The Andes mountain range shows its beauty in the Patagonian provinces. From Puerto Montt in Chile to Ushuaia at the tip of Argentina, the Patagonian region has spectacular landscapes, a relaxed rural lifestyle, and welcoming towns. You can travel to the Lakes District by flying to Puerto Montt or Bariloche in Argentina and do the Lake Crossing between the two towns to see the volcanoes and colorful lakes. Don't miss the Torres Del Paine National Park , home of the dynamic Perito Moreno Glacier, one of the world's most impressive icefields. Millennial silent forests with native vegetable species are extended along the shores of glistening waters. On top of the mountains, nature overflows with granite peaks and ice fields spreading their glacier tongues into lakes of unsurpassable beauty.
Imposing mammals and sea birds, half-way between real life and fantasy, spend certain seasons on the rough coasts of Patagonia where they complete part of their life cycle. Seals colonies play on the islets and sandbanks. The world’s most important southern elephant seal continental colony is located in Peninsula Valdés. Every year, southern right whales come to Nuevo and San José gulfs to breed. Patagonian hares, “ñandúes” (South American ostrich), and “guanacos” run about the steppes, and the largest colony of Magellanic penguins in the world is located in Punta Tombo. This life cycle repeated since time immemorial, unfolds itself in front of the astonished visitors’ eyes.
In the south, Tierra del Fuego and the World’s southernmost city, Ushuaia, are the gateway towards the vast and mysterious Antarctica.
