Come with us to travel to the great Patagonia National Park, Los Glaciares, visiting El Chalten, Mount Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre and the Perito Moreno Glacier at Calafate. In this trip you will see the most spectacular landscapes of Southern Patagonia, at El Chalten and El Calafate. This tour offers the very best of Patagonia to enjoy it by yourself with the comfort of our fine selection of lodges in the area. We visit and enjoy one of the most important National Parks of Patagonia, Los Glaciares National Park in Argentina, World Heritage by the UNESCO. This is an Individual travel departure that can be taken any day from October to April.

Departures 2016/2017: Individual

    7 days - 6 nights

    Season: October to April

    Begins: All days

    Starts at: El Calafate Airport (FTE).

    Ends at: El Calafate Airport (FTE).


Itinerary
Day 1: El Calafate Airport (FTE) - El Calafate
We welcome you at El Calafate Airport and and transfer to town, where we check in at our lodge. We will have the rest of the day to enjoy the town.
Lodging at Hosteria or Inn, double or single Room with private bathroom
Included meals : none

Day 2: Bus to El Chalten - Free day
After breakfast we travel by bus to El Chalten, a little and picturesque town next to Mount Fitz Roy. To arrive to El Chalten we will cross cross 220 km through the Patagonia steppe, around lakes Argentino and Viedma, stopping at a cozy inn to enjoy a coffe and homemade cakes. When we arrive to the town, as this is a free day you can choose between a trek to the view point of Mt. Torre, or to the viewpoint of Mt. Fitz Roy or just chill out in the nearby of the town.
Lodging at Hosteria or Inn, double or single Room with private bathroom
Included meals: breakfast (B)

Day 3: El Chalten - Viedma Lake boat trip
After breakfast, we leave in bus to the Bahia Tunel Port where the ship that will take us to the Viedma Glacier departs. This amazing glacier, which has a front face superior to the Perito Moreno Glacier, will show us its wonderful colors. Later we will be able to get out of the ship and take a small trek over the glacier.
Lodging at Hosteria or Inn, double or single Room with private bathroom
Included meals: breakfast (B)

Day 4: El Chalten - El Calafate
The morning will be free to enjoy different activities or just to rest. Among the different activities, we can visit the Balcones Del Cerro Pliegue Tumbado with its wonderful and panoramic views of the National Park. This 1500 m hill, immediately south of Cerro Torre valley, offers some of the best views over the different group of mountains, glaciers and lakes that features the area. From the lower terraces to the summit, you can get spectacular views of Mt. Fitz Roy, Torre and the spectacular glacier valley in between both. From the summit the bonus is the sight of Paso del Viento and some of the mountains that stick out from the Patagonia Ice Field. According to your time and walking capacity, you can choose the lower terraces or try the summit, a long but gentle climb. The lower part of the mountain is covered by shrubland and forest. Another option is to visit the Estancia Madsen (one of the first european immigrants that settled in the valley) in the nearby of the town or practice kayaking on Las Vueltas river. In the afternoon we will transfer in our bus to el Calafate, where we will be taken to our accommodation.
Lodging at Hosteria or Inn, double or single Room with private bathroom
Included meals: breakfast (B)

Day 5: El Calafate - Perito Moreno Glacier
We dedicate this day to one of the World’s Natural Wonders: the Perito Moreno glacier. After breakfast we travel by bus, on a road that allows us to go through the folds left on the steppe by the glaciers, to the Magallanes peninsula where the southern entrance of Los Glaciares National Park is located. Its major attraction is the Perito Moreno Glacier which, because of unusually favorable local conditions, is one of the world’s few advancing glaciers. This ice field-type glacier flows down from the Patagonia Icefield, a big ice surface that with its 22.000 square kilometres is the third largest glacier area in the world, after Antarctica (14 M sq km) and Greenland (1 M sq km). The Perito Moreno Glacier is the only one in the world that shows a closure and rupture process. Huge icebergs from the glacier wall collapse into the De los Tempanos Channel. The roar of the gigantic ice rocks falling and crashing into the waters of the channel is a unique experience. Our bus will lead us just in front of the Glacier, allowing us to walk and view the Glacier from different viewpoints. We return to El Calafate using a different route. We will drive 80 km (1 and a half hour) to get and then again to come back from the glacier across the steppe, watching a wide variety of birds.
Lodging at Hosteria or Inn, double or single Room with private bathroom
Included meals: breakfast (B)

Day 6: Optional: boat trip in Lake Argentino
This day is free, with the possibility to choose between the optional proposals that the city of the Calafate offers. It stands out among them, the boat trip in Lake Argentino. It starts in Banderas harbour, from where the ship will take us to the most impressive glaciers of the National Park: The Upsala and the Spegazzini. It is also possible to have lunch in the Onelli Bay alter visiting it. In the afternoon we go to the Upsala glacier (which is the biggest one at Los Glaciares National Park). The town also has other options such us rides in 4 x 4 or visits and lunch at an Estancia (big lamb breeding ranch).
Lodging at Hosteria or Inn, double or single Room with private bathroom
Included meals: breakfast (B)

Day 7: El Calafate - El Calafate airport
After breakfast we transfer to El Calafate Airport. End of the Trip.
Included meals: breakfast (B)

Price (u$d):

Included services: Bilingual guide (Spanish – English) in all programmed excursions, 6 nights hosterias or inn at double or single room with private bathroom, 6 breakfast (B), all transfers in Patagonia as shown in the itinerary combining private and regular buses. All excursions as shown in the itinerary (Lake Viedma & Perito Moreno Glacier). More information

Not included services: international and domestic flights, airport taxes, transfers in Buenos Aires, nights in Buenos Aires, drinks, foods not detailed, tickets entrance to National Park (5/10 u$d ea.), Lake Argentino Navigation, medical covering, tips, optional excursions, services not detailed in the program. More information