Stop At: Tangol El Calafate, Cmte. Tomas Espora 10, El Calafate Z9405BWB
The tour starts with the pick up from your hotel located in central Calafate
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Los Glaciares National Park
The tour starts riding to the Glaciers National Park and we will use the 11 Route that borders the Lago Argentino. It is important to say that this glacier with the others, are part of the Patagonic Continental Ice becoming one of the most important potable water reserves.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Mirador del Glaciar Perito Moreno R11, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
Once we get into the park, we will go to Curva de los Suspiros, where we will see the Perito Moreno Glacier for the first time, a beautiful view.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Puerto Bajo las Sombras - Hielo y Aventura, Parque Nacional los Glaciares, Z9405 El Calafate, Santa Cruz, Argentina
Then, we will make another stop in Muelle Bajo Las Sombras for the ones who want to to the boat ride (optional)
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Lago Argentino, El Calafate
if you choose the boat ride option, step aboard and sail across the Rico arm of Lake Argentino. Then, have your camera ready as you sail between floating ice close to the majestic 196-foot (60 meter) high front wall. Gaze up at the towering cliffs and watch spellbound as chunks of ice crash into the water — an unforgettable sight.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Mirador Primer Balcón, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
We will continue to the glacier frontal walkways, where we will observe the glacier from various balconies located in different heights allowing us to appreciate it from different perspectives, each one more surprising than the previous one.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Perito Moreno Glacier
This unique natural wonder has been declared a "World Heritage Site of Humanity" by UNESCO in 1981. The National Park includes a scenario of mountains, lakes and forests, a large portion of the Andes Mountains covered with ice and snow to the west and the arid Patagonian steppe to the east.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Perito Moreno Glacier
In the South area of the National Park, it is the most famous of all the glaciers, the Perito Moreno Glacier. It owes its fame to its continuous movement, which produces a cyclical phenomenon of ongoing advance and retreat with spectacular falls of gigantic blocks of ice into the waters.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Pasarelas Perito Moreno, Parque Nacional Los Glaciares, El Calafate 9405
Follow the boardwalks to strategically placed viewing platforms to witness the glacier from all angles and levels, and admire the surrounding mountain and forest scenery.
For close-up views of Perito’s south face, visit the footbridge directly in front of the glacier. Marvel at the craggy 196-foot (60 meter) high front wall, with its meringue-like peaks and cliffs soaring over the lake’s waters. Take close-up photos and listen for the eerie creaks that precede the regular calving — when chunks of ice rupture and fall into the lake in a crashing spectacle.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Iceberg Canal, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
Finally we will have free time to watch the glacier melt. If you want, you can have lunch in some of the restaurants close to the walkways.
Duration: 1 hour
Pass By: El Calafate, El Calafate
During the afternoon, we will go back to your hotel in Calafate.