Queulat Glacier

Queulat hanging glacier is at the end of a small ice cap that splits into two waterfalls as it spills

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down a rock face. Now there are plenty of hanging glaciers in Patagonia, but most of them are hard to access or not as large and raging as this one, and that’s what makes it special. Queulat National Park is located 22km outside the town of Puyuhuapi and costs 4,000 CLP to enter. To reach the lookout point, you’ll have to trudge through 3km of mud, so bring sturdy and waterproof shoes. You can also camp in the national park overnight to beat the crowds to the lookout point in the morning. Puyuhuapi, a town in the Chilean fjords along the Carretera Austral, is rural, quiet, and the kind of place I could get stuck in for a while. It’s mostly farms, small campsites, and boats that line the shore; the water is so flat and calm that it reflects the sunsets brilliantly. You can go fishing there, try to talk a local into taking you on his fishing boat, go on a long walk, or best of all, make it your base to explore the national parks on the outskirts of town.