Imaginative Traveller's blog
Welcome to the Imaginative Traveller Blog! This is a brilliant means for us to communicate directly with you. We will be able to keep you updated on the latest Imaginative Traveller news, events, trips, fascinating snippets of info from life on the tour leader front, how our overseas Destinations Managers spend their average day, humorous tales from tours, staff trip reports and just general Imaginative Traveller gossip. So check it out and let us know what you think!
Day 11 - Punta Arenas and the Straits of Magellan
Day 11
A 250km drive to Punta Arenas today, taking the local transfer bus service again. Views were somewhat different to the previous few days, a rolling steppe, populated by herds of sheep on large estancias, and random rhea spotted every now and again. We passed numerous lakes, some with flamingo, but this was a journey to finish a book and just snooze.
Patagonia Day 10 - Unusual weather!
Oops, the weather just changed...
Colin Stump in Patagonia - Day 9 Torres del Paine National Park
A clear day dawned, with stunning light on the Torres del Paine in the early morning, with mist slowly rising from the Rio Serrano.
Colin Stump in Patagonia
Day 6 - Viedma Glacier Trek!
Day 5 of Colin Stump's Journey through Patagonia
Day 5 - To the summit of Loma del Pliegue Tumbado 1500m!
Chile Earthquake
The devasting earthquake in Chile is another terrible natural disaster that shocks our world and our hearts go out to the people in that country. In terms of our clients we do not have any tours in Chile at this time so no-one was affected and we do not have any groups arriving on other tours until next week. We will work with our local operators to see what impact this will have for those groups.
Day 4 of Colin Stump's Patagonian journey
Day 4 - Fitzroy Base Camp!
Managing Director Colin Stump in Patagonia
Colin Stump, who heads up the Travel Adventure Division at TUI, travelled with us on our Patagonian Highlights tour this month. Follow his journey with this day by day account as he travels from the cosmopolitan streets of Buenos Aires to the wild and remote lands of Patagonia and down to the southern tip of Latin America, Tierra del Fuego and Ushuaia.
Starting with the arrival in Buenos Aires, here are his first three days - to tide you over the weekend!
Wanderlust Travel Awards
The respected UK travel magazine 'Wanderlust' has just announced the winners of its annual Readers' Travel Awards. Included in the line up are: Top Country, Top City and Top Emerging Destination (as well as Top Operator of course which, in case you need reminding, Imaginative Traveller was voted into the Top Five out of 627 companies!).
