El Calafate Trip Overview
The track takes you to marvelous landscapes with an incredible variety of vegetation in high altitudes. Reaching 1050 m over the sea level, our first stop is a natural viewpoint where you will enjoy the most stunning sights of El Calafate and the central part of the Lake Argentino. You will also enjoy sights of the magnificent Andes mountain range at the back and at certaintimes, the area of accumulation of the glaciers, towards Boca Del Diablo, (the narrowest part of the lake, on the road to the Upsala arm).
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Duration: 4 hours
Starts: El Calafate, Argentina
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting El Calafate, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
The track takes you to marvelous landscapes with an incredible variety of vegetation in high altitudes. Reaching 1050 m over the sea level, our first stop is a natural viewpoint where you will enjoy the most stunning sights of El Calafate and the central part of the Lake Argentino. You will also enjoy sights of the magnificent Andes mountain range at the back and at certaintimes, the area of accumulation of the glaciers, towards Boca Del Diablo, (the narrowest part of the lake, on the road to the Upsala arm).
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: El Calafate, El Calafate, Province of Santa Cruz, Patagonia
Two daily outings, the tour departs from the different hotels from El Calafate and takes 35km over the mountain line located behind the town.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Lago Argentino, El Calafate Argentina
The track takes you to marvelous landscapes with an incredible variety of vegetation in high altitudes. Reaching 1050 m over the sea level, our first stop is a natural viewpoint where you will enjoy the most stunning sights of El Calafate and the central part of the Lake Argentino.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Cerro Fitz Roy, El Chalten Argentina
You will also enjoy sights of the magnificent Andes mountain range at the back and at certaintimes, the area of accumulation of the glaciers, towards Boca Del Diablo, (the narrowest part of the lake, on the road to the Upsala arm). Even more, If the weather conditions are favorable you will be able to see Mt Fitz Roy and Mt Torre in El Chalten and maybe you can delight with the flight of the condors. An unforgettable sight.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: El Calafate, El Calafate, Province of Santa Cruz, Patagonia
Afterwards, you continue the way up to the Laberinto de las Piedras. This is a formation of the Cretaceous period, 85 million years ago, once a river, nowadays, fossils are found to take you back and make you witness of the history. And from there you will start the descent by the north slope of the mount to the Piedra de los Sombreros, exotic iron formations only found in four places around the world. After this trip to remote eras of the history of the planet, you return to el Calafate with the omnipresent view of the Lago Argentino.
Duration: 1 hour
