PATAGONIA NATURE AND TRAVEL WEBSITES

BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS

Natural Patagonia / Patagonia natural: Argentina & Chile, by Marcelo D. Beccaceci, published by PANGAEA (ISBN 0963018043, $32.95 USD, hardcover; ISBN 0963018035 $24.95 USD, paperback). The number-one bestselling interpretive guide to Patagonia on Amazon.com, this bilingual Spanish-English compendium of Patagonian nature is the perfect travel companion.

Patagonia Wilderness, by Marcelo D. Beccaceci and Bonnie Hayskar, published by PANGAEA (ISBN 0963018019, $45.00 USD, hardcover). This was the first photographic book on the nature of Argentine Patagonia ever published. Now rare, you can catch a glimpse of its imagery on its weblink.

PATAGONIA: El fin del mundo / The End of the Earth, published by PANGAEA (ISBN 0963018086, $20.00 USD). The highly collectible over-sized poster, illustrated by South American wildlife artist Aldo Chiappe, includes common names for species in Spanish and English, as well as scientific names, for the major flora and fauna of Patagonia.

DESTINATIONS

El Calafate, Argentina

Península Valdes, Argentina

La Guía Web de Puerto Madryn, Argentina

Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

Bariloche, Argentina

Austral Sur - Chile

TOUR OPERATORS

Window into Patagonia, custom-personalized journeys into Patagonia, Chile and Argentina. Each excursion is crafted to reach outside the mainstream, and all are suited for travelers who are passionate about exploring diverse regions of nature, paths of human understanding and South American cultures.

Mare Australis, cruise ship of Tierra del Fuego, with departures from Ushuaia, Argentina, and Punta Arenas, Chile.

Mountain Travel Sobek: Hiker's Patagonia

Above the Clouds, adventure travel tours

LODGING

Complejo Faro de Punta Delgado, the lighthouse complex at Punta Delgado, located in the southernmost part of Peninsula Valdes, Patagonia, Argentina. It is the only hotel inside of the Peninsula Valdes Protected Area.

Hosteria Las Balsas, Bariloche

Patagonia Connection

RESOURCES

Longitude Books, ecotourism

Chile: A Natural Inspiration, Web site of the Corporación de Promoción Turística de Chile (Tourism Promotion Council of Chile)

Virtual Patagonia

Cultures of the Andes

Yahoo Argentina Travel Information

Yahoo Chile Travel Information

US Consular Information Sheet: Argentina (26 April 2006)

US Consular Information Sheet: Chile (26 April 2006)

Lonely Planet: Destination Chile and Easter Island

Lonely Planet: Destination Argentina

Federal Office of Tourism, Government of Argentina and National Parks

Welcome to South America

South American Explorers Club

First Stryke Productions - PATAGONIA, Web site for filmmaker and script writer Walt "Stryke" Clayton, associate producer of the award-winning The Living Edens: Patagonia - Life at the End of the Earth for PBS. Order video HERE. See also Clayton's Patagonia Image Collection.