El Calafate Deluxe Travel Package

Day 1 : Arrival in El Calafate

Upon your arrival at the El Calafate airport or bus terminal, you will be picked up and transferred to your hotel.

The rest of the day will be free for you to enjoy it as you wish.

Day 2 : Mini hike on the Perito Moreno Glacier. (The mini trekking runs from beginning of August up to first days of June)

National Park Los Glaciares

After having breakfast at your hotel, your private guide will pick you up and take you to the embarking pier located in “Bajo de las Sombras” port, about 6 km before the glacier Balconies- where you embark for a 20 minutes navigation across the Brazo Rico, enjoying breathtaking views of the Perito Moreno glacier’s front wall.

You will disembark on the opposite shore where our specialized bilingual mountain guides will welcome you and lead you to a small shelter. After checking the last details you will continue along the lake’s shore towards the edge of the glacier.

Once on the ice, the guide will put a pair of crampons on each participant and explain how to use them. The two hours circuit that follows introduces you to the fascinating landscape of the glaciers: streams, small lagoons, gullies, crevasses and plenty of ice formations of the most incredible blues.

The ice surface over which you walk is irregular, but firm and safe.

You will receive explanations about flora, fauna, general glaciology of the region and also about the particular phenomenon that happens in the Perito Moreno Glacier and eventually produces its rupture.

After the walk, a stroll through the forest brings you back to the shelter. Them, you will be taken back to your hotel by your guide.

Free night

Day 3 : Gourmet cruise and navigation along the Glacier

National Park Los Glaciares

After having breakfast at your hotel, your guide will pick you up and take you to the company’s own dock “La Soledad” (Bahía Tranquila, Paraje Punta Bandera). The boarding time is at 9:00 a.m.

The navigation starts towards the northwest, crossing Punta Avellaneda and Boca del Diablo, the narrowest passage in the lake with almost 800 meters.

After two hours of navigation the series of ice floes, of the most varied colors and shapes, we will stop in front of the barrier of ice floes which at present is blocking the entrance to Canal Upsala. If the weather conditions are good, we will observe the Upsala glaciers at the distance. 

We continue navigating Lago Argentino towards the South by taking the Canal Spegazzini in order to reach the glacier that bears the same name. The navigation allows us to get closer to the glacier which has front walls between 80 and 135 meters (262 – 443 feet) above lake level.

Gourmet Lunch will be served amidst this stunning landscape.

Towards the afternoon, the Cruise will arrive at Puesto de Las Vacas (an extremely quiet bay in the Canal Spegazzini) where its engines will be stopped to let you share an amusing walk coordinated by our team of guides. In this stop it is possible to see stunning panoramic views of the Spegazzini glacier. 

Once onboard, we will return through Brazo Norte and get back to the boarding dock La Soledad at 6:00 p.m, from where your guide will take you back to your hotel after an unforgetable day.

Free night.

Day 4 : El Calafate`s Farewell

After having breakfast at your your hotel, you will have a bit of free time before your guide picks you up to take you to the airport or to the bus terminal.

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