It was raining in the morning but when we boarded little ship at Puerto Bahamontez the sun appeared slowly. Mountain Lake O’Higgins on the border between Chile and Argentina is huge. We were sailing about 2 hours to the little outpost called Cilndarello Mancilla and then another 1.5 hours to the great Glacier O’Higgins. What a views! The face of the glacier is 3 kms wide and has a height 60 – 80 m. It was calving every few minutes…. The ship was drifting at the glacier one hour in the sun and strong, cold wind going down from the ice cap. Then we returned back to C. Mancilla. There is a border post of Carabinieros de Chile and only one family living – Senior Ricardo – offering 11 beds in the cramp cabanas. All bads were booked in advance by international group of tourists travelling with Gabriela -local guide. Ricardo put me to his barn. Primitive place, but what a fantastic view of the O’Higgins Lake and snow capped mountains! And what a new adventure!
