This was our seventh trip to Patagonia. All other trips had been during the austral summer, which is during January & February. Many of the locals told us to come in April, so that’s what we did. The colors were amazing, and it felt like the landscape was on steroids!
Estancia La Estela on Lago Viedma in Argentina
Mount Fitzroy in Argentina
Hike to Laguna Azul and Lago Verde
Laguna Azul
Laguna Verde
Laguna Verde
Laguna Verde
Hike to Lago Torre
Lago Torre
Hike to Lago del Diablo
Hike to Lago del Diablo
While hiking in Torres del Paine, we noticed a lone guanaco on top of a ridge. Instead of calmly munching on the grass, it was very active, making all sorts of sounds, braying and whinneying. The sounds ranged from high-pitched trills to snorting and shrieking. The guanaco alarm call sounds like a cross between a bleat and a laugh. After looking around the area, we noticed a puma with a couple of cubs. Luckily, we were able to watch them interact with each other for quite awhile.
Forests in Patagonia are primarily Nothofagus trees, otherwise known as Southern Beech trees. There are three types of Nothofagus trees. One type is evergreen and the other two are deciduous.
I was taking a photo of this dead Nothofagus tree when a family hiked past me along the trail. A young girl stopped, whipped off her hot pink jacket and posed for me! Not a word was spoken— she just knew what to do!
Lago Argentina looking toward the Chilean border
We hiked across the moraine at the end of Brazo Sur of Lago Argentina
Hike to Lago Frias
Took this boat across Lago Frias - it was very windy!
Lago Frias
After crossing Lago Frias, we hiked across the moraine at the end
Our final destination: an unnamed lake with Glaciar Dickson on the Chilean border at the end
Glaciar Dickson is descending from the Chilean border
Glaciar Piedras Blancas on the hike from Rio Electrico to Laguna de los Tres
Glaciar Piedras Blancas
Perito Moreno Glacier
Perito Moreno Glacier
Perito Moreno Glacier looking up at the Southern Patagonia Ice Field
Perito Moreno Glacier