Adele's photos

When in El Calafate we visited the Laguna Nimez reserve, which concentrates a varied sample of local wildlife. This ecological environment lodges an educational circuit with trails and signposts laid up along over 2,500 meters. The reserve has good vantage points that enable visitors to watch flamingoes, geese, silvery grebes, black-necked swans, ibis, lapwings, ducks, coots, hawks and chimangos, among other 70 species.

When in El Calafate we visited the Laguna Nimez reserve, which concentrates a varied sample of local wildlife. This ecological environment lodges an educational circuit with trails and signposts laid up along over 2,500 meters. The reserve has good vantage points that enable visitors to watch the flamingoes, geese, silvery grebes, black-necked swans, ibis, lapwings, ducks, coots, hawks and chimangos, among other 70 species.

A windy twilight in El Calafate

HFF everybody!

Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road. Jack Kerouac, On the Road

A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find that after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us. John Steinbeck

The Perito Moreno Glacier( 250 km² ice formation, 30 km in length), is one of 48 glaciers fed by the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in the Andes system shared with Chile. This icefield is the world's third largest reserve of fresh water. It is one of only three Patagonian glaciers that are not retreating. After sailing for about one hour, we reached the south side of the glacier, which was only 500 metres far from our boat. Then we moved by bus to the viewpoint to admire the north side.

The Perito Moreno Glacier( 250 km² ice formation, 30 km in length), is one of 48 glaciers fed by the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in the Andes system shared with Chile. This icefield is the world's third largest reserve of fresh water. It is one of only three Patagonian glaciers that are not retreating. After sailing for about one hour, we reached the south side of the glacier, which was only 500 metres far from our boat. Then we moved by bus to the viewpoint to admire the north side.

Upsala Glacier is the largest glacier in South America. It is 60 km long . It can be reached only by boat, sailing among the icebergs floating in Lago Argentina. That's what we did. I took this picture from Upsala Glacier viewpoint. It was very windy, but the blue of the lake was almost mesmerising. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR3N1yBEGbw ( a gift from my friend Beatrice Degan MARS (https://www.test.ipernity.com/home/bea-mars)

Lago Argentino is the biggest freshwater lake in Argentina, with a surface area of 1,415 km2 . It is 15.000 years old and lies within the Los Glaciares National Park (Unesco World Heritage) in a landscape with numerous glaciers. Glaciar Upsala is the largest glacier in South America. It is 60 km long . You can reach it only by boat, sailing among the icebergs, or ice islands, floating in Lago Argentino.

HFF everybody! :-)

Les Eclaireurs Light House stands on a small island in the archipelago of the same name. This old light house dating back from 1919 is known as the Faro del fin del mundo (Lighthouse at the End of the World). It was the farthest point of our navigation along the Beagle Channel. I did have the impression that I was truly at the end of the world...

We sailed around Isla de Los Lobos (Sea Lions Island) to observe quite closely these sea mammals.

The Beagle Channel is a strait in Tierra del Fuego Archipelago on the extreme southern tip of South America. It was named after the ship HMS Beagle whose captain took Charles Darwin along as a self-funding supernumerary, giving him opportunities as an amateur naturalist. While navigating the Channel, we saw la Isla de los Pájaros (Birds' Island), so called due to the large amount of birds dwelling on it, ideal to appreciate king cormorants.