The Desi Nomads

The only agenda for the day was to fly back to Buenos Aires.  We had an evening flight into the city, so we just relaxed, packed, cooked a full lunch, and stayed in until then. After lunch, we drove to…

We drove to the town of El Chalten, supposedly the hiking capital of Patagonia, from El Calafate, a 3 hour drive. The drive started off going along the La Leona river, and was pretty flat for about 2 hours. We…

Today, we took a tour to visit the El Calafate Balcony in Calafate Mountain park, going up in a 4×4 and coming down via mountain bikes.  We booked our tour with Calafate Extremo, who had an office in downtown El…

We visited the Perito Merino Glacier from El Calafate, one of the largest glaciers in the world that you can see up close.  The drive from El Calafate was around 1.5 hours, and scenery was amazing all the way. We…

We checked out of our awesome apartment in Bariloche, and took a flight to El Calafate.  Flying into El Calafate, we already got a taste of the interesting landscape. We picked up our rental car and drove to the Altos…

Today was a light day, since we were pretty tired from the long drive to the Seven Lakes Route yesterday.  We planned to stay in Bariloche, while some in our party went zip lining in the nearby Colonia de Suiza.…

Today, we did a long day trip to the Route of the Seven Lakes from Bariloche.  The Seven Lakes drive actually starts from Villa la Angostura, around 1.5 hours from Bariloche, and winds through seven lakes, all the way to San Martin…

The plan for the day was to relax and explore Bariloche, and continue the short circuit drive in Bariloche that we cut short yesterday.  We first headed to downtown Bariloche to the visitor’s center, to ask for suggestions.  The downtown…

We checked out of our Jungle lodge in Iguazu, and headed to the airport to catch our flight out.  There are no direct flights from Iguazu to Bariloche.  Ours went via Buenos Aires, so the journey pretty much takes the…