Those who know us know that we like to have several vacations in the pipeline. Before we returned from our Canada by rail trip we already had plans to go to Patagonia between Christmas and New Years. We even had a random stranger we talked to tell us how she loved Patagonia while we waited for the bus.
After we got home we contacted our travel person and asked about Patagonia. A few days later we discovered that Patagonia is very popular between Christmas and New Years. Most places in Torres del Paine National Park were booked solid. The only place available was $11,000 per person (not including airfare and two nights in Santiago). Time to go to plan B.
Plan B is Iceland. Actually, Iceland was sort of our plan A and Patagonia was Plan B. We rejected Iceland early on because it seemed more expensive than Patagonia. After Patagonia priced itself out of the market we revisited Iceland. Our travel person did a great job putting together a package that was, by our usual standards, dirt cheap. Instead of booking an umbrella tour she booked a hotel, flights, and then filled the time with individual daily tours. In the end we saved thousands of dollars.
So this December, between Christmas and the New Years Day, we will be exploring Iceland and, weather willing, basking under the Aurora Borealis. What better New Years Eve fireworks than the Aurora?
We haven't forgotten about Patagonia. We're looking at going there after Christmas 2019. Hopefully this far ahead will get us a more reasonable price.
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