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| It is often some distance from their burrow to the sea | Puerto Madryn, the base for visits to the Península Valdés |
Punta Delgado on the Península Valdés | The path passes through the colourful Kaffir Fig |
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| On the beach there are numerous elephant seals basking in the sun | The lighthouse at Punta Delgado |
Near Puerto Pyramides there are seal colonies | Young and old enjoy the sun |
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| We fly over the very end of the American land mass and the Straits of Magellan | Down town Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego | The most southerly city, the "End of the World" |
Views of the Beagle Channel looking across to Chile |
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| Charles Darwin sailed through these waters | The gnarled old woodland of the Tierra del Fuego National Park | A beaver dam and the attendant damage to the trees in the Park |
Lapatia Bay and the end of the Pan-American Highway Alaska 17848 kms! |
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| Views across Lapataia bay | Summer time but still snow at the end of the Andes | A first glimpse of the Perito Moreno Glacier in southern Patagonia |
Close by and the size of it is apparent by the launch at the far right of the picture |
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| Visitor beware! | The incredible shapes of the twisted and cracked ice |
There are viewing platforms at varying levels | From a launch the height of the glacier is more obvious |
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| One of the launches that took us closer to the wall of ice |
A final view of the glacier with the sun just catching its surface |
Thousands of kms north and flowers in the garden of our hotel near the Iguassu Falls on the border with Brazil and Paraguay |
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| Some young coatis, a relative of the racoon | A first sight of the falls from the Brazilian side | One of the viewing platforms near the "Devil's Throat" |
The Falls stretch for several kilometres |
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| Walkways on the Argentinian side lead across the top of the Falls to give close views of the cascades | |||
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| A small train takes us from one point to another. Mind your extremities! | Spray and sunlight result in rainbows |
Boats take the brave (or foolhardy?) closer to the Falls |
A placid section of the Iguassu River downstream from the Falls |
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| Everyone's prepared for a thorough soaking! |
More rainbows through the spray |
Close to one of the many cascades |
The "Garganta del Diablo" or "Devil's Throat" |
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