I always feel that the last day was the most adventurous yet, then along comes another, even better - and more demading!
We knew that today would both start with 50 km of mixed gravel and holey tar to get away from Serranova Village in the Tower del Paine NP, but added to 440km of driving AND pouring rain for the first couple of hours, it proved to be a real challenge. And at 52 degrees south, its also getting cold.
The ride goes through the town of Puerto Natales then heads south and east eventually meeting the ferry across Magellan Strait. But immediately before that, is a ghost town, that was a huge Estancia in the 1800s and effectively the gathering point for all wool in the area from where it was shipped to Tierra Del Fuego and onwards. This place was truly fascinating with a monster mansion still occupied up in the hills. However the estancia buildings are all now vacant in the main street so we explored them.
The ferry had three ships running and we left at 2:30pm with a very strong tide running through the Strait. It takes about 20 minutes and carries all manner of cars and trucks. A bike is about $14 each.
Our nights accommodation, just prior to crossing the Argentinian border tomorrow, is at the tiny mining town of Cerro Sombrero, where we are staying in the only and nice hotel.
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