5 legs and 17h+ of flight time to return We started the return with a 0200 arrival at the Caracas Airport to get back to Panama. The stop in Panama was short lived, as we immediately left to collect the PC-24. We changed and took-off as quickly as possible. We arrived in Natal at around […]
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A country in turmoil After Uyuni, we flew to Cochabamba on a public flight, quickly picked up our baggage, prepared our aircraft and made us on our way in direction Panama City. Following a 3h30, we touched down in Leticia (Columbia), an airport in the middle of the Amazon Jungle. The fuelling went smoothly, and
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The worlds largest salt flats Following our stay in Mendoza, we made our way northwards, crossing over the Argentinian border into Bolivia. Bolivia, a land-locked country in central South America, is split into the low-lands Amazon and the high-lands Andes regions. Our next goal was to get to Salar de Uyuni. However, as the PC-24
Argentina’s wine capital After two busy, nature based days in the Atacama desert we made out way back to Argentina, this time to Mendoza. In order to get there, we had to stop over at a customs airport, which in this case was the Chilean coastal town of Antofagasta. After a short flight, we landed
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The world’s driest desert We bid farewell to Cedric in Santiago, and continued our journey northwards to the Atacama desert. The flight form Santiago was quick and smooth, and after 2h30, we touched down in Calama. Luckily for us, the entire entry process was efficient, and we were on our way within 30 minutes. From
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Chile’s cultural, political and financial centre Although we were sad to leave behind the beauty of the Torres del Paine national park, we were excited to continue onwards on our journey and travel to Chile’s capital; Santiago de Chile. Once we arrived at the airport, we quickly set-up the plane to avoid the blistering wind
One of Patagonia’s crown Jewels The next stop in our journey was Puerto Natales, or more specifically, the Torres del Paine National Park. The flight from Punta Arenas to Puerto Natales was more like a quick hop, with 20min in the air. The approach was very windy, however, the pilots did an excellent job landing
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A brief but beautiful stint on one of the worlds last untouched frontiers Antarctica is a place that due to its remoteness, and harsh weather conditions, is still one of the most pristine ecosystems we find on planet earth. Inaccessible most of the year, it is possible to visit this fascinating place in the Antarctic
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RMF’s last country and the gateway to Antarctica In the two days leading up to our arrival in Punta Arenas, many of our conversations revolved around whether RMF would be admitted into Chile, and therefore complete his UN countries, or not. As we had learned from our guide in El Calafate, the inflexibility of Chileans
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‘Three Things in South America never improve: Chilean flexibility, Brazilian efficiency and Argentinian humbleness’ Our guide said on the way back from the glacier. We had noticed the Brazilian efficiency, or the lack there of, when we got stuck in Sao Paolo. This is especially true when compared to what we are used to in
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