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Category: South America

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Trekking the Planet through our Treks [Video]

During our 14 month around-the-world journey, we completed 12 treks in some of the most remote places in the world. While trekking we filmed our experiences and created short videos to summarize our time.

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A Culinary Journey: Trekking the Planet Food Articles

One of the great pleasures of traveling is the culinary journey taken in trying food from the places you visit. While on our expedition, we wrote several articles about our food experiences. Read all six stories here!

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Trekking the Planet Recap Videos

Here are all eight of the Trekking the Planet recap videos, filmed throughout our journey, in one place!

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Trekking the Planet: Epilogue [Video]

Catch up with the Trekking the Planet team as Darren and Sandy review their entire journey. In this video, you will hear about the team’s adventures as they sought to bring geography to life. The interview takes place just days after they arrive home, with questions from their daughter Kristen.

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Trekking the Planet: South America Recap [Video]

Catch up with the Trekking the Planet team as Darren and Sandy review their time in South America.

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Our Voyage Home

We boarded the Star Princess in Valparaiso, Chile, to begin our 2 ½ week journey home. It was only when we began to unpack our rolling duffels that it hit us that our expedition was actually coming to an end.

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Travels through Chile by Land and Sea

Our journeys the past week has taken us over 1,500 miles (2,414 kilometers) as we traveled from Puerto Natales north to Santiago by land and sea.

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Cruising the Patagonian Fjords on the Navimag Ferry [Video]

Catch up with the Trekking the Planet team as Sandy reviews their time traveling through the Patagonian fjords and channels on the Navimag Ferry Evangelistas from Puerto Natales to Puerto Montt in Chile.

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A Taste of Argentina – Food Highlights

In our newest food experiences installment, Sandy writes about our culinary highlights while traveling in Argentina.

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Trekking the “W” in Torres del Paine, Chile [Video]

Catch up with the Trekking the Planet team as they review their time in Parque Nacional Torres del Paine in Chile.

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The Final Trek: Chile’s Torres del Paine National Park

We took our first step trekking 355 days ago when we began the Overland Track in Tasmania, Australia. Now, after 470 miles of hiking in some of the most incredible cultural and natural places of the world, we completed our twelfth and final trek, in Torres del Paine National Park in Chile.

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Of Mountains, Glaciers and Lakes: Hiking in Los Glaciares National Park

Our last stop in our 26-day, 2,700 mile (4,345 kilometer) overland journey through Argentina was in Los Glaciares National Park. While here we were treated to some of the most spectacular mountain, glacier and lake scenery of our expedition.

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Since their original 424-day journey around the world to raise K-12 geo-literacy, Darren and Sandy Van Soye have continued to focus on authentic adventures highlighting the cultural and natural significance of some of the most remote areas of the world.

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