El Calafate Trip Overview
Enjoy 3 days and in one of the wonders of the world! On the southern area of the Park, the most famous glacier can be seen: Perito Moreno.
The guide and the driver will be waiting for you at the Calafate airport to take you from there to your hotel. this service is private. After your 3 days stay in Calafate the driver will take you back to Calafate airport.
Hotel accomodation – 3 nights with breakfast
Day 1 : • Tour ‘Balcon Calafate’: start 10:00am. The track takes us through typical landscapes of Patagonia Argentina.
Day 2 : Mini-trekking: includes walkways – transfers in / out hotel • Pickup at Hotel -Durantion: 10 hours –
Day 3 : Calafate: Experience All Glaciers – 10 hours navigation – We will disembark point in front of Spegazzini Glacier, at the mountain shelter, to spend there one hour and a half.
IMPORTANT: If you choose the option without flights , you will not have hotel included either. For this option you have the tours itinerary and pick up and drop off hotel
Additional Info
Duration: 3 days
Starts: El Calafate, Argentina
Trip Category: Multi-day & Extended Tours >> Multi-day Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting El Calafate, Patagonia, Argentina
Enjoy 3 days and in one of the wonders of the world! On the southern area of the Park, the most famous glacier can be seen: Perito Moreno.
The guide and the driver will be waiting for you at the Calafate airport to take you from there to your hotel. this service is private. After your 3 days stay in Calafate the driver will take you back to Calafate airport.
Hotel accomodation – 3 nights with breakfast
Day 1 : • Tour ‘Balcon Calafate’: start 10:00am. The track takes us through typical landscapes of Patagonia Argentina.
Day 2 : Mini-trekking: includes walkways – transfers in / out hotel • Pickup at Hotel -Durantion: 10 hours –
Day 3 : Calafate: Experience All Glaciers – 10 hours navigation – We will disembark point in front of Spegazzini Glacier, at the mountain shelter, to spend there one hour and a half.
IMPORTANT: If you choose the option without flights , you will not have hotel included either. For this option you have the tours itinerary and pick up and drop off hotel
Itinerary
Day 1: • Tour ‘Balcon Calafate’: start 10:00am. The track takes us through typical landscapes of Patagonia Argentina.
Stop At: Calafate Exclusivo, Libertador S/N Av Libertador, El Calafate 9405 Argentina
Tour ‘Balcon Calafate’: start 10:00am
Departs from the hotels in El Calafate . The track takes us through typical landscapes of Patagonia Argentina. You reach the 1050 m.s.n.m. There, the first stop is a natural viewpoint where passengers enjoy a panoramic view of El Calafate, the central body of Lake Argentino and if the weather permits, you may spot the accumulation zone of the glacier, and Fitz Roy and Torre in El Chalten. A unique spectacle. We take a snack in the Huyliche. The duration of the excursion is 3.30 hours
Duration: 4 hours
Pass By: Perito Moreno Glacier, Los Glaciares National Park Argentina
Lugar donde se realizan todos los tours
Pass By: Rios de Hielo, El Calafate Argentina
Pass in the acuatic tours
Pass By: Lago Argentino, El Calafate Argentina
Pass in the acuatic tours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Hotel Alto Calafate or similar , 3 nights with brekfast included.
Day 2: Mini-trekking: includes walkways – transfers in / out hotel • Pickup at Hotel -Durantion: 10 hours –
Pass By: Onelli Glacier, El Calafate Argentina
Part of the mini treckking tour: The Onelli Glacier is located inside the Glacier National Park and empties into the Onelli Lagoon, where two more glaciers also flow into it.
Pass By: Lago Argentino, El Calafate Argentina
Part of the 3 days tour: Lake Argentino is the largest in the Argentine Republic and the third in South America
Pass By: Perito Moreno Glacier, Los Glaciares National Park Argentina
Los Glaciares National Park is located in the southern Andes of southwestern Argentina, near the Chilean border.
Its numerous glaciers include Perito Moreno, famous for the spectacular ice cascades on its front wall, which end at Lake Argentino.
Stop At: Perito Moreno Glacier, Los Glaciares National Park Argentina
The tour begins with the pick-up from the meeting point agreed in El Calafate. In our comfortable buses, we will give information about the place, the glacier and the tour through audio guides available in Spanish, English and Portuguese.
Once in the “Bajo las Sombras” port (Ruta 11, km 70.9) you board a ship to cross the Lago Rico to arrive at the opposite shore after a 20-minute trip approximately in front of the southern wall of the Perito Moreno Glacier.
When you get ashore, and after passing by the shelter, the mountain guides organize small groups of up to 20 people. Then, a short 20-minute walk begins with a talk about glaciology along the shore of the lake towards the glacier. Once on the ice, the guides put on each participant a pair of crampons and give them instructions on how they should walk on the ice. In the about 1:30 hour walk on the glacier, you will be able to appreciate a wide variety of ice formations as well as cracks, seracs, glacier mills and small ponds.
The trekking difficulty is moderate. The ice surface over which you walk is irregular, but firm and safe. You will get information about flora and fauna and about the particular phenomenon that only takes place in the Perito Moreno Glacier and that eventually produces its rupture. After the trekking, a stroll through the exuberant Magellanic forest brings you back to the shelter.
The tour includes a guided visit to the walkways of Los Glaciares National Park 7km from the port. There, you will be able to enjoy the amazing panoramic landscape of the Glacier and to walk along some of the self guided trails.
The Minitrekking is designed for people who enjoy nature, adventure and who want to live the experience of walking on the ice of the most beautiful Glacier of the world.
Duration: 8 hours
Pass By: Rios de Hielo, El Calafate Argentina
Pass by without stopping
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Hotel Alto Calafate or similar , 3 nights with breakfast included
Day 3: Calafate: Experience All Glaciers – 10 hours navigation disembark point in front of Spegazzini Glacier
Pass By: Calafate Exclusivo, Libertador S/N Av Libertador, El Calafate 9405 Argentina
El Calafate, llamado popularmente «Calafate», es una ciudad ubicada en la ribera meridional del lago Argentino, en la región de la Patagonia, en la provincia de Santa Cruz, Argentina, a unos 80 km del glaciar Perito Moreno. Es la cabecera del departamento Lago Argentino.
Stop At: Los Glaciares National Park, Los Glaciares National Park, Province of Santa Cruz, Patagonia
EL CALAFATE, popularly called “Calafate”, is a city located on the southern shore of Lake Argentino, in the Patagonia region, in the province of Santa Cruz, Argentina, about 80 km from the Perito Moreno glacier. It is the head of the Lago Argentino department. By 2012, El Calafate is one of the three main cities in the province of Santa Cruz, ranking third for its population, behind the cities of Río Gallegos and Caleta Olivia. It is located about 320 km northwest of the provincial capital, Río Gallegos. It owes its notoriety for being the gateway to the Los Glaciares national park, which has tourist attractions such as the Perito Moreno glacier, the Upsala glacier, and the Fitz Roy hill, among others, all typical of the eastern region of the Patagonian ice field. South and bordering the Torres del Paine National Park of Chile.
Duration: 8 hours
Pass By: Lago Argentino, El Calafate Argentina
From the Hotel to Punta Bandera port, 50 km approx. from El Calafate, where we embark. Once on board we will sail through the North Arm of Lake Argentino until we reach the Upsala Channel, where we will find a spectacular Iceberg Barrier, and if the location of the icebergs allows us, we will be able to get near the glacier´s wall.
Stop At: Glaciar Spegazzini, Parque Nacional Los Glaciares, Los Glaciares National Park Argentina
Afterwards we will navigate the Spegazzini Channel, where we will observe the Seco Glacier to reach the front of the Spegazzini Glacier, the highest in the National Park, We continue sailling until the disembark point in front of Spegazzini Glacier, at the mountain shelter, to spend there one hour and a half.
Duration: 2 hours
Pass By: Upsala Glacier, El Calafate Argentina
From the Hotel to Punta Bandera port, 50 km approx. from El Calafate, where we embark. Once on board we will sail through the North Arm of Lake Argentino until we reach the Upsala Channel, where we will find a spectacular Iceberg Barrier, and if the location of the icebergs allows us, we will be able to get near the glacier´s wall.
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
