El Calafate, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
Arrived El Calafate from, Puerto Natales, Chile, via Bus-Sur, only a 2-1/2 hour trip if you could go straight through, but lengthy delays, exiting Chile (Border Control)and then entering, Customs and border patrol. Saw tons of Guanaco and Choique smaller(ostrich) than Nandu. After arrival and check-in at Kau Yatun (very nice 35 rm hotel grown from an original Estancia structure), our room plumbing dripped however, only downside. We walked the main drag in-town, mirador, down to the Costanera, had a beer, back to the main drag and had a little Argentinian patata poutine and another beer before crashing back at the hotel.
Full-day
Perito Merino glaciated tour including, boat tour on the South branch
arm of Lago Argentino, short hike and touching the glacier. Cafeteria
lunch and viewpoint hiking to see the North face of the glacier, quite
spectacular! Back to town and had a nice pasta dinner with wine,
ravioli dishes, at La Lechuga.
Next day, full day fishing adventure, fly fishing a small creek, so dry it disappeared in places, caught a handful of beautiful brook and brown trout, lots of strikes, on various wooly buggers and bead head nymphs. Pisco sours and dinner at the hotel. Saw tons of ducks, birds, Choique, Guanaco, and curious cows.
Two great days at Estancia Nibepo Aike. Good food, surprisingly not too much over-the-top meat. Plenty of lamb, in fact I overdid it at lunch yesterday, having seconds and thirds on the Asador/Parilla fire roasted lamb. Nice wine, of course I paid too much, as it was from their stock. First day had the Tour de estancia. Learned about horses and sheep and cattle ranching, a barrel race, sheep shearing, history of the ranch and finished with an evening horse ride, and gathering up the sheep. Next day, C and I did 2 hikes, a bike ride to go swimming, ouch on the bike. Quite active for foreign elderly.
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