Updated 7th January 2018. Hiking the W in Torres del Paine is an amazing and challenging experience, so here’s some Torres del Paine tips for anyone else who’s thinking of doing it. You can read about our experience hiking the W here: Part 1 & Part 2 The Route There are two multi-day hikes in Torres del Paine: […]
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Hiking the W in Torres del Paine – Part 2
This is the second part of our hike through Torres del Paine in Chilean Patagonia. Part 1 is here. Day 3: Paine Grande Refuge to Grey Glacier – 17km, 5 hours Luckily for us this was a shorter day through some “easier” terrain so we could recover a bit from the previous days. We were […]
Hiking the W in Torres del Paine – Part 1
Patagonia is the southernmost part of South America and it’s famous for it’s fantastic scenery and hiking. And one of the most famous hikes is the W Trek in Torres del Paine National Park. It’s called the W because when you draw the route on a map it looks like the letter “W”. It takes […]
The Weird and Wonderful World of the Atacama Desert
After the animal filled Galapagos Islands, and the lush cloud forests of Ecuador we went to a completely different landscape: the high altitude, dry, barren landscape of the Atacama Desert in Chile. The main town (for tourists anyway) is San Pedro and this is actually a green(ish) oasis in the middle of the desert. All the […]
