The long straight quiet, 350km road, through barren desert scrub from El Calafate in Argentina, to the Chilean Border isn't the most picturesque, but it couldn't be more of a contrast to the scenery that greets you soon after entering Chile. Not long after the 'road to nowhere' passes through the isolated 2 man border outpost of Argentina, you find yourself absorbed by the magical lost kingdom of the Torres Del Paine National Park. The National Park in Chilean ...

The sheer face of the 75 metre high white wall is littered with cracks; whole sections of ice appear to be literally hanging on for dear life to the immense mass of glacier. Lumps of all shapes and sizes are constantly falling into the water with a heavy 'thud' echo'd by the wall behind as they hit the lake below. Occasionally larger house sized pieces brake free and crash heavily into the lake. A cracking sound, loud rumble and accompanying heavy splash is met w...

When the plane descended through the clouds and the jagged snow peaked mountains, green valleys, lakes and sea inlets came into view it was obvious Patagonia was going to be special. Mile upon mile of rugged untouched landscapes on display before us, providing a first hand meaning to the word 'wilderness'. At the foot of Argentina, Ushuaia prides itself on being the southernmost city in the world. With only Antarctica to the south it labels itself as 'Fin de la ...

Home to the Tango, beef steak and the Boca Juniors, the country's capital sits on a vast plain on the eastern Atlantic coast in the north of Argentina. With such an enigmatic name as Buenos Aires (Good Air) it was as good a place as any to take some time off our busy schedule and stop moving for a whole 7 days. Buenos Aires brought the promise of much excitement to our adventure. It was not only where we would be meeting my parents who we will be travelling with...

If you have a bottle of Argentinian wine in the rack at home, have a look at the label...the chances are it was made in the town of Maipu, in the wine growing region of Mendoza? Mendoza is a town and region in North East Argentina, 350km East of Santiago and 1000km West of Buenos Aires. Lying in a desert plateau at the foot of the Andes, the mix of sun and a year round average temperature of 15 degrees Celcius, along with a plentiful supply of water from the mel...