Dieser nette Facebook Post unseres Van-Vermieters trifft den Nagel ziemlich genau auf den Kopf. Trotz der am Ende etwas nervigen Umstände durch die Corona-Pandemie hat unser kleiner Roadtrip eigentlich kaum Schaden genommen und wir haben – bis auf den Surfkurs – alles gemacht was wir uns vorgenommen hatten. Patagonien selbst aber auch unsere Wanderungen, Ausflüge und Touren ...

Our actual destination after the Conguillio National Park are the surfing and bathing beaches in Pichilemu and Navidad. However, since we still have no replacement for our canceled return flight and StaTravel still has no further information, we try to contact Iberia directly in the next largest city, Concepción. It even works and we get ...

sorry only google translate… The ferry across Lago Pirahuelco runs along the (private) organic reserve Huilo Huilo, which we actually want to visit. During the ferry we are approached twice to our camper and even invited by a nice older man to his home in Pucon. When we arrive at the visitor center of the reserve, ...

While the Corona virus keeps Germany in suspense, we leave Chile for the last time in the direction of Argentina to take a look at the 7-lake region there and the area around Bariloche – we start with the latter. Although Bariloche counts as Switzerland in South America and has many well-heeled summer residences here, ...

sorry, only google translate After the ferry from Chiloe we drive directly to Puerto Montt, because we have made an appointment with Chopan – one of the two cyclists from Punta Arenas. He lives here, runs a small natural cosmetics shop and has invited us to his home, his girlfriend and his father. We meet him ...

After almost five hours on the ferry we arrive on the island of Chiloe in the city of Quellon, which has been recommended to us in many cases as both original and a kind of insider tip. So we first experience a little culture shock, because after the quiet and seclusion of the south there ...

Now that we have almost 2/3 of the Carretera Austral behind us, it is time to take care of the next section, the island of Chiloe. To do this, we inquire about the ferry options, there are three options (mind you, air distance is approx. 300 km): 1500 km through Argentina plus a ferry for ...

sorry, only google translate… One of the reasons why Carretera Austral is compared to Route 66 is due to the spectacular and diverse landscape. It is also touted as the “Ruta del Parque Nacional” because it connects the most important national parks in Patagonia with the rest of the country. Construction began during the Pinochet military ...

sorry, only google translate… The small Chilean town of O’Higgins is the end of the “legendary” Carretera Austral, the South American counterpart to Route 66. Of course we will not miss that! The distance between El Chalten and O’Higgins is about 120 km as the crow flies. We need almost four days for this … To cover ...

sorry, only google translate In addition to the Perito Moreno glacier, there is also a small lake landscape (which we leave to the left due to lack of time) and further north of the so-called southern Patagonian ice field to the Los Glaciares National Park. The largest glacier area outside of Antarctica. For this we drive ...

sorry, only google translate When you travel through Patagonia, there are two things you cannot avoid and many of them fly so far for a few days to the south of the South American continent. We already had the Torres del Paine and the second one is so close that it is almost inevitably our next ...

sorry, only google translate… The Torres del Paine National Park is one of the (if not the) highlight (s) of Chile. One of its attractions is a 4-5 day hike, the so-called W-Track, on which you can see the three main sights up close. The Glaciar Gray, the central massif of the Torres and finally the ...

sorry, only google translate Our next destination is probably the most famous national park in Chile, the “Torres del Paine”. For the approximately 800 km from Ushuaia to its starting point Puerto Natales we need almost two full days. This is partly due to our unwillingness to drive 800 km in one day, but also due ...

Nachdem sich das mit der Antarktis wie erwartet zerschlagen hatte, gingen wir zu unserem ursprünglichen Plan zurück und campten für 2 Nächte im Nationalpark “Tierra del Fuego”. Im Touristenbüro von Ushuaia wurde uns aber noch eine Wanderung zu einem kleinen Gletscher “Glaciar Martialis” aufs Herz gelegt und nachdem wir relativ früh dran waren, nahmen wir ...

Natürlich sagen immer alle, wenn man einen Camper hat spart man sich das Geld für Hostels/Hotels. Das mag zwar stimmen, funktioniert aber meistens nur bedingt (zumindest legal) und man bleibt immer wieder auf Campingplätzen oder bezahlten Stellplätzen hängen. Deshalb haben wir uns auch schon so häufig gegen den Camper entschieden, einfach weil es den Aufwand ...

Nach einem Jahr Füße stillhalten und einigen Hochs und Tiefs war es für uns klar, dass es mal wieder eine längere Reise sein muss. Diesmal keine 11 Monate um die Welt, aber dafür 9 Wochen ans Ende der Welt, genauer gesagt nach Süd-Südamerika, nach Patagonien und Feuerland. Außerdem gönnten wir uns etwas, was wir uns ...