Arriving Santiago January 11th, 2019. I’m planning up to a month on the Carretera Austral. Hiking a number of new National Parks and trails along the route.
This will be my 3rd trip to Patagonia over the past 4 seasons.
The Carretera Austral runs about 1,240 kilometers (770 mi) from Puerto Montt to Villa O’Higgins through (sparsely populated) rural Patagonia. …
This area is characterized by thick forests, fjords, glaciers, canals and steep mountains. …
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Hey Rick, Maybe we’ll see you along the way, we are heading back in January as well. Is one of the new parks you are looking to do the Patagonia Park, one funded by Tompkins?