Mt Fitz Roy Clearing
Thursday, January 5th we toured around the El Chalten area with the rental car. The mountains began to clear toward the late afternoon. Here is a Mt Fitz Roy photograph as the clouds cleared away.
Mt Torre Clearing
Here is a Mt Torre photograph as the clouds cleared.
Mt Fitz Roy Sunset
We were blessed with a great Sunset that night. Here is a Mt Fitz Roy sunset photograph.
Mt Fitz Roy Sunrise
We got up early on Friday, January 6th and were blessed with a great sunrise on Mt Fitz Roy.
Mt Torre Sunrise
Here is a Mt Torre photograph in the Sunrise light.
Perito Moreno Glacier
We traveled later that day back to El Calafate and then on to Perito Moreno Glacier. Here is a photograph of the Perito Moreno Glacier.
Upland Goose
We stayed the next three nights (January 6 - 8) in the Edenia Hotel in El Calafate and traveled by car around Lago Argentino in El Calafate and surrounding areas photographing birds. Here is a photograph of an Upland Goose pair taken along the Lago Argentino in El Calafate.
Southern Lapwing
Here is a photograph of a Southern Lapwing taken along Lago Argentino in El Calafate.
Black-Faced Ibis
Here is a photograph of a Black-Faced Ibis taken in El Calafate.
Caracara
Here is a photograph of a Caracara eating a Hare killed on the roadway along Lago Argentino.
Chilean Flamingos
Here is a photograph of a group of Chilean Flamingos that were seen several days at Lago Argentino in El Calafate.
Heading to Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
At various times the two gas stations in El Calafate were either out of gas at one or both stations. We were able to keep at least a half of a tank, and on Sunday night, January 8th we were able to fill up the tank before we turned our Avis rental car back in.
On Monday, January 9th, we began the third part of our trip by transferring via a private shuttle to Torres del Paine National Park, Chile and staying at the Hosteria Las Torres for the next four nights. We almost did not make it to Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. In late December a hiker decided to burn his toilet paper and 100,000 acres of burnt park later, they were finally able to put the fire out. We were able to travel into the eastern part of the park and stay at Hosteria Las Torres, however all the planned day trips into the western part of the park to see Lago Grey, Glaciar Grey, Cuernos del Paine, and Salto Grande Waterfalls were canceled because that part of the park remained closed until the day we had to leave.
See the map of Torres del Paine National Park, courtesy of Gobierno De Chile, Ministerio De Agricultura CONAF. Highlighted in light red is the Hosteria Las Torres where we stayed.
