Honeymoon Day 15: El Calafate to Torres del Paine /// Two Pumas, Two Avalanches, 100 Flamingos, and a Baby Armadillo

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Arriving at our hotel outside Torres del Paine national park, the Excursion Team uses these two “visual aides” to explain the trek options.
Parque Nacional Torres del Paine. The “Horns” on the right side are granite topped with sedimentary rock; at the far end of the French Valley (center) is the “Shark Fin.”
The “Patagonian Winds,” a house specialty.

Arriving in Chile, we had an extremely lucky day. We went out for a short hike, and immediately saw a baby armadillo, followed by two pumas (aka mountain lions), and a flock of flamingos. Armadillos are rarer to see than pumas here, but seeing two pumas together is even rarer. On the hike, we saw a huge avalanche, that looked and sounded like a huge waterfall.

Tomorrow we’re doing one of the big hikes in the park, and we can’t wait. The granite peaks here are stunning, we can see them from our hotel. It’s a rainy day tomorrow, so we may not have a great view on the hike. We’ll see!

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