Jan 24-25, 2023
These days we explore Torres Del Paine National Park. We end up visiting Grey Glacier, which s a three-hour navigation on a lake to visit three tongues of the glacier. It takes about an hour to arrive and the 150 or so passengers on board are all excited and snap many photos when we get there and celebrate with a drink!. We drove to the southern and western point of the park for this excursion and then have to drive back to Ecocamp. The park is absolutely breathtaking, and though it is rainy and windy here and there,e it is still simply gorgeous and the clouds part enough to give us some amazing views. My husband ends up hiking to the towers the next day, while I woke up sick (perhaps from something I ate, perhaps from the pressure change). I end up exploring around the area and walk down to Hotel Las Torres to check out their property too. We spot a puma at dinner time, which just caps off a wonderful visit.
The trip was not only memorable for the amount of animals we saw but also for the people and accommodations at the two camps where we stayed. Our first guide, BK, was a wealth of information about the animals, landscape and down to the plants and what they were used for. Everyday out was a learning experience with him. All the people at the camps were gracious and the food was excellent.
Our second camp in the Okavanga was just as good as the first as far as the staff, accommodations, food and animals. After our experience at the first camp we amazed that the high quality remained the same. Our guide, G, made sure we were able to enjoy every experience including a rush through the bush to witness a cheetah and an ensuing hunt that he heard over his radio.
In both camps there were enough guides out that if they saw something the other guides were informed which helped in seeing as much as possible. It was also nice that the concessions were large enough that we did not have vehicles following each other throughout the day.
Normally there is always something in a trip of this length that we think could be improved upon but this is the rare case where we cannot think of anything. From the time we left the States to when we returned it was one of the most hassle free vacations we took.
Perhaps emphasizing the use of the laundry facilities at the camps would be useful because of the luggage restrictions would be the only thing I can think of as an improvement to future clients.
Kenneth Dropek
2 days ago
Mary was so pleasant and professional. She made sure all of our questions were answered.