Water ….is everywhere in Patagonia. You find it falling as rain and snow, sitting on the ground as snow and ice, moving slowly as glaciers, calving off from…
Fire There are signs everywhere in the Park prohibiting open fires, and camp stoves only can be used in designated protected areas. But most recently in 2011,…
Air While Patagonia is visually a stunning experience, its main feature, at least during the otherwise “hospitable” summer months, is the wind. It is the rare…
Earth The landscape here is not at a high altitude…the highest elevation we reached was approximately 4,000 ft and the surrounding peaks around 11,000 ft. We…
I’m recently back from a month-long holiday centered around trekking in the national parks of Patagonia’s Torres Del Paine (Chile) and El Chalten (Argentina). I…