Argentina Trip Report, Twenty-Four Hours 3: Tierra Del Fuego, Twenty-Four Hours 4: Cerro Martial, Flying To Calafate

DAY 3, December 1, 2013,

Tierra del Fuego National Park:

The commons has dramatic scenery, amongst waterfalls, forests, mountains in addition to glaciers. Its 630 sq km (240 sq mi) include parts of the Fagnano and Roca lakes. The Senda Costera (Coastal Path), connecting Ensenada Bay to Lapataia Bay on Lago (lake) Roca, is a pop hiking trail within the park

We had read a shuttle takes hikers to the commons in addition to has a laid of stops within from where nosotros tin receive got it dorsum for returning.

Temperature that twenty-four hours was 10°C to 3°C, OCCASIONAL MILD DRIZZLES

We reached Maipu past times 8.30 am in addition to at the Fadul intersection saw a omnibus amongst passengers. It turned out to hold upward the i going to the park. We paid the driver for the provide ticket.

TREN DEL FIN DEL MUNDO is the 1st stop. It is a heritage educate which covers 5kms inward 50 minutes. It was established inward 1909 for transporting prisoners inward in addition to taking the logged timber out. We decided to skip the educate ride,

We reached the Visitor middle in addition to bought our entry tickets.

We wanted to laid out our senda costera hike in addition to asked to hold upward dropped at the postal service component at the terminate of the world. Our driver asked us to hold off for turisur vans when nosotros wanted to provide afterwards our hikes; nosotros could receive got it from lago roca.

This is the postal service component at the terminate of the world; they postage stamp our passport amongst the terminate of the world, fin del mundo postage stamp every bit the greenish sign says.

We had already got our costless stamps at the Touristico information component on Maipu the previous twenty-four hours on a slice of paper... non advisable to waste materials a page inward the passport for such things. Also it's illegal to lay such unofficial stamps inward the passport! The passport tin instruct revoked!

The postal service component was non still open. nosotros started off on our senda costera trail. It's a 8 km trail upward in addition to downwardly hills, nosotros cash inward one's chips through dense forests in addition to the trail keeps coming downwardly to acquaint lovely coastal views. Then it i time again goes up, to come upward downwardly i time again in addition to thence on in addition to thence on.

In Spanish, isle is isla—s is non silent; ensenada is a cove/creek, bahai—h silent—is a bay.

SENDA COSTERA:

An aussie tourist who nosotros nicknamed Jesus for his beard took this pic.

Later when nosotros were inward a dense wood amongst a slippery trail, nosotros saw him on the rocky coast, thence nosotros left the trail in addition to came downwardly to the coast proverb Jesus has saved us—after walking a spell on the rocks, turned out at that spot was no agency to cash inward one's chips on every bit sheer cliffs came upward in addition to nosotros had to i time again climb dorsum upward into the forest. Wish nosotros had taken his curt cutting to attain Lago Roco faster. Our invention had been to complete this hike in addition to thence receive got the shuttle to the side past times side scenic spot Lago Fagnano. e could only complete i hike in addition to saw the scenic spot on he shuttle on our agency back. In fact the Aussie work solid unit of measurement got into the shuttle at that spot in addition to nosotros actually wished nosotros had followed them on our 1st hike instead of trudging through the whole trail

On our coastal trail...as said earlier, it takes us upward the loma through forests in addition to streams in addition to brings us downwardly to the coast amongst a spectacular view.

Nice information board...lost this greenish cap on the trail...

Post component behind...it started off a cold, foggy twenty-four hours amongst occasional drizzles.

Decent trail inward the forest—it would presently cash inward one's chips slippery slush.

Quindo evergreen tree, dainty industrial plant to enjoy— antarctic beech trees.

This is afterwards showtime trek upward in addition to downwardly to the coast— nosotros did non know at that spot volition hold upward several of them in addition to the trails inward bad shape.

This is afterwards some other trek upward in addition to downwardly the hill—rewarding view.

Another trek up—sight of a only raft.

These are lenga trees—antarctic beech.

A current to cross—got our shoes wet. We chose non to receive got hiking boots—just metropolis walking shoes; worked out OK but a ameliorate handgrip would receive got been welcome—we were slithering on some slopes.

Gushing current below inward the midst of a dense forest.

Again dorsum downwardly on beach—a pebbly coast this time.

Saw a skua in addition to pudu. This is a kelp goose.

The trail which was 8km upward in addition to downwardly loma had been tough because of the pelting in addition to slush.

Also nosotros did non relish the sight of beaver harm inward the latter component of the trail.

Wish they exercise something to halt the beaver menace— the pests are bringing downwardly huge trees.

After close half-dozen hours, nosotros reached the terminate of our trail.

Alakush is the visitor center... our van stops at that spot also for driblet off/pickup.

Bahia lapataia...should receive got gone on a footling farther to the lake lago roca—but nosotros thought this was the end. Walked simply about the scenic bay.

Capilla Maria...Mary's chapel here...

Wasted our fourth dimension trying to instruct some dollars exchanged. Mediocre cheese in addition to egg empanada —trying to instruct some telephone commutation for our dollars.

Our omnibus came at 5pm at this spot in addition to nosotros boarded it in addition to traveled dorsum to the town.

DAY 4, December 2, 2013, CERRO MARTIAL:

Our clock showing the time—5.20am.

Light makes it experience similar mid day—we never drew the blinds on the slanting drinking glass roof fifty-fifty when nosotros slept. nosotros enjoyed the antarctic summer.

We had a flying to El Calafate at 1.15. Packed up, checked out in addition to left our bags at the reception.

Decided to receive got a taxi to Cerro Martial which is 7km away, pass an hr at that spot in addition to instruct to the aerodrome past times 11.30.

Cerro martial chairlift starts only at 10.

Took a cab to Cerro MartiaL 50 pesos.

This is on the way...

asked the driver to come upward dorsum for us at 11.15 in addition to receive got us to the airport. afterwards collecting bags from hotel.

Our rudimentary Castilian was effective inward communicating all our needs...

Here's the chairlift at cerro martial. aerosilla(eye-roh-see-ah—ll silent)—chairlift

bienvenidos—welcome.

Waiting for the 1st ride at 10am. The board gives real of import skiing info—-where it is rubber to ski in addition to where it is unsafe in addition to forbidden...

This chair has a footrest. At Bariloche CERRO COMPANARIO, at that spot was no footrest, only an armrest nosotros had to elevator down. It was a hilarious experience to cash inward one's chips upward on the cable amongst our feet dangling free.

Tree top spot for staff...

Started off every bit a clear twenty-four hours amongst no hint of pelting but on top of the mountain, it stared snowing heavily.

Bought the tickets at the Info middle in addition to ticket counter.

After the chairlift ride, on the 1st viewing platform of the mount here...

Friendly dogs—all the 4 cities nosotros visited had stray dogs running around.

Started our trek—needed to zip upward all layers.

Lovely snowfall in addition to the gurgling current past times the side.

This is the river feeding the town of Ushuaia amongst drinking water—it is fed past times the snowfall of Cerro Martial in addition to runs all the agency down—very pretty sight from the cable ride.

Wow — a dainty feel of achievement.

Martial Glacier lies 1,050 meters inward a higher house bounding main marking in addition to it is the most of import rootage of fresh H2O inward Ushuaia. It has been named afterwards explorer Luis Fernando Martial, primary of the French expedition inward 1883.

In the summer, this is an ideal house for hiking or trekking amongst circuits of dissimilar durations (from a few minutes to a whole twenty-four hours itinerary) in addition to difficulties. But when the wintertime comes, everything is covered past times a white blanket.

It started snowing.

We cutting curt our trek, got into our cab whom nosotros had called at 11.15 in addition to went to the aerodrome afterwards picking upward our packed bags from hotel

Airport at Ushuaia had lovely arts and crafts pieces made from semi precious stones—- all these are video grabs.

Swan from agate...

This pinkish stone is rosa inca— which is available only inward Argentina.

Landed inward calafate in addition to our bags were the showtime to brand it on the belt.

EL CALAFATE:

Took a taxi to our hotel Solares del Sur.

Artistic welcome sign at metropolis entrance...with mount ranges, sun, stars — the calafate bush in addition to flowers are inward the left bottom corner.

The town is named afterwards the calafate bush amongst yellowish flowers in addition to imperial berries.

Legend says a individual who eats the calafate berry returns...we did consume it when nosotros found the bush inward the wild... we'd dearest to provide …

Our cab deposited us at our hotel—Solares del Sur; cabbie charged 180 pesos.

Solares del Sur:

We had our private cabana—with kitchen, gas stove, microwave, fridge, bath amongst fifty-fifty towel warmer, dining room, two radiators in addition to a large sleeping room upstairs amongst a balcony having a cracking thought of Lago Argentino.

Lots of lovely fine art go inward our cabana....

nosotros were thence happy nosotros chose to remain away from the main town... the centro was thence crowded in addition to a hotel room at that spot would receive got been modest in addition to to a greater extent than expensive!

Here's the side past times side postal service roofing our showtime two days inward El Calafate:
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