{"id":5893,"date":"2015-01-23T16:17:52","date_gmt":"2015-01-23T15:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/?p=5893"},"modified":"2020-12-19T14:13:44","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T13:13:44","slug":"day-trip-with-jemma-and-martin-to-torres-del-paine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/2015\/01\/23\/tagesauflug-mit-jemma-und-martin-zu-den-torres-del-paine\/","title":{"rendered":"Day trip with Jemma and Martin to the Torres del Paine"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Drive to Cerro Castillo and the eastern border of the Torres del Paine National Park with great views<\/li>\n<li>Spotted many guanacos, rheas and another condor<\/li>\n<li>Stops at the Laguna Azul, the Cascada Paine and the greenish Laguna Amarga<\/li>\n<li>Enjoy Friday beer and barbecue feast in Puerto Natales<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>After a little rest, the famous biscuit breakfast at El Sendero is waiting for us. Then we pick up our clothes <b>Laundromat<\/b> and meet Martin and Jemma at the supermarket. They only got a bus to El Calafate tomorrow and we have the rental car to use for another day. With lunch in our luggage we drive north. We drive over on Routa 9 <b>Cerro Castillo<\/b> to the east area of the park. Since our CHF 25 entry tickets expired after three days, we want to avoid paying again and only use the <b>freely accessible outskirts of the park<\/b> move.<\/div>\n<p><img data-opt-id=469118571  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5873\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_23.jpg\" alt=\"2015_01_23\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1170\/h:658\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_23.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_23.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>After just under two hours of driving further <b>Splendid weather<\/b> the imposing Torres come into view. In this area you will find yourself as on our first visit <b>numerous herds of guanacos<\/b>. On the dusty slope we drive up to the magnificent green one\u00a0<b>Laguna Azul<\/b>which lives up to its name. Guanacos can be seen everywhere, sometimes they lie calmly on the street and take a dust bath. So be careful when driving. We see one twice in the sky <b>condor<\/b> circle.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=667617417  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5887\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_23_21.jpg\" alt=\"2015_01_23_2\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1170\/h:658\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_23_21.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_23_21.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>With a wonderful view, we stop for lunch where we are watched by the curious guanacos. Then we make our way back over the impressive <b>Cascada Paine<\/b> go on to <b>Laguna Amarga<\/b>before we start our way back.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=1705273603  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5872\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_23_4.jpg\" alt=\"2015_01_23_4\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1170\/h:658\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_23_4.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_23_4.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Back in <b>Puerto Natales<\/b> let&#039;s park our car and have a drink with them. After all, it&#039;s Friday, something that long-term travelers quickly forget. After a shower in the hotel we go to share <b>Barbeque feast<\/b> with delicious cordero (lamb), chicken and chorizo. Then we say goodbye to Jemma and Martin, let&#039;s see if and where we will meet them again!<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Drive to Cerro Castillo and the eastern border of the Torres del Paine National Park with great views<\/li>\n<li>Spotted many guanacos, rheas and another condor<\/li>\n<li>Stops at the Laguna Azul, the Cascada Paine and the greenish Laguna Amarga<\/li>\n<li>Enjoy Friday beer and barbecue feast in Puerto Natales<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n<div>After a little rest, the famous biscuit breakfast at El Sendero is waiting for us. Then we pick up our clothes <b>Laundromat<\/b> and meet Martin and Jemma at the supermarket. They only got a bus to El Calafate tomorrow and we have the rental car to use for another day. With lunch in our luggage we drive north. We drive over on Routa 9 <b>Cerro Castillo<\/b> to the east area of the park. Since our CHF 25 entry tickets expired after three days, we want to avoid paying again and only use the <b>freely accessible outskirts of the park<\/b> move.<\/div>\n<p><\/br><\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,820,1032,1109],"tags":[1004,1034,1103,1104,1106,1120,1122,1126,1128,1131,1132,1150,1151,1152,1153],"class_list":["post-5893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tagebuch","category-suedamerika","category-chile","category-patagonien","tag-kondor","tag-chile","tag-patagonien","tag-patagonia","tag-region-de-magallanes-y-de-la-antartica-chilena","tag-puerto-natales","tag-ultima-esperanza","tag-torres-del-paine","tag-guanako","tag-cascada-paine","tag-laguna-amarga","tag-el-sendero-hostel","tag-cerro-castillo","tag-laguna-azul","tag-cordero"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}