Category: Topside nature
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El Chalten – fantastic hiking around Mount Fitz Roy and great restaurants, Argentina
The drive from El Calafate to El Chalten took us about 3 hours. We arrived at lunch time and checked into our airbnb. The weather was phenomenal for El Chalten hiking, especially for Patagonia. No wind, sunshine and no clouds so we went right away for a short hike. Here is more on the hike…
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Perito Moreno – a huge glacier with easy access, Argentina
Perito Moreno is a very large beautiful glacier with excellent tourist infrastructure making it easy to visit. Until recently the glacier also was quite an exception in that it was a stable glacier, not retreating like many other glaciers around the world. However a recent study shows that that is changing now and Perito Moreno…
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Laguna de Los Tres – a full day hike for stunning views of Mount Fitz Roy, Argentina
Laguna de Los Tres is the most famous hike from El Chalten. We did this hike from Rio Electrico and via Piedras Blancas glacier lookout. The more common route is from El CHalten via Laguna Capri. But since we already did Laguna Capri we wanted to try this different route. It was also meant to…
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Laguna Torre – a full day hike from El Chalten, Argentina
The first time we hiked Laguna Torre, we started this 20km hike from the same point as Laguna Capri hike. After the trail split we continued through the forest on a mostly flat trail. We were spotted an orchid which was very exciting. Mirador Cerro Torre is mean to provide the view of Cerro Torre.…
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Condors and Aguilas lookout hike from El Chalten, Argentina
The hike to Los Condores lookout starts at the visitor center. It is a somewhat steep but shork walk up to a rocky outcrop with spectacular views of El Chalten village and Mount Fitzroy in the distance After admiring the view one can go to Aguilas (eagle) lookout. This is mostly flat slightly rolling half…
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Laguna Capri and Fitzroy lookout – a beautiful half day hike from El Chalten, Argentina
Most hikes around Fitzroy mountain start from the edge of town in El Chalten. We walked down from our airbnb, showed our multi-day passes to the guards at the gate and headed up the hills. Th trail to Laguna Capri (all of them actually) starts with a steep assent that reaches a nice view point…
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Monterrico on Guatemala Pacific coast – great nature and fishing
For the last part of our Guatemala trip we were hiring a car and driving to the Pacific West coast. The road from Guatemala City to the Port of San Jose on the coast is excellent but there is very heavy truck traffic.It took us around 3 hours to get out of Guatemala city and…
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Lake Atitlan – unreal beauty in Guatemala highlands
We headed from Antigua towards lake Atitlan on the 30th of December. The road is very good. Oddly, all along the way we saw people sitting by the side of the road in small groups. According to our driver they were “having a picnic” while waiting for the passing buses since everyone was traveling some…
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Exploring Mayan Ruins and Mountain Pine Ridge Reserve in Belize
Before and after our dive trip in Belize we explored the top side covering most major Mayan ruins in the country. Belize has impressive history and ruins from Maya period. Unlike Mexico, the sites were not crowded at all, sometimes we had a site to ourselves. One can also climb many of the pyramids still.…
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Floreana island, Galapagos
We did a day trip to Floreana island in the Galapagos, when we were staying in Santa Cruz. Floreana has the smallest population with currently about 100 people. It has iguanas that are reddish in color, a tortoise reserve, a short hike up the hill to see caves where pirates used to stay back in…