Just for your information: I will create one extra post for general advices for countries and cities which I will keep updating so if anyone is interested in going to some places you might get an idea what to do and what not to do.
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After I finished the W Trail at Torres Del Paine, I went to El Calafate to visit one of nature's most impressive landscapes: Glacier Moreno
70m high and 5km wide
The most impressive part is that this Glacier is moving very quickly, about 1-2m a day. This is the reason why there is frequently ice cracking and falling into the water. This sound is tremendous. A must see if you go to Patagonia.
El Chalten is a small village within Parque National Los Glaciers from whereof you can start several different hikes.
Chorillo Del Salto
El Chalten
Glacier Fitz Roy
Lago Los Tres Lagos and Glacier Fitz Roy
Afterwards I had an unexpected difficult travel to Puerto Madryn. The man at the counter told me it would be smart to go to Perito Moreno instead of Rio Gallegos and catch another bus over there so I trusted him. Perito Moreno is a very small village in the middle of nowhere so when I got off the bus and tried to buy a ticket to Puerto Madryn they told me there are no buses going directly to Puerto Madryn. So I tried to hitchhike:
I gave up after 4 hours and instead took a bus to Comodoro Rivadavia. I arrived there in the middle of the night but luckily at 1 am there was a bus to Puerto Madryn. In Short instead of relaxing after 7 hours of hiking (Trail los tres Lagos including Glacier Fitz Roy) I spend my next 2 days on the bus. But I made it safe to Puerto Madryn, which is a magnificent but small city, which does its utmost to get as much money of the tourists as possible. The trips are that expensive that it is cheaper to rent a car even though you are alone but unluckily there are no cars available until mid of November... so I did 2 of those very expensive tours (there definitely is a price agreement between all agencies, whale watching companies... as they are all the same). That fact made it hard to enjoy this terrific Fauna you can observe in Puerto Madryn.
1st trip: Peninsula Valdes
Sea Lions and Elefant seals
Whales
Random landscape
2nd trip: Punta Tombo and Patagonien Dolphins (was not able to take a picture with my phone)
Megellan Penguin
Selfie time
So I guess I won't get any closer to penguins anymore.
Has been great seeing you buddies.
Hannes
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