My advice for visiting Iguazu Falls
The best is to visit Iguazu Falls with a guide to have all the necessary information about this exceptional place. Iguazu Falls are the most beautiful in the world, without a doubt. There are on average 5,000 visitors per day, but, despite this strong influence, it’s one of the major sites in South America, not to be missed under any …
Continue readingMy advice for traveling to Antarctica
What does Antarctica look like? Michel Berger spoke of the “white paradise”, I think it’s a very beautiful image. Huge icebergs, of dimensions difficult to imagine, glaciers as far as the eye can see, suspended or at sea level, but also mountains… A lot of relief in fact! Besides, many will perhaps imagine that Antarctica is a flat territory, it …
Continue readingMy discovery of Antarctica, the 6th continent
Antarctic penguin and its babies Antarctica is the windiest, coldest, driest, most barren and highest continent of all. It’s the very end, the southernmost land in the world. A continent in its own right (about one and a half times the size of Europe), a land that belongs to no one, no nation has sovereignty over these millions of square …
Continue readingPatagonia, the last refuge
As I write this, about twenty years have passed since I chose to live here in Patagonia. I know now that everything is in balance, moreover, Jean Raspail considered Patagonia as “a second homeland, the refuge homeland of those who believe in transcendence, in the need to elevate their thoughts”… Everything is said. It’s the last land inhabited by humans, …
Continue reading10 must-see destinations in Chile
Lauca Park and its vicunas La première des destinations incontournables, le Parc Lauca, situé dans la Cordillère des Andes, coincé aux limites de la Bolivie et du Pérou, perché en haut d’une interminable descente jusqu’aux plages chiliennes du Pacifique, est un véritable bijoux. Le Parc National Lauca, cœur de cette Cordillère, tout comme son homologue Bolivien (le Parc Sajama) est …
Continue readingMy advice for visiting Torres del Paine Park
As I write these lines, fifteen years have already passed since I discovered the Torres del Paine National Park for the first time. I won’t hide to you that my memories remind me of the sweet image of an unreal and wild park at the end of the world; with few tourists, but lots of guanacos and rheas at every …
Continue readingMy advice for visiting Peninsula Valdes
Quand y aller ? – Comment optimiser son séjour ? – De quelle manière visiter ? – Quels sont les endroits à ne pas rater ? Ce sont les questions que tous les voyageurs se posent avant d’arriver à la Péninsule Valdes. Je vais vous aider à répondre à toutes ces questions. Sans non-plus divulguer toutes mes bonnes adresses ! …
Continue readingChile, land of volcanoes
Chile is a country with more than 2,000 volcanoes (2,085 to be exact!), accumulating geographical and geological records. Along its 4,300 km, Chile is bordered by the Cordillera de los Andes, which stand as a natural rampart between the Pacific Ocean and the two neighboring countries to the east: Bolivia and Argentina. Chile has more than 500 volcanoes considered active. …
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