April 14-16 The end of an exceptional journey: adios South America

 

Our South American Salsa was more than we could have hoped for. It felt like such an odyssey yet we covered little of this, our neighbouring Gondwana continent. What a journey of contrasts and experiences it has been. From Cape Horn in the south, in and out of fjords to experience some of Chilean Patagonia’s glaciers, through Chile’s high Atacama Desert to then ascend even higher (to almost the same level as Mt Everest Base Camp) to gaze mouths agape at volcanoes, vast salt flats and flamingos in Bolivia. From those awesome wonders to Amazonian Pink River Dolphins, many species of monkeys, brilliant birds and wriggly reptiles of Peru’s vast rainforest over 6000 km from where we had climbed to the lighthouse on Cape Horn at the southernmost tip of South America. The final cherry on the cake was our way too brief trip to Colca Canyon the deepest canyon in the Andes to watch the magnificent Andean Condors fly.  

We returned home very weary, but our travels were made that much smoother thanks to our wonderful travel agent. Thank you, thank you again Bev Edwards - TravelManagers Australia. 

Tupananchiskama - until life makes us meet again!