Footprint Patagonia [Paperback]

Sophie Blacksell (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 25, 2005

From Bariloche to Tierra del Fuego, including the Lake District, Carretera Austral, Los Glaciares and Torres del Paine. Sparkling lakes and smoking volcanoes. Petrified forests, pristine glaciers and 60,000 penguins...

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About the Author

Lucy E. Cousins, a freelance journalist and the director of South American Explorers, has traveled in more than 150 cities in thirty-one countries and currently lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Janak Jani, who has lived, worked, and traveled in more twenty countries on four continents, resides in Valparaiso, Chile.

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 383 pages
• Publisher: Footprint (February 25, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1904777260
• ISBN-13: 978-1904777267
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,887,507 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Too heavy to pack!, April 10, 2007

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Tzar Igor "Tzar Igor" (Weed, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Footprint Patagonia (Paperback)

We just returned from a six week tour of Patagonia using this guide. We enjoyed all of the hikes, treks and tours recommended in the guide. We stayed in some of the recommended hostels and found them to be as described. Restaurants, addresses, telephone number, and e-mail addresses listed in the book were mostly obsolete; to be expected in a rapidly changing area swarmed by tourism. Except for public transportation costs, the costs of all services listed in the guide were off by 30 to 40 percent (too low).

The reasons we purchased this guide for our trip was that it had the most current publication date and it addressed the primary area that we intended to visit: Chilean and Argentinian Patagonia.

The primary reason for awarding a low rating to this guide book is the guide book's abominable design (risk of ordering on-line):
1. It is printed on heavy large format glossy paper and contains many pages; hence, it is very heavy. Too heavy to take with you in the backpack. Small format books like the Lonely Planet guides are more convenient to pack and haul with you.
2. The maps in the guide book are illegible. Use of color and small print on the maps and in the reference symbols makes them unreadable in low light conditions. Guides like the Lonely Planet that use simple monochrome line drawings for maps are superior.
3. Including ads in a guide book not only adds to its weight but is ethically questionable.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars So far so good, May 8, 2008

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gsos (Pittsburgh) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Patagonia, 2 (Footprint - Travel Guides) (Paperback)

I haven't gone on the trip yet so I can't comment on the accuracy of the book. I can say that it has help immensely with the planning process as it provides websites for most of the reviewed hostels and transportation services. It is very informative and was recently updated so I am assuming that the information is good. I can only give it four stars due to the fact that I haven't gone on the trip yet. Also, the book is smaller in size compared to the LP guidebook so you could easily take it with you on your trip without it being a burden.