Like a carrot to a donkey the Fitz Roy massif has drawn us in. It has been our familiar view while navigating wind swept lakes, boggy trails and remote borders.
After finishing up nearly 1000km of beautiful, wild riding on the Carretera Austral in Chile it was time to cross back in to Argentina. An adventure all its own.
The Carretera Austral (The Southern Highway) connects communities in the remote and rugged Patagonian region in the South of Chile. We travelled from Futaleufu to Villa O’Higgins in about 15 days of cycling. It’s definitely our favourite section of the trip so far but we can’t exactly say why. In this post we detail seven different things that the Carretera Austral and the region of Aysen are to us:
Beautiful
Above all, the terrain is gorgeous. The road winds through mountains and glaciers, and around turquoise lakes.
It’s been a long time since we’ve been in an area which has four seasons. The region we’re in, Patagonia, is famous for adverse weather. So our arrival here is timed with the coming of spring.
Trees and flowers are blooming and the weather is good. The area is filled with beautiful national parks. Officially they don’t open until November 1st, so we have them pretty much all to ourselves.
