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Hiking to Cochamó, aka Chile’s Yosemite
There are places you exactly remember how you got around to going there. Cochamó in Chile is one of those places. My travelbuddy showed me something he had found on the American Alpine Club’s website. We stayed at one of their ranches earlier that summer (Grand Teton Climber’s Ranch) and we were looking for ideas for our next trip. So he came up with Cochamó. It’s also described as the Yosemite of Chile and a hiker’s and climber’s paradise. Since we already had planetickets to South America, it was an easy decision to head out over there. After staying in Petrohue for the night, it was time to gather our stuff for…
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How to travel 113 days a year with a full time office job
It’s a dark Saturday in early December when I’m preparing my last blog of the year. The one that I’m going to post on December 31st. The one I’ve been looking forward to all year and that everyone is going to write: their year in traveling. When I started the year, I had no clue how it was going to develop. I knew there would be a few trips but other than our Patagonia trip in March, there were no other plans. Our blog had just been picked up at the launch of the Travel Writers Manifest and got more and more visitors each day. At the same time,…
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Volcanoes and lakes of Vicente Perez Rosales National Park
The second half of our day in Vicente Perez Rosales National Park makes us discover the (now) silent side of this park. However, being part of the famous Lake Crossing, we learned it’s not always like this and during the high season touring cars loaded with tourists stop here for the boat / bus trip to the other side of the Andes Mountains in Argentina. However, as it’s late in the afternoon already we are lucky and have parts of the park entirely for ourselves. After exploring the Petrohue Falls and River, it’s time to make our way to our accommodation for the night. However, since it’s finally clearing up…
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Exploring the Petrohue Falls and River
Upon arrival at Puerto Montt Airport and picking up our rental car, we’ve officially entered Patagonia. Our third time there, how exciting! This time we’re going to explore northern Patagonia, also known as the Lake Districts in both Argentina and Chile. We’re expecting to see volcanoes, waterfalls and lush green forests. The first part of our journey takes us to the gates of Vicente Perez Rosales National Park and it’s most famous sight: the Petrohue Falls. In our white pickup we leave Puerto Montt behind, time to get roadtrippin’! Unfortunately, within 10 minutes we are in the middle of a traffic jam. Turns out that a furniture shop has a…
