4-XTREMES – PART 75: Lakes, volcanoes and giant trees
STANDARD: 4-XTREMES – THE WORLD TOUR
With the Axor, Andrea and Mike overcome even the most difficult roads – and are rewarded with a breathtaking view.
Hey RoadStars, we’ve just been on yet another adventure, and of course, we're going to tell you all about it! Our next destination in Chile is Conguillío National Park. Conguillío means "water with pine nuts" in the indigenous Mapuche language. First, the journey takes us through a breathtaking volcanic landscape.
We continue on a single-lane dirt road that winds through a dense and rather narrow section of forest. Because of this, it takes us 1.5 hours to travel just 17 kilometres from the park entrance to Laguna Conguillío, our home for the night.
A real tree giant.
But the hairy journey is worth it. We stay for a few days and explore the park on foot to get a view of the lake and the spectacular Llaima volcano. We even kayak to a hidden waterfall on the other side of the lake.
Another giant eye-catcher is the 1,800-year-old, 50-metre-high monkey puzzle tree with a trunk diameter of 2.20 metres – imagine that! Fossil finds of related species date back up to 90 million years, making monkey puzzles one of the oldest tree families in the world.
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After a few days in the park, we set off again. Our next destination: Argentina! The road continues along Ruta 23 by Aluminé Lake and then the Aluminé River. As it’s time to replenish our stocks again, we head to San Martín de los Andes before we continue our journey to the next national park. This includes parts of the Patagonian steppe and caves that were previously inhabited by indigenous groups.
It's a good job that our Axor weighs only 13 tonnes, as the bridges on the minor roads in the park have a weight limit of 15 tonnes. What luck!
We enjoy the fantastic landscape and continue into the sunset. What's our next destination? Add your guesses in the comments!
4-Xtremes – The World Tour.
An unparalleled journey.
Andrea and Mike Kammermann have been on tour in their Axor for three years. "4-Xtremes – The World Tour" is the motto of the journey that the two Swiss nationals embarked on in mid-2020 and which they share with the RoadStars community. Keep up to date and don't miss out on any of the stunning destinations visited by the adventurous pair.
You can find the current parts from the “4-Xtremes – The World Tour” series here.
You can find the route of the trip before the crossing to South America here.
Photos and video: 4-Xtremes
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Merci pour ce reportage.
Merci pour ce reportage.
Have à nice trip in Argentina 😉
Have à nice trip in Argentina 😉
Greetings from the other side of the globe 😎🙌
Greetings from the other side of the globe 😎🙌
Bei deiser Vielzahl an bebilderten Inspirationen würde ich am liebsten alles liegen u. stehen lassen und eure Reise(n) selbst live "nachfahren /-erleben" 😉😃
Weiterhin viele tolle Inspirationen u. pers. (Lebens-)Erfahrungen, sowie sicheres u. möglichst pannenfreies Reisen drüben in Südamerika 👋
Bei deiser Vielzahl an bebilderten Inspirationen würde ich am liebsten alles liegen u. stehen lassen und eure Reise(n) selbst live "nachfahren /-erleben" 😉😃
Weiterhin viele tolle Inspirationen u. pers. (Lebens-)Erfahrungen, sowie sicheres u. möglichst pannenfreies Reisen drüben in Südamerika 👋
Tolle Bilder und ein tolles Video.
👍👍👍👍👍🚛😎🙋♂️🥰
Tolle Bilder und ein tolles Video.
👍👍👍👍👍🚛😎🙋♂️🥰
Liebe Grüsse aus Südamerika
Liebe Grüsse aus Südamerika