Norway is home to one of the world’s great expeditionary cultures. In true Viking spirit, generations of Norwegians have moved out to explore and claim distant lands. The greatest, perhaps are Thor Hyderdahl and Roald Amundsen, fearless wanders with whom the Vagabond Adventure claims (very modest) kinship. But the Norwegian countryside itself is a remarkable place for exploration, as if the land nurtures and prepares native adventures to leave for unexplored pastures.

Sprawled across the southernmost tip of South America, far away from the cramped and entangled environs of urban North America, lies Patagonia. It’s a big unspoiled wilderness, an antidote to cities, and, unless you’ve lost your senses entirely, or your last sliver of curiosity, it will captivate you. Here’s a short list …monstrous glaciers, spectacular and unique wildlife (condors to guanaco), towering Andean peaks that run down the region’s spine, and on either side its endless pampas and shimmering lakes.