In the last blog I mentioned that we had to be somewhere but had opted to head up the volcano, well we still needed to be somewhere and slightly later than planned we headed off on the 45min drive to where we needed to be.


This had all started a few weeks earlier when in the midst of a bit of research, Jessica had leaped to her feet and declared "right, I've found it! ".



Obviously, initially I had no idea what the hell she had found, however in an ever increasing animated fashion she told me all about it.


As a family we are all animal lovers and meeting animals, be it, ducks, cats, dogs, turkeys, donkeys, chickens, horses, cows and even skunks has beenu a consistent pleasure, throughout our trip and an escape from missing our animals back home.


Any opportunity to meet more animals is a good opportunity, however this time we were taking things to a new level!


We were heading off to stay in a cabaña on a husky farm and they called themselves:


Aurora Austral - Patagonia Husky - Follow the call to the wild.


Not the most catchy name and something I for one found slightly confusing.  


When Jessica first told me the full title I had got a bit mixed up and questioned whether the name was on the risqué side.


Turns out I was wrong and was I thinking of an Areola not an Aurora and they are completely different.


The journey was pretty uneventful and given that it was in the middle nowhere was surprisingly, stress-free and easy to find.


On arrival we were greeted by our host Konrad, a friendly chap whom following a subsequent 'google', turns out was a pilot in the German Airforce for fifteen years before packing it all in and pursuing his true passion.


He pointed us towards a gate and within a minute we were driving through a field that was the home to a couple of Alpacas.


These things, as cuddly as they look have a bit of a swagger about them, very confident, able to take care of themselves and were giving us dirty looks.


Not sure if they bear any relation to camels, but everyone knows that an angry camel will gob on you, these things had a look about them that a gob wouldn't be enough, they would probably stick the head on you first.


We weren't here to see them though, the kids were on stricked orders to stay well clear and the adults were too scared to go anywhere near them so no orders required.


Through the next gate we had arrived at the cabañas.  There were three that we could initially see, along with a couple of sheep, whose sole purpose it would seem is to keep the grass well trimmed.


Our host them led us past these three, round a corner and pointed where to park.


He had an obvious sense of pride when he showed us where we staying, and quite rightly so. It was a brand new chalet style cabin and first impressions were very good (it had a Bavarian feel).


We have stayed in a variety of places over the past few months and this was right up there with the best.  Lovely log cabin, wood burning stove, veranda etc. There was even a wee river in the view, in amongst the trees.


This is an amazing space and not even the weather could put a dampener on how tranquil and relaxing this place could be. 


The first dampener that the weather attempted was a forecast of some serious pishing it down rain for the next morning.


We were due to be doing some husky race training first thing. Not great!


It is not only two Alpacas, two Sheep and a family pet dog that live here.


Forty nine, Siberian, Alaskan and European (Alaskan/Greyhound) Huskies are the main draw.


An elaborate kennel setup of various runs, sleeping areas and out buildings, including channels of fresh running water from the river and are the home to a remarkable pack.


These dogs are bred for racing and not only are we here for an amazing experience, we are in our own little way helping support the project by supporting training regime and business side that makes the whole place possible.


Crap weather aside, we are asked if we mind moving the experience to the following morning.