Wednesday, July 30, 2008

El Questro
The name means absolutely nothing as far as anyone knows, it just sounded good when they were trying to work up a good marketing name - it worked LOL. It is full of grand palm lined canyons with the most perfect emerald pools just waiting to be jumped in, and yes we did and Ron even tried to scare the natives by skinny dipping, I have pics but on the grounds of decency (and my health) they wont make it on the net LOL. There is the compulsory Gorgeous gorges, and like everywhere else up here you have to be careful of those pesky crocs.
The set up is quite amazing, there is the "Homestead" which is about $3000 per person per night and unfortunately us paupers dont even get the chance to get close to have a look, from what we could tell the only way into there was by air. Then there were the apartments which are about $500 per night, then the tents at $158 per night and then if you look right down the bottom of the creek just next to the cattle (oh it still trades as a ranch, they get some kind of benefits from the state government if they are a working ranch) there's us LOL. The facilities are very good with a Steakhouse open from 7am each day, an A la Carte Restaurant about 30klms away which is at the Emilie Gorge resort, tours of every type, helicopters, 4WD tours, boats, you name it and it's there. We walked Moonshine, ElQuestro and Emilie Gorges and sailed up Champagne Gorge all totally different and great in their own ways.

2 comments:

Hans said...

that`s a great shame you can`t make it all the way. I hoped for you, going 2 month later than we did, the road or whatever it is, be dry enough that time of year. but at least you got the bull dust washed off !!!!!!

BJP said...

Hans, that sort of of bulldust just dont wash off!