Photo Essay: Cycling Patagonia

Freelance travel photographer, MatadorU student, as well as Matador contributor Jeff Bartlett shares a little pictures from a recent cycle debate through Argentinean Patagonia.

A journey which began with an trusting conversation about probable honeymoon destinations resulted in a 2,700km cycle journey up Patagonia. Beginning in Punta Arenas, Chile, we fast crossed in to Argentina as well as spent dual months along a Ruta 40. The forlorn main road follows a Andes northward, zigzagging in between a tiny towns which dot a Patagonian Steppe. Although a popular motorcycle route, venturing by bike allows a senses to absorb every sound, taste, as well as perspective which creates up this legendary region.

Sunset over Magellan Strait

1. The Strait of Magellan marks a finish of a South American mainland in Punta Arenas, Chile.

Yellow flowers, Patagonia

2. Wooden fences as well as thick vegetation are often a usually protection from relentless westerly winds in southern Patagonia.

Cyclist as well as mountains

3. Pedaling away from a Andes as well as onto a Patagonian Steppe outward El Calafate, Argentina.

Borrowing owl, Argentina

4. A small borrowing owl lingers during a morning in Parque Nacional Los Glaciares.

Perito Moreno Glacier

5. Perito Moreno is one of 3 Patagonian glaciers which continues to advan! ce despi te global climate change.

Cycling over a Patagonian river

6. The arid Patagonian Steppe is often interrupted by sensuous valleys as well as trout-filled rivers.

Abandoned observatory, Argentina

7. Rugged as well as removed conditions proved too fatiguing for a right away deserted Austral Felix Aguilar Observatory in Santa Cruz.

Snowy peak, Patagonia

8. Unpredictable Patagonian weather results in occasionally snowstorms in both winter as well as summer.

Patagonian horse

9. A lone horse grazes freely along a Rio de las Vueltas in El Chalten, Santa Cruz.

Camping, Patagonia

10. Wind-protected camping is a outrageous find, but it isnt always pretty.

Parque Nacional Los Alerces

11. Lush immature forests replaced dry campo in Parque Nacional Los Alerces.

Trevelin, Argentina

12. Luxury B&Bs as well as teahouses introduce visitors to a Welsh birthright near Trevelin, Chubut.

Hawk over a lake

13. A hawk soars on top of Lago Futalaufquen in Parque Nacional Los Alerces.

Magellanic woodpecker

14. The gigantic Magellanic woodpecker is a special steer in a Patagonian forest.

Cycling gloves

15. Autumn arrived early in northern Patagonia after an scarcely short summer.

Horse as well as car

16. Another way to give a horse its many needed exercise.

Cuyo, Argentina

17. Red volcanic rock as well as conical peaks symbol a finish of Patagonia as well as a beginning of Argentinas Cuyo region.

Caon del Atuel

18. After one last descent in to a Caon del Atuel, a journey finished in San Rafael, Mendoza.

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