It was a 5 hour drive from El Calafate to the Chile border where we picked up our Chilean guide, Carlos. Then on to our hotel for the evening. Estancia Lazo is a working ranch that also is run like a bed and breakfast during the summer.
We traveled along Sarmiento Lake which is the largest lake in Chile Patagonia. It has no outlet for its waters, causing it to have a very high pH , in other words it is very alkaline. The calcium carbonate has formed into massive rock formations revealed as water levels go up and down.
Every time we exit the bus we are experiencing very high winds at about 35-40 mph. But the views of the Torres Paine Massive are amazing. Carlos pointed out the three towers which don’t look like towers from here but he assures us they are tower-like from other directions.
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