PHOTO OF THE MONTH:

Photo gallery of pictures from our ACTIVE NEW ZEALAND adventure vacation
Iguana Jan 2010
Travelling on two wheels is a great way to meet the locals and slow down to smell the coffee.

MEET OUR GUIDES:

ACTIVE NEW ZEALAND adventure travel guide
Sebastian Hansen
"This was my fourth trip with ACTIVE and I feel that Sebastian was overall the best lead guide I have had. Sebastian has great ideas and tons of energy. He is a great representative for both ACTIVE SOUTH AMERICA and for Chile. "
Jefferson Thomas (Wadsworth, Nevada, USA) Feb 2010 Condor
News Clips and Reviews
Patagonia - Day One
by Dan Cooperman

Just got back to my room from dinner after my first full day of the Condor tour. It was a lot of driving as we had to make our way from Punta Arenas, which is where I flew in to from Santiago, to Puerto Natales, the launching spot (well almost) for our W hike, a four day/three night, 70 km hike deep into Torres del Paine National Park. Dating back 12 million years, Torres is a hiker's delight located deep in Patagonia. Millions of years ago magma (insert Dr. Evil saying “liquid hot MAGMA”) intrusions failed to make their way to the earth's surface, cooling underground into resistant granite. In the interim, water, ice and snow eroded the softer surrounding terrain to liberate the massive spires for which the park is known. Read more...

Hiking in Patagonia
"I took a chance on a "guided tour" and I am thrilled I did! I have never taken more than seven days off from work so being away for 16 days was a huge commitment. Active South America kept me so busy and jazzed that I even forgot what date it was and what I might be missing back at the office. Since returning, I had one compliment worth quoting: "I am not sure what you are doing, but keep doing it, you look great!.""

Lisa Labonville (New York, USA) Jan 2007 Tortuga

Perito Moreno Glacier, Argentina

Patagonia's Perito Moreno Glacier is deservedly one of Argentina's most popular attractions.

Perito Moreno GlacierPerito Moreno, an advancing glacier in the heart of Southern Patagonia, is a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of Argentina's most popular attractions. There seems to have a whole other sense of scale in Patagonia, and Glaciar Perito Moreno is a prime example. It's one of the largest glaciers not only in Los Glaciares National Park but in South America, with a wall of over 200 vertical feet or roughly the size of a 15-story building that goes back 3 miles. Of course, part of the beauty of the glacier is that it's constantly changing and unlike just about every other glacier in the world, this one is swelling and growing steadily - rather than receding - at a rate of up to 7 feet a day, not counting the massive chunks of ice that fall off the façade into the Canal de los Tempanos as well.

There are lots of ways to get closer to this natural wonder including guided glacier trekking tours and glacier viewing cruises on Lake Argentina. The glacier is located within Los Glaciares National Park about an hour and a half drive from El Calafate.

Get up close to the Perito Moreno Glacier on the Condor, a 14-day Patagonia adventure.

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