A "free day" to do as little or as much as we liked. After thoughts of taking it easy we read that there was a walk to a famous beach, 2 hours along the coast, so we decided to do that.
Luckily the hotel gave us a packed lunch as we had inadvertantly bitten off more than we could chew.
After 30 minutes we saw several pairs of Scarlet Macaws and stopped for almost an hour to watch them preen and feed in the trees.
We moved on and it soon started to thunder and rain. We had become used to all-day sunshine every day so we had not brought wet weather clothes. We sheltered for a while but then continued our walk, it was far from cold and time was moving on.
Admittedly we did take a wrong turn to make the walk harder than it should have been, and a Rottweiler had adopted us as its owners for most of the way, but the 'two hours' walk duration started to seem unrealistic even allowing for that. We eventually reached a river but could see no way across and with only a few hours of light remaining decided to turn around and head back.
Light was begining to fade, as were we, but some scuba divers we met came to our rescue with a big bottle of water - we had underestimated our needs and had long since run out. Still with our new-found Rottweiller friend we carried on with a renewed spring in our step for the last few kilometers. Including our little detour the walk was probably 18km or more, but felt like half as much again due to the heat, humidity and sometimes difficult terrain. We agreed it was more than worth the effort just to see the Macaws - if only we had returned to our hammock after seeing them instead of subjecting ourselves to the endurance test of our lives!
The travel specialists we've worked with for 2 vacations have made the trip planning process easy! They ask good questions to ensure they understand our goals and likes and have done an excellent job matching adventures with our preferences - even suggesting things we would not have thought about on our own!
Amy
1 day ago
Erin is great to work with on our adventure to Antartica. She gave us great choices and is very knowledgeable about the options. Her recommendations saved us from making some big mistakes.
Carla
2 days ago
A Mind Blowing Adventure!
Adventure Life kept me well informed and up to date in the lead up to my trip and Albatros delivered a once in a lifetime adventure in full. A totally awesome experience from start to finish.
Jan Price
2 days ago
Jane Packer helped us through the cancellation of our trip due to American Queen Voyages bankruptcy and then finding another cruise with American Cruise Lines.
Jane is very prompt in response, answers any questions, and makes good suggestions thereby making the process much easier!
Deb Donaldson
3 days ago
Adventure Life did an excellent job of planning, organizing and executing a great trip to Argentina. It was nice to have the trip with just the two of us which allowed for a more personable tour with excellent tour guides in all four locations visited. We learned lots of details of the beautiful sites in BA, Mendoza,Baliloche and Iguazu Falls. We want to do another trip with Adventure Life some day.