Solitary Refinement: Patagonia's Natural Beauty Is Nothing Short Of Staggering

Town and Country, Winter 2008 Summary

Katherine Taylor recounts her solo journey through Argentine Patagonia and the Patagonian Lake District (Bariloche, Lake Nahuel Huapi, and El Calafate’s Perito Moreno Glacier) coordinated by Blue Parallel. In the “Native Intelligence” guide, she commends Blue Parallel for orchestrating seamless private flights, tarmac transfers, and outdoor adventures across southern Argentina with zero hassle.

Key Quotes

“There is nothing in the middle of Argentina but air and water and land. On my first night in Patagonia, the team at Blue Parallel, the luxury outfitter that planned my trip, left a plate of butter cookies and a bottle of Champagne with one glass in my room at the Correntoso (the honeymoon suite, by the way, with a tub for two right in the bedroom).”

“The guides at Blue Parallel can make anything happen, and it was some last vestige of decency that prevented me from demanding they take me to their house for dinner. Had I asked, I have no doubt they would have compiled.”

“The easiest way to navigate the in-country flights, the complicated airport transfers and the dirt roads that unpredictably branch off Patagonia's two-lane highways is to hire Blue Parallel, a company so organized and precise and devoted to pleasing the client, I'm not sure how I have continued to operate in the real world without it.”