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finally a bit of adventure for jamie | Apr 08 07'

by alex f a 31 year old from Cambridge, on vacation in El Calafate

"glaciers are beautiful even in the rain and if you can´t see the mountains it is easier to pretend you are in the antarctic"

me and jamie arrived in el calafate tired and hungry after our mammoth journey (my 1st overnight bus trip, although i suspect i will have to get us... Continue reading »
El Calafate and Perito Moreno Glaciar | Jan 11 07'

by Craig & Jo a 29 year old male traveling as a couple from Melbourne, on vacation in El Calafate

Got into El Calafate and went straight to our hostel we had booked in advance. Calafate was much more to our liking, similar to Bariloche in... Continue reading »
El Calafate: Staring at ice for a while | Apr 03 08'

by Mark and Rach a 27 year old male traveling as a couple from Perth, on vacation in El Calafate

"3 hrs may seem like a long time to stare at a glacier but it is strangley mesmerizing waiting for the next chunk to fall off"

A bus ride from Puerto Natales took us to El Calafate. A town slightly bigger than the last one to see one of the most active icefields in the worl... Continue reading »
Ishmael | Mar 03 08'

by Cass and Worth a female traveling as a couple from Avon, on vacation in El Calafate

"The belly of the whale"

Argentina broke us. Not in the sense that is took us over its knee or anything, just in the sense that we have... Continue reading »
Perito Moreno Glacier | Nov 18 07'

by Sabrinas Adventures a 24 year old female from Vancouver, on vacation in El Calafate

One of the highlights of this trip was our visit to the Perito Moreno glacier. It´s one of the largest glaciers here in Argentina with a height of... Continue reading »
El Calafate and The World´s Third Largest Icefield | Feb 07 08'

by Matt and Amber a 33 year old female traveling as a couple from Austin, on vacation in El Calafate

El CalafateFebruary 8, 2008(Amber)After a quick and easy flight to El Calafate, which allowed us to avoid the 40-hour bus ride to the South, we arr... Continue reading »
No words can explain the beauty of this place | Feb 06 06'

by Lost Tribe a 27 year old male from London, on vacation in El Calafate

"...........NO WORDS!"

The funny thing about being in this region is that you would be travelling on the bus for hours without seeing a single development in the land (al... Continue reading »
Ice, Ice Baby, too cold! | Nov 17 07'

by Callum & Claire a traveling as a couple from Leeds, on vacation in El Calafate

"........we didn't want to end up like the Titanic!"

Our flight from Buenos Aires to El Calafate took us through Ushaia bizarrely, considering that our original flight was to go there! Anyway, because... Continue reading »
Patagonia | Feb 28 07'

by Sus and Pete a 26 year old female traveling as a couple from San Francisco, on vacation in El Calafate

Wow! It is going to be hard to describe the things that we have seen and done in Patagonia, and our story may be better described throug... Continue reading »
Perito Moreno | Jun 17 07'

by Hillary a 33 year old female from Santa Cruz, on vacation in El Calafate

I've covered a lot of ground since I last wrote- I am now dispatching from Ushuaia, Argentina, the "end of the world". More on that later, first le... Continue reading »