shake your little push on the catwalk

okay i can come back tomorrow and do it  again that's how much fun it was like  

in terms of the wow factor 10 out of 10.  

well good morning guys good morning guys greetings  once again from paradise paradise we are back in  

los glaciates national park in patagonia argentina  yeah we enjoyed it so much on the day when we did  

that boat excursion to visit the glaciers that we  knew we wanted to come back and do a bit of hiking  

and see the glacier from a different vantage  point as well exactly and basically to have  

a whole day to kind of just admire it up close  yes this is probably the more classic option of  

seeing it isn't it yeah so basically we arranged  our own transportation we booked the bus from el  

calafate patagonia argentina here to the national  park uh we left town at nine in the morning got  

here like 10 30 and we've got free time we're  on our own schedule until four in the afternoon  

when the bus returns back to town yeah exactly the  price of the ticket was a thousand two hundred so  

twenty dollars for a return trip basically ten  dollars each way pretty good deal and also we had  

to stop and pay for our park entrance again yes so  mine was 800 the gringo fee mine was 410. it was  

14 for the local fee yeah so basically like 12  bucks for you and then yeah a little less for me  

yeah yeah exactly yeah about 12 bucks and yours is  yours is under 10. so first order of business we  

are going to have a quick little lunch an early  meal so that then we can focus on just hiking  

and enjoying and we're not thinking we're hungry  we're hungry so we'll take it it's always it's  

always about food with us as you guys probably  know by now but um yeah so we're gonna it looks  

like there's a nice restaurant up there reviews  and uh let's go eat and then we hike then we hike  

early lunch and we are eating at the restaurant  the only restaurant you can eat at in this entire  

area um beautiful inside views of the glacier  out the window and what we decided to do  

well we were a bit hungry that's the main reason  we're eating here but the other bit of strategy  

involved is that we think a lot of the people who  got off the bus will be walking for a while so the  

crabs will disperse a little bit so we ordered two  different sandwiches which we're sharing half each  

we've got chicken and we've got lamb and we also  ordered a very decadent looking brownie exciting  

times should also mention here that you can  order a set course lunch but we're just looking  

for something quick to eat so that we can get to  the hiking that's fine that's why we're here guys  

all right guys full bellies and we are ready to go  ready to begin our little hike so let's get to it

so we didn't actually bother grabbing a map of  the trails the trail system the trail network  

so we're not a hundred percent sure of where  we are or where we're going but we can't see  

the perito moreno glacier in front of us  and i feel like we're approaching it when  

in doubt follow the glacier also this is like  the yellow brick road we're right on the uh  

we're right on the official pathway here  oh you know what this trail has blue dots  

oh i just realized i think maybe they're  color-coded there we go so yeah we're winging  

it guys winging it we're winging it but that's  something to consider maybe stop at the info point  

you can formulate a plan our priorities are always  a little messed up in terms of getting food a  

little shake your little tush on the catwalk oh  no shake my little catwalk is that how the song  

goes you know the lyrics better than i do oh my  gosh i can't believe we heard that song recently  

it's been stuck in your head for like weeks who  is it who sings it right said fred right said fred

bad early 90s music and we are here on a  catwalk shake your little fish on the catwalk

los glaciatas national park is located in the  province of santa cruz and it is argentina's  

largest national park the landscapes here  range from patagonian steppe to magellanic  

subpolar forest with plenty of glaciers  and icebergs thrown in for good measure  

the park gets its name from  the giant ice cap which feeds  

a total of 47 glaciers including the  world famous perito moreno glacier

there's a lot of climbing involved guys as an fyi  lots of stairs in this national park totally worth  

it for the views but be warned you will be out of  breath if your fitness level isn't great who knew  

there'd be fitness requirements maybe we wouldn't  have had the brownie probably the brownie did us  

in um but yeah we're getting closer to the glacier  perito moreno and i also just overheard a guide  

say that if you really want to see like chunks  of ice and breaking off the glacier and falling  

into the lake then noon is a good time because  the heat of day melts some of the ice away so  

you get some spectacular action oh my  getting the flowers getting those flowers

los glossianes national park is hands down one  of the most impressive places that sam and i have  

ever visited and we couldn't recommend it more  highly this glacier right here is the reason  

why so many people travel all the way down to  southern patagonia we spent hours walking along  

the boardwalks and viewing the glacier from  various vantage points and it was pure magic  

this glacier measures 5 kilometers in length along  its front and it is 60 meters tall however if you  

also count the depth of the ice beneath the water  its height is closer to 170 meters perito moreno  

is also one of the few advancing glaciers in the  world so that alone is reason enough to visit

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we are now doing a section of the boardwalk that  goes through the forest which is a nice change  

because it's not so cold and windy here also  there's a bit more separation between the crowds  

yes we're at the point of the track now there's  a little bit more effort involved yes so what's  

upstairs not as many people coming here um i've  personally found the glaciers have become more  

and more impressive the higher the vantage point  yeah keep climbing you see the sheer scale of it  

how it just goes on as far as the eye can see  really up until the top of the mountain peak  

so so impressive and when you can see the top of  perito moreno like that's amazing it totally is oh  

in terms of what to wear guys i will say bundle  up yeah so it's a lot colder here than it is  

in galapagos big time and the wind factor  is is significant here bring some mittens

that is it that is the end of our visit so sad it  was such a good day i'm i'm totally surprised when  

i first heard that we had this much time here  it's like how are we going to fill the time  

what are we going to do for what are we going to  do i didn't realize how extensive the boardwalk  

is how there's different circuits how there's  different sections of it different trails i didn't  

realize how many lookout points there would be i  also didn't realize you know we could just have  

a nice leisurely lunch here it just ended up being  a beautiful day yeah and we didn't feel rushed but  

we had just enough time to go everywhere and take  it in and as we were walking back we were taking  

more rests and just kind of sitting down and  admiring the glacier with our own eyes we put the  

cameras away for a little while yeah and that's a  really nice thing about this like system of trails  

here in the park is that they do have a lot of  benches along the way especially in the balconies  

and the lookout points so there's plenty of space  to just take a break after you've been climbing  

stairs for a while yeah and a lot of people  were just having their picnics on the benches  

like people brought their own food yeah when you  first get here to the park they give you a little  

plastic bag and they let you know you need to take  out your own trash because it's very difficult for  

them to like remove everything we're so isolated  out here yeah i mean that's a great system  

just be everyone should be reliant on cleaning  up their own their own trash and taking it back  

and the one thing i would suggest too is like  if you see a certain pocket or section where  

there are a few too many people a little bit more  than than what you'd like just linger back or take  

an alternate route and it's surprising how easy  it is to kind of escape the few pockets of crowds  

you'll encounter yeah yeah yeah honestly when we  were walking around i i didn't feel like it was  

too crowded or there were too many people um it  was great it was perfect honestly and the other  

thing i wanted to mention is the the little boat  trip that you can do from the park um to get up  

close to perito moreno this is a different trip  from the one that we did yeah we did an extensive  

cruise this is just like you literally get on  the boat yeah they give you uh a loop and they  

take you back yeah it's a much smaller vessel  but if you want to save some money and you just  

want to get up close to one glacier you can do  that and you can just book it once you get here  

so as soon as you get off the bus there's a little  hut where you can buy your tickets for the boat  

excursion i believe there are three departures  per day that's what i heard from our bus driver  

and yeah that's another experience you can have  here in the national park yeah absolutely and  

to wrap things up i have to say i'm really glad  we did both the boat cruise and this completely  

different experiences i mean what i liked about  this one in particular is just the the slow pace  

to it and the different vantage points yeah  just taking it in slowly over the whole day  

man both are highly recommended experiences  i i could come back tomorrow and do it again  

that's how much fun it was like in terms  of the wow factor 10 out of 10. 10 out of  

10 people 10 out of 10 guys this is just  an incredible incredible place to visit  

you have to come and see it come to argentina  and see the best of what it has to offer  

right here and one more point i want to  mention for anyone who has mobility issues  

they actually have elevators for you to like  move around the different levels and they have  

really wide ramps in case you're on a wheelchair  so don't think you won't be able to visit or get  

around or enjoy it like they've really set it  up very well um so yeah that's another thing to  

mention and guys what a fun episode this was  for us i hope you enjoyed watching and we'll  

have a couple more episodes from el calafate  patagonia argentina coming out soon coming soon

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