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Walk Patagonia
San Martin 21
El Chaltén, , 9301
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Phone:
01273 906 858; Toll-Free:
Email: zoe@walkpatagonia.com • Web: http://www.walkpatagonia.com
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Walk Patagonia is a small company working out of El Chaltén (Los Glaciares National Park), Patagonia, Argentina. We organise trekking with loads of local information including; flora and fauna, history, geography, ecology and more! We go that extra mile to make sure your holiday of a lifetime really is one! <p>Please visit our website to learn more!
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Eco-Certification: 
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| Sustainable Policy: |
We are very well aware that Patagonia is an up and coming area for travellers and therefore needs to be taken care of immediately in order for the nature and sustainable tourism here to survive. Our policy therefore is to think about the future in our actions of today. |
| Ecological/Environmental
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We try to keep our environmental impact to a minimum by considering all areas of where damage is possible. First of all we work with small groups so that our noise pollution does not affect the fauna in the national park, we can keep path erosion to a minimum by sticking to the paths and only camping at allocated camp sites. Secondly, the water. The water in the national park is still drinkable so, we adhere to strict regulations of no washing in, or nearby the lakes and streams, no swimming and to only use the latrines available for human waste. Walk Patagonia from the first day has been very strict regarding rubbish. We walk our rubbish out of the national park, we then recycle as much as is possible in a very small town with not that many resources available. We cannot achieve 100% zero impact, but we do strive to keep it to a minimum. We also keep ourselves up to date with new discoveries and ideas for reducing environmental and ecological impact. |
| Social/Cultural
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El Chaltén is an interesting town as it was founded in 1985. As the town is young and full of Argentineans from all over the country there isn´t a local culture to be lost or damaged. Another point of interest is the town solely exists through tourism and therefore the majority of people only live here during the spring and summer, the high season. During autumn and winter, there is no tourism therefore the local people emigrate to other places in Argentina in order to find work. What Walk Patagonia proposes little by little is to generate winter tourist activities to be able to give work to the locals throughout the year. This would avoid family separation and generate a feeling of belonging to El Chaltén. |
| Economic
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We are a small company who works directly with locals in the area. We employ locals for jobs which allow the locals to use their specialist skills i.e. horsemanship, local ground knowledge, orienteering, etc. By employing locals we ensure money stays within Argentina to help the local people and local economy. |
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POOP TUBES
On expeditions to the Continental Ice Field and glaciers we use poop tubes in order not to leave any human waste behind.
BOX LUNCHES
We provide box lunches in paper bags.
ORGANIC AND INORGANIC WASTE
On treks we ask clients to keep their inorganic waste in their box lunch bag and to place organic waste in a bag that we provide. In El Chaltén we then dispose of the waste accordingly.
WATER BOTTLES
As the water in the National Park is drinkable, we try to keep plastic water bottles to a minimum by providing reusable plastic bottles (i.e. Nalgene).
BATTERIES
Walk Patagonia only uses rechargeable batteries for head torches, radios, GPS, etc. We recommend travellers coming here to do the same. If this is not possible we work with a project of collecting depleted batteries or unused batteries in boxes located in shops and hotels to later send to special plants set up by the government.
DETERGENTS
Walk Patagonia only uses biodegradable detergents whilst camping and in El Chaltén cleaning equipment or water bottles.
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Request more information
Phone:
01273 906 858; Toll-Free:
Email: zoe@walkpatagonia.com • Web: http://www.walkpatagonia.com
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