Peaks, Lakes, Glaciers & Pumas: A Photography Immersion in Chile & Argentina
For the nature photographer, few places on Earth evoke the awe that Patagonia inspires. Bruce Chatwin, in his classic 1977 travelogue In Patagonia, wrote that here "nature is both a muse and a canvas," and we stand with our cameras before its ever-shifting tableau, seeking to arrest its raw beauty. On a cross-border adventure including both Chile and Argentina, photograph the granite spires of the Andes, crowned by the world's second-largest nonpolar ice field. Capture the dark vertical spikes of Fitz Roy and the imposing Torres del Paine as magical light turns their profiles pink and gold. Shoot glaciers that wind down in frozen rivers, calving blue icebergs into turquoise lakes. Watch guanacos graze on vast stretches of pampas while condors circle overhead, and look for pumas—sightings are on the rise. During private stays on working estancias, learn about conservation ventures that show protecting wildlife and raising livestock are mutually compatible goals. You won't find a more in-depth Patagonia photography adventure, led by outstanding naturalist-photographer guides.
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Featured Destinations
Puerto Natales
Puerto Natales is located on the coast of southern Chile. Here you'll have one spectacular experience after another -- seeing fjords, glaciers and perhaps encountering whales. And just a short distance inland you are reminded that this is Patagonia, home to Andean condors, guanacos and rheas (cousins of the ostrich), all of which can be found in monumental Torres del Paine National Park.
El Chalten
El Chaltén is a small village in Santa Cruz Province, the Patagonian region of southern Argentina. Chalten is a native word of the Patagonian people that means ‘smoking mountain’ as they believed the clouds that covered the mountains was a volcanic peak. The town was discovered in between the 70’s and 80’s and is the gateway to Mt. Fitz Roy and Cerro Torres, two of the Patagonian Andes. Travelers visiting El Chalten can trek or backpack through the Patagonian Andes and other visited tracks. The national park welcomes its travelers with commercial camping, showers and beds.
El Calafate
In El Calafate you will find yourself at the gateway to the majestic world of glaciers. This town is near Lake Argentino, a green water surface covering 1,600 km2, with a length of 60 km and a width between 12 and 14 km. It also has great mysterious depths, like all lakes orginated from glaciers, ranging from 35 m in Feruglio, on the southern shore, to 300 m off the Avellaneda Peninsula.
Torres del Paine
Torres del Paine is internationally recognized as one of the most beautiful, uncontaminated places on earth with natural lakes, rivers, waterfalls, glaciers, forests and diverse wildlife. This biosphere reserve dominates most of South America's national park and sits 2000 meters above the Patagonian Steppe, the granite pillars of Torres del Paine.
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08/11/2026 -
12/31/2028
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