Puerto Natales – Punta Arenas

[singlepic id=187 w=320 h=240 float=left]Puerto Natales – Villa Tehuelches After my stomach had settled down again, I moved on cycling. I left Puerto Natales on Thursday and reached Villa Tehuelches in the evening of the same day. 150km! Thanks to same tail wind for the first 100m and not too strong side wind for the next 50km. Everything on a nicely paved road. Villa Tehuelches – Kon Aiken After a night in the very good Flor del Potrero Lodging (Room […]

Torres del Paine

After I ended up kind of surprisingly in Puerto Natales I had to decide what is next. And the winner is, of course Torres del Paine. I took the bus to there on Saturday afternoon and arrived in the park around 17.30. Just on time for another shower and storm intermezzo but with still enough time to get to the Campamento Torres. I arrived there around 21.30 and put up my tent on the probably second last spot… After a […]

El Calafate – Puerto Natales: Wind

All the ones which did this one before know probably what is coming now… El Calafate – Tapi Aike On the Carretera Austral, I was complaining a lot about the rain, I know. And on the way I had a lot of discussions with other cyclist what is worse, the rain or the wind. I thougt it is the rain because you get sick after a few days. However, the wind is at least as bad if not worse. It […]

Being Tourist: El Chalten/El Calafate

After the crossing from Villa O’Higgins, I’m playing “Trekking-Tourist” for a few days. However, I’m struggling a bit here. The nature is also very beautiful but it has too many tourists here (I know, I’m also one of it…) after spending so much time on the less touristy Carretera Austral. There you always never had to worry about reservations. Here, without an reservation you end up on the very busy camping. Except if you are willing to spend a fortune […]

A small adventure: Villa O’Higgins – El Chalten

For details about this crossing, please read the German version of this article or look at the tour operators website at http://www.villaohiggins.com. In short: If you have a trailer or a lot of luggage, I recommend to take a horse for that. It’s not cheap (USD 30) but it gives you the possibility to really enjoy it. If you don’t like to spend the night in El Chalten on the campsite, make a reservation in a hostel. In high season […]

Carretera Austral South

Because a lack of time, I have to keep the English updates kind of short. Sorry for that. If you understand German, have a look in the German part of this blog for more detailed information and/or send me a mail to stefan.kuettel@biketravel.net in case of questions. I finally reached the end of the Carretera Austral in Villa O’Higgins on the 14th of January and moved on to El Chalten in Argentina on the 16th. Cochrane – Villa O’Higgins For […]