Home | Site map | Search | Blog | Forum | About Us | Contact UsTours | Shop
Start your trip here General Info What to see What to do Where to Stay Multimedia

Archive for the ‘Patagonia’ Category

Trip to Patagonia in 2011

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

As tourism in Chile continues move past the recent earthquake that devasted regions of the country, Cruise West is giving the nation's travel industry a boost as it prepares to venture to the rugged and mysterious Patagonia in 2011 with four departures aboard the 64-cabin mv Via Australis. The new ...

Trip to Cape Horn

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Ever had that feeling of despair when you have expended lots of effort to get somewhere, only to find it was closed? Well, imagine travelling 8,500 miles, taking three flights and half a day's journey by sea, only to find you cannot reach your ultimate destination. That's what happened to me when ...

Scottish cyclist arrives to Argentina after a 20.000 Km. trip

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

After nine months of blizzards and forest fires, close encounters with wild bears and gruelling mountain passes, record-breaking Scottish cyclist Mark Beaumont yesterday crossed the ­finishing line of his latest epic journey from Alaska to Argentina. Beaumont, 27, began his journey in Anchorage, Alaska, in May last year and, after cycling ...

South America in 21 days

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

SOUTH America in 21 days - is it possible? Probably not – it’s such a vast continent there must be compromises, but you can cover plenty of territory and be totally fascinated. And direct flights from Sydney to Buenos Aires of about 14 hours make it one of Australia’s more ...

Argentina’s amazing photos

Sunday, February 14th, 2010

Cordoba, Argentina by Fernando Gutierrez Catamarca, Argentina by Pablo Castagnola San Juan, Argentina by Denise Giovaneli Salta, Argentina by Pablo Castagnola Buenos Aires Province by Vera Rosemberg Jujuy and Santa Cruz by Xavier Martin and Guillermo Avogadro Chubut, Argentina by Soledad Gil ______________________________ SOURCE: "Fotoshock: rutas y caminos de la Argentina" Lugares de viaje http://www.lugaresdeviaje.com http://www.lugaresdeviaje.com/nota/fotoshock-rutas-y-caminos-de-la-argentina?pid=8289388&toi=6717

Penguins in the Argentine Patagonia - Part II

Sunday, February 14th, 2010

A love affair between tourists and penguins in Patagonia GlobalPost’s Julia Kumari Drapkin traveled to the remote region of Patagonia, on the southern tip of Argentina, to visit with biologists studying the penguin population. Scientists are examining the impact of the 150,000 tourists who visit the penguins yearly. So far, the effects ...

Argentine Weather by the BBC

Friday, February 12th, 2010

The Argentine Republic is a large country with an area exceeding 2.60 million sq km/1 million sq mi, about one-third the size of the United States and almost as large as India. It extends between 22° and 55° S and occupies the southern portion of South America, east of the crest-line ...

Penguins in the Argentine Patagonia

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Maybe it's their endearing waddle. Maybe it's their seemingly analytical gaze. Or maybe it's their absurd, tuxedolike formality. Whatever the explanation, there's no denying that penguins are one of the most intriguing, enchanting species on earth. "They're comical, they're endearing and this is a spectacle of nature," Dee Boersma, one of the ...

Sailor Jessica rounds Cape Horn

Monday, February 8th, 2010

TEEN sailor Jessica Watson has navigated a safe passage through a graveyard of wrecks and lost sailors to conquer the Everest of sailing: Cape Horn. The Sunshine Coast 16-year-old plotted her way overnight through some of the most treacherous waters in the world off the tip of South America on day ...

Photo of the day: Andes, Patagonia, Argentina

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

Fiznatty aka Max Waugh is no stranger to our Photo of the Day. His latest is called "The Hunter and the Mountain." While trying to seek wildlife to photograph, Max instead managed to get this great shot of a the Andes in the Argentina portion of Patagonia. I'll let him explain ...