Up the Fjiord to Torres del Paine - WTRD 35

Friday, February 12, 2016 - WTRD 35

Well it turns out, that it wasn't the rough road.  I started to take Pepto on Thursday night, and all day on Friday.  Both Russ and another  fellow traveler were sick on Thursday night.  But today, we have no choice but to move on.

We board a tour boat in the morning to start our way up the Senoret Canal and Fiordo Ultima Esperanza to see Glaciers Balmaceda and Serrano.  We pass by waterfalls,

cormorant colonies, and the beautiful and retreating glaciers Balamaceda.

We learn that all of the glaciers in Patagonia with the exception of Pietro Moreno are receding. It is a good morning for relaxing and watching the scenery.

The tour boat docks around a curve from the Balmaceda, and we disembark for a short 3 kilometer hike around a glacial lake to the base of the Serrano Glacier. When we return to the boat dock, we are met by a zodiac to first take across the fjiord to restaurant for lunch then up a narrow river 35 kilometers to the Torres del Paine National Park. Our drive planes the Zodiac and enjoys swerving back and forth.  If it weren't for some of our roiling stomachs and desire for a slower ride for photographic reasons, the Zodiac trip would have been fun! I am able though to catch a good shot of a flock of Black Faced Ibis winging their way in front of Torres del Paine.

Eventually, as we were traveling up river, we came to a non-navigable waterfall where we disembarked, walked a short distance past the waterfall,

Terrific Clouds

and embarked on a second Zodiac with another driver (father of the young man who had been our first driver) who delivered us to the the rustic Tyndall hotel with beautiful views, limited if any hot water for showers, and poor Wifi.

We retired early.

All is Pretty Good with the Worrall TravelRs on the Rio Serrano.