Patagonia in June

Patagonina is the region shared by southern Argentina and Chile known best for its glaciers, trekking, southern Andes mountain range and being ‘the end of the world’. While our income in Buenos Aires wasn’t near what we’d hoped and we were at risk of diverting from our original travel plans, we still visited expensive and far-off world of Patagonia. We’d decided to see what we could while we were in the area. Afterall, when would we be so close again? Probably never. If we ran out of money and didn’t make it to Central America, we would just hang out in cheap Bolivia and travel Central America another time.

Being winter, there were few tours. Usually I prefer independent travel anyway, but when I started researching how to get to Patagonia from Buenos Aires it became clear that a tour was probably easiest. Winter also meant that there were less bus services, and confirming which were running was near impossible. A bus from Buenos Aires to Patagonia took at least 44 hours and to get to the attractions, we’d need ferries that may or may not be running. So a tour it was, and we found a five night package online with 01 Argentina for $900 including flights, accommodation, breakfasts and tours. It still hurts to think of spending so much in such a short time, but it was better than the local travel agencies and the company had good reviews. Also, we were meeting Tristan’s mum in Peru on June 23rd so we only had three weeks and a tour was well worth the logistical comfort.

Farewell Buenos Aires!