In January and February 2007 I visited Patagonia: a long stretched (about 2000 km) land at the southern end of the America. Patagonia consists of three main types of landscape: the humid Chilean part in the west, the dry, windy pampa area of Argentina in the east and the Patagonian Andes in the middle, shared between Chile and Argentina.

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Patagonia is a vast, sparsely populated land. Both Chile and Argentina have there an extensive system of national parks and reserves. Two months I spend in Patagonia are probably the minimum period necessary to properly experience the country. It was not enough time to visit the most remote areas, so I concentrated mostly on the biggest national parks, which was easier to access. Unlike to my last travel to Kamchatka, a land virtually without any trekking infrastructure, the trekking in Patagonia was far more convenient and hassle-free. Although in the most famous national parks there are mountain huts (refugios), it is usually essential to carry a tent and full trekking gear.
Patagonia could be coarsely divided in four big vegetation areas: the Araukania, the Lakes District, central and southern Patagonia (around the big continental icecaps) and the Tierra del Fuego. I tried to make at least two treks in each of the vegetation zones, to get to know them better. Choosing different arrival and departure destinations for my flies to Patagonia, I was able to visit the capital cities of both, Chile and Argentina. The order of themes in my travel report corresponds to the order, in which I visited the different Patagonian areas.
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