different from other Andean towns. Throw it back to the 1600s […]
Read more "High Times: Part Two of our Bolivian Adventure"We’re back with another post about trekking…woooo! Our third trek in under three weeks after arriving in Patagonia and one we were still very excited about, despite beginning to feel the effects of so many miles under foot. Some amigos we had met on the O Circuit told us about this trek near El Chaltén. […]
Read more "Huemul Circuit: A trip to the Southern Ice Field"One trek down and we didn’t let much time pass before ticking off another. From Torres del Paine on the Chilean side of Patagonia, we crossed over to Argentina, bypassed El Calafate and the famous calving Perito Moreno glacier, ending up in El Chalten by the end of the day. We set up our tent […]
Read more "Trekking around the Fitz"Like all good dreams, we eventually came back to reality (if you can call it that) and rejoined the backpacker circuit. We flew from Santiago to our first stop in Patagonia, the town of Puerto Natales, from where we would set off to explore Torres del Paine National Park. The park is on the Chilean […]
Read more "Hiking the O in Torres del Paine"Trip Totals Distance: ~ 106km Elevation Gain: 4125m Duration: 7 days, 6 nights Cost: 81,000 CLP per person (~ $162 CAD) Park entry fee: 21,000 CLP per person (~ $42 CAD) Camping: 24,000 CLP per person (~ $48 CAD) Transportation: 18,000 CLP per person (~ $36 CAD) – includes bus to and from Torres del […]
Read more "Torres del Paine – O Circuit Trip Report"Bienvenidos a Lima, nothing like the noise and exhaust from the cars and busses of ~9 million people combined with 30 degree heat to greet you after nearly 40 hours on a bus. A cruel twist of fate would see water supply cut to our hostel the day after we arrived, read: no cold showers […]
Read more "Peru Round Two: Lima and the Colca Canyon"So we just set new personal records for time spent on a bus. 39 hours. Boarding our first bus from Quito to Guayaquil at 3:30am on a Friday morning and arriving in Lima on Saturday night around 9:00pm with only one bus change and a few hours in the Guayaquil terminal. We knew we were […]
Read more "Losing track of time in Cotopaxi"For us and many other travellers who want to complete the Huayhuash trek, the prospect of having to hire a guide was unappealing and simply not in the budget. We scoured the internet for route information and trip reports beforehand until we felt sufficiently prepared and the trip ended up panning out almost perfectly in […]
Read more "Cordillera Huayhuash Technical Trip Report"Back in the mountains. And it feels good. Home base for the next few weeks was sitting pretty at 3,052m, sandwiched between two national parks and surrounded by glacier capped peaks, visible on clear days. We arrived in Huaraz with intentions of spending the first few days acclimatizing with some mellow day hikes to nearby […]
Read more "Getting to know Huaraz + the Santa Cruz Trek"
Astray in S.A. 