Adele's photos with the keyword: Patagonia

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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.

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.

A windy twilight in El Calafate

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

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.

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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.

About 20.000 elephant seals are estimated to live in the Valdes Peninsula Elephant Seal colonies . Due to the high sensitivity of this environment, access is only authorized to small groups escorted by park rangers and specialized guides . The elephant seal pups, born in the end of September beginning of October , have a short nursing period. The pups will nurse for approximately three weeks, to then be abandoned by the mother and begin their life entirely independent of their mother´s care. It was an unforgettable emotion to walk on this beautiful beach, so close to these pups(how many of them!) , the four of us and the guide, in silence.

Punta Delgada is a locality on the Valdes Peninsula on the Atlantic Ocean. The peninsula is an important nature reserve which was listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1999. Punta Delgada main attractions are a big colony of elephant seals and an active 14-metre-high lighthouse built in the 1905. Best enlarged

“Man's real home is not a house, but the Road, and that life itself is a journey to be walked on foot.” ― Bruce Chatwin, What Am I Doing Here?

The Magellanic penguin is a South American penguin, breeding in coastal Argentina and Chile . it was named after Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who spotted the birds in 1520.The male and female penguins take turns hatching, as they forage far away from their nests. Magellanic penguins mate with the same partner year after year. The male reclaims his burrow from the previous year and waits to reconnect with his female partner. The females are able to recognize their mates through their call alone.