National Trekking Capitol

El Chalten is dubbed a national trekking center and sits right in the middle of the Patagonian Mountains, a 3 hour bus ride out of El Calafate. Should have taken two and a half but took three hours because of a half hour break minute break at a cafe/empanada stand. It would have been a tragic bus ride indeed without my morning coffee and pastry.


I'm not sure if the place has much business besides people from buses. I did not see any homes close by or other indications of why the place happened to be a good sight for the store. I'm also not sure why we stopped because there were bathroom on the bus.

Found the hostel and cancelled our rest day in hopes of getting a hike into the schedule because the weather was forecasted to be rainy the next several days. Bad idea. Our feet felt bruised afterwards, and we promptly decided no more hiking in El Chalten. I still snuck in a short waterfall hike the next day while Nafisa worked on a blog post.


Surprisingly, that night we found a store that sold non moldy vegetables! The first since we left Buenos Aires two weeks ago. The next morning we left amid wind and rain that left us feeling justified with leaving early.

Location:El Chalten, Argentinia