What a hectic couple of days leading up to the trip. On the 10th we rocked up to the port, full of excitement and were greeted on the boat and asked to have a seat. Did the right thing and tried to get to know a few people, and then came the call for silence. This was followed with the news that the trip was cancelled. I quickly ran through the date, just to make sure it wasn't Aprils fools days, and then I suddenly realized this was real. We were then informed t...

Ola from Patagonia, Have just got back from doing some amazing trekking in the El Chalten area and had a fantastic time.Below is a bit of a day by day guide to the trek. Day 1: After arriving in El Calafate we went to our hostel for a meet and greet sesion followed by dinner.Our group is a bit of an international mixture with people from Canada, America, Scotland, England, Austria, Germany and then us Aussies.Had a quiet night with a 8am departure the following...

Hola, I am now sitting in an internet cafe in Buenos Aires, enjoying some warm weather and sunshine after the expidition up Aconcagua. It was an awesome experience although I only made it up to camp 3 which was still at a dizzy height of 5970m. From camp 3 you looked out over the valley and mountains below. The summit of Aconcagua was unfortunately still some 1000m above us. Only one person and a guide from our group made it to the summit. Temperatures had plum...