Category: Epic Adventures

We speak to Hugo who has been a tour guide in Chile and Argentina for several years. He tells us about his experience of Patagonia and his top tips. If you would like to get in touch with Hugo to find out more or to hire him as a guide – get in touch with […]

  On my Swoop trip through Southern Patagonia that started in Buenos Aires and which has taken me to Chalten and Calafate, I’ve covered large distances to get from place to place and this combined with pretty strict bus timetables during low season, has meant i’ve had to stay in several interesting hotels, hosterias and […]

Cynthia and Eduardo, tell us a bit about yourselves Eduardo Shule is a Mountain Guide and Mountain Biking Guide with more than 10 years working in Patagonia. He likes to enjoy nature exploring and finding new places all the time. He is a sportsman, he practised sports all his life including BMX mountain biking to […]

What were the top 3 highlights of your trip? 1) Waking up in the tent to the sounds of the whales and calfs laying just off shore in Golfo San Jose. (Just how close – please see picture). We complained to Gabriel that we couldn’t sleep because of their noise – and just for a […]

Trey and Shelby Scharp are a young couple who were both born and raised in the Rocky Mountains. They made their first trip to Argentina in 2000 and fell in love with the country and its people. Finally, in 2006 they left the States and returned to their favorite region of Patagonia in pursuit of […]

                                                                  Sean at the summit of Kilimanjaro Having spent most of his childhood climbing trees and chasing elephants on the banks of the Zambezi River in the heart of the Zimbabwean wilderness, it’s no wonder that Sean Conway is a lover of all things adventure. Over the last 10 years he’s achieved some amazing feats, […]

  Until I visited Patagonia in January, I wasn’t really aware of what the Hidroaysen plan actually was. It was through visiting the Chilean Lake District and meeting members of Conservacion Cochamo that I realised that this wasn’t a one-off attempt to turn one river into a hydroelectricity generating plant, it was a nationwide project […]

Antarctica is the biggest ice sheet in the world, accounting for 90 percent of the world’s ice and 70 percent of its fresh water. If you’re planning to join a cruise to Antarctica, it can often be quite useful and interesting to map out where you’re going to stop off. Some of the top landmarks […]