I had a wonderful trip to this island escaping the hustle and bustle of modern life. I was so well looked after by Paula and her team at Areolassa for the flights to and from Robinson Crusoe island. One thing you should do is give yourself a little bit of extra time in Santiago both sides of the trip. Sometimes the plane cannot land at the island airport due to weather conditions. i manages both flights which took about 2 hours each way. On arrival to the island i was met by the superb boat transfer crew for the 50 minute boat trip to the jetty at San Juan Bautista town. on arriving i was met and transferred to the Refugio Nautico lodge. The accommodation ran by Marcello and his wife was very nice and accommodating. I was served such wonderful food by the girls Genesis,Jeisey and Teresa at the lodge. Breakfast lunch and dinner. My guide was Hernan who looked after me so well on our hikes to the Plazoletta El Yunque where we watched many Firecracker Hummingbird flying in and out of one particular tree. We also hiked to the Mirador de Selkirk for the view of both sides of the island and i took a boat seeing some of the island and the Thousands of seal which are everywhere. i manage to walk into the main town a few times meeting the locals and watching them play football. A magical trip to for fil a dream. Wonderful help from Cecilia at Far South expeditions and wetravel. Wonderful.

The guide extremely knowledgeable and went to great lengths to get me into positions to see and photograph all that I wanted to . Many thanks

It was a very good trip. Excellent guides and drivers, comfortable car, good accommodations. We were not quite as lucky with Puma sightings as we had hoped but that is nature. Still saw 5 individuals, including one very habituated female. The others were very shy. Top marks for our guide Diego Tureo, a very friendly, knowledgable and hard-working young man who I am sure has a great guiding career ahead of him. Top birder! Patagonia itself is just stunning, definitely would like to return to these wonderful landscapes. 4 stars only because we were not totally happy regarding communications with offices. Did not receive a detailed itinerary after booking even though it was promised that would happen within a few weeks. Then all of a sudden it was explained that they "never" provide full itineraries until a few weeks before the trip. It was then provided indeed, but only after I had to ask for it again. Also felt a situation reg our hotel in Punta Arenas where we needed some extra hours because of a cancelled flight could have been handled much better. But definitely 5 Stars for all the people on the ground and Patagonia itself.

Our guide Diego was charming and engaging. He also had great stamina! Our days observing nature were very long - early starts and late finishes - which certainly eventually paid dividends for us. We saw most of our target species and had an intriguing puma encounter which we would appreciate some further information on. Having travelled to the area 10 years ago it was quite relaxing to be able to observe birds and animals with the wonderful scenery of Torres Del Paine and not feel obligated to ‘do’ the famous walks. On our tour we had superb views of the towers and horns enhanced by a pink sunrise and later by amazing cloud formations. We saw many bird species including the Torrent Duck as well as birds of the Patagonian steppe. Diego was an excellent bird guide. Although the numbers of guanaco seemed to us to be greatly reduced compared to our previous visit to the region, Diego facilitated plenty of photo opportunities for guanaco and other animals including foxes and armadillos. We had naively not been aware of some of the restrictions to puma viewing which are designed to give groups more private, quality time with puma. However, due to our guides (tracker also named Diego) knowledge of puma behaviour the time that we had with the puma was when it was active, rather than sleeping, and we gained much insight into these large cats. Our accomodation at the rather quirky Hotel Estancia El Ovejero Patagonico in Cerro Castillo was homely, cosy and welcoming with pleasant staff and an array of friendly dogs. There was excellent heating in our room, the shower was great and there were enough electricity outlets to charge all our devices and camera plus spare batteries overnight. Breakfast was standard for Chile and our packed lunches (choose your own ingredients) were generous and tasty. We felt the food had better choices when the buffet was offered compared to ordering off the menu. If there are only a few guests then the buffet is not a dinner option understandably. We would have no hesitation in recommending both this accomodation and our tour to others.

It was an amazing day of birding in the Punta Arenas area. Our primary objective was to see the Chilean Flamingo, Lesser Rhea, and Andean Condor. This would take a half day north of PA. Our guide noted that we would have enough time in the day to travel south first to see several other eco-areas. These sites proved to be exceptionally rich with new species for us. We then went North and found all our target species. We concluded with a climb up to see the Andean Condors in flight at eye level. This was positively incredible. We do not have words to describe the experience our guide, Patricio provided. We highly recommend Patricio and Far South. They are true professionals with the goal to see their client has an exceptional experience while protecting the amazing environment this area offers. Thank you!!