This is a very special blog post. Watching a condor fly 50 feet in front of you is a raw and powerful experience that cannot possibly be transferred through words or images. But I’ll do my best. On our second morning in Patagonia we left our home base at Tierra Patagonia Lodge and headed out...
Today’s post brings us to our first mountain bike adventure in Chilean Patagonia. The grasslands of southern South America are mostly owned by ranching families, and the land is referred to as estancia. This is ranching land, and there is an abundance of sheep and guanacos, as well as the pumas that hunt them. So...
Our first adventure in Patagonia was a quick little hike to a viewpoint that looks out over Lake Toro. This terrain is the estancia region of Chilean Patagonia, just outside the borders of Torres Del Paine National Park. An estancia refers to ranch land in the South American grasslands that is usually used for raising...
It’s Monday morning and I’m back home in Colorado, and ready to continue blogging photos from my big South American adventure. When we last left off, we had left the Galapagos, spent a luxurious day in Santiago, and were en route to the Tierra Patagonia Lodge in Chilean Patagonia. Both of our LAN airline plane...
Today begins my fifth day in the Magellan Region of Chilean Patagonia. We have been staying at the brand new Tierra Patagonia Hotel and Spa, which lies on the border of Torres del Paine National Park in southern Chile. We’ve had an action packed schedule of biking and hiking, and I’ve been taking far too...
Our air travel itinerary for our South American tour was provided courtesy of LAN airlines. When we found out that we would have a layover in Santiago, we requested a full day to hang out and check out the city. A little metropolitan culture and full speed internet would be a nice transition between our...
We have had a great week boating, swimming, hiking and touring the Galapagos Islands. I going to give another big shout out to Red Mangrove for making it all possible. Now we are on to Chilean Patagonia, with a quick one-day visit of Santiago in between. Here are two final images captured on our last...
The Galapagos offers incredible snorkeling opportunities. Our first underwater experiences were off the black lava beaches of Floreana Island. Although visibility was not the best due to our timing and a strong lunar tide, we still experienced lots of marine life. There were countless giant green sea tortoises and stingray everywhere we looked. Here Jayme...
We are nearing the end of our 8 day tour of the Galapagos. Our last big adventure was a boat ride to visit Los Tuneles, off the southern coast of the largest island in the Galapagos, Isla Isabela. It was about one hour southwest of Puerto Villamil in a fast boat.Along the way, we saw...
The landscape of the Galapagos is dominated by the volcanos that formed the islands. We traveled from our Red Mangrove Lodge in Puerto Villamil to the upper reaches of the Sierra Negra Volcano for a hike along the volcano’s rim. The tops of the volcanos are usually covered in clouds, so we were prepared for...
Isabela Island is the largest island in the Galapagos, and the third island on our Red Mangrove Galapagos Tour. We are staying the the small town of Puerto Villamil, footsteps away from a white sandy beach on the ocean. Palm trees are not indigenous to the Galapagos, but they help to create that storybook tropical...
After a day on Santa Cruz Island, we took the hour and forty five minute boat ride to Floreana Island. Once leaving the island you can see how the clouds linger over the highland volcanos and taper off over the sea. At we approached Floreana Island, we could see a rain shower directly over our...
On the Galapagos Islands, the weather varies dramatically from the coast to the volcanic interior. The center of the islands, known as The Highlands, are normally shrouded by misty clouds. We headed into the Highlands to check out some volcanic terrain, as well as to check out some of the famous Galapagos tortoises. El Rancho...
We checked into Red Mangrove Lodge, which is on Santa Cruz Island in the most populous town on the Galapagos Islands, Puerto Ayora. This is the first of three Red Mangrove lodges that we will be staying at, each of which is on a different island. Even hotel grounds are filled with exotic animals. There...
We arrived in the Galapagos eager to experience a truly epic trip of a lifetime. Be began by traversing Isla Santa Cruz, from the airport on Isla Baltra to the north, across the misty highlands in the middle and down to Punta Aroya on the southern coast. Cactus are prolific in the arid lowlands, while...
This winter has been busy with travel, and I’m currently on my biggest trip yet. Jayme and I are traveling to write and photograph in the Galapagos Islands and Chilean Patagonia. We also have a one-day stop in Santiago, Chile in between. I will be updating the blog and my facebook page as we go,...
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