We arrived in El Chalten in the evening and didn’t get up to much apart from chatting to people at the hostel. The next day we had a bit of a lazy day (but still managed a mini hike). We walked to two viewpoints which took us about 2 hours in total, Kerry had a nap and Jonho walked to a waterfall which was also around 2 hours there and back. In the evening we attemped to make lentils for the first time and thought they were discusting and this is why we are not vegetarians. The next day we had a bit of a lie in before starting our 18km (6 hour) trek to Laguna Torre. This was definitely one of the easiest (flatest) treks we have done and was pretty cool when we got to the Laguna, quite similar to Torres del Paine, but free and not as many tourists. The next day… yet another trek! This time, Jonho was up for the challenge of carrying his big backpack with the tent, cooking gear, food and of course, wine. This trek was 20km in total so we decided to camp at the top before hiking back down the next day. The first part of the trek was tougher than the previous trek and the last hour was probably the steepest one we have done. The camp site had signs up with instructions of what to do incase of a Puma, luckily this was not a problem for us! The next day we walked down the same way we got to the top so it was pretty nice to know this was mostly downhill and flat. We rewarded ourselves with a beer and a burger once we got to the bottom.. then happy hour at another place.. and finally pisco back at the hostel! We checked out the next morning for a bus back to Calafate.
Kerry and Jonho's Travels 