latin chattin'

We crossed the Beagle Channel on a zodiac boat from Ushuaia, at the very Southern tip of Argentina, to Puerto Navarino, in Chile. After clearing immigration in a waterside hut, which also sold coffee and cake (if only all government interactions could be so smooth), we travelled on by bus down a gravel track to Puerto Williams, a small settlement, naval base and point of entry for sailing ships bound for the fearsome Cape Horn and onto Antarctica.

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Tags: Backpacking, Beagle Channel, Beavers, Camping, Chile, Dientes de Navarino, End of the world, Gap Year, Laguna del Salto, Laguna los Guanacos, Lakes, Mountains, Mud, Nature, Passo Ventarron, Patagonia, Puerto Williams, Snow, South America, Trekking, Walking, Waterfalls