7 days tour

Highlights El Calafate & El Chalten

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Highlights El Calafate & El Chalten

This tour includes:

Hygieneprotocol

Security measures: - Face masks must be used in all public places, both passengers and staff. - Hand sanitizer or alcohol gel will be available for both passengers and staff - Social distancing will continue to be another of the security measures, affecting the size of the groups on excursions and group transfers in vehicles. - The areas with the highest number of passengers will be disinfected regularly - In case you need technical equipment (vests, trekking poles, life jackets, crampons, etc.) they will be disinfected between use. - Vehicles will also be disinfected regularly

Others

- Transfer from / to El Calafate Airport - 3 Night`s Accommodation at El Chalten, Double or Single Base - Mountain Trekking Guide to Laguna de los Tres on Day 2 - Transfer from Hotel El Chalten - Hotel El Calafate - 3 Night`s Accommodation at El Calafate, Double or Single Base - Full Day Tour Perito Moreno Glacier with Safari Nautico Boat Trip - Entrance Fee to Los Glaciares National Park - 6 Breakfasts, 2 Box Lunchs

Accommodation

Hostel Accommodation - 3 Night`s Accommodation at Hostel Rancho Grande - El Chalten (or similar), Share Room with Share Bathroom - 3 Night`s Accommodation at Hostel Folk - El Calafate (or similar), Share Room with Share Bathroom Standard Accommodation - 3 Night`s Accommodation at Hotel Infinito Sur - El Chalten (or similar), Double or Single Base - 3 Night`s Accommodation at Hotel Las Dunas - El Calafate (or similar), Double or Single Base Superior Accommodation (Upgraded Supplement) - 3 Night`s Accommodation at Hotel Chalten Suites - El Chalten (or similar), Double or Single Base - 3 Night`s Accommodation at Hotel Kosten Aike - El Calafate (or similar), Double or Single Base

Transport

- Transfer from El Calafate Airport - Hotel at El Chalten - Transfer from Hotel El Chalten - Hotel El Calafate - Excursion Perito Moreno Glacier - Transfer Hotel El Calafate - El Calafate Airport

Meals

- 6 Breakfasts, 2 Box Lunchs

Guide

- Mountain Trekking Guide is included during Fitz Roy Trek (Day 2) - Billingual guide is included during the visit to Perito Moreno Glacier

Not included:

Insurance

- Medical / Life insurances is non included on this tour.

Others

- Entrance Fees to National Parks - Tips - Flights - Medical / life insurance - Optional Excursiosn - Services non shown in the itinerary

Flights

- Flights are non included on this tour.

Optional

Other activities and services are not included.

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Itinerary of your trip Highlights El Calafate & El Chalten

  • Day 1 Arrival El Calafate Airport - El Chalten
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Arrival El Calafate Airport - El Chalten

      We recieved at El Calafate Airport where local bus will be waiting for us to start our way to El Chalten. 

      The tour lasts three hours, through which Lake Argentino and Lake Viedma Glacier are the main protagonists. From the beginning of our trip we will see the Cerro Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre, the flora, the fauna, the hydrography and the orography of a unique place in the world. At the Parador La Leona you have 15 minutes to visit the museum, the cafeteria, and the facilities of the property where the Expert Francisco Moreno was attacked by a cougar that almost took his life.

      Once we arrive at El Chalten the rest of the afternoon is at leisure to visit the town. 

      Lodging in El Chalten - Double or Single Base 

      Meals: NULL 

  • Day 2 Fitz Roy Trek, Laguna De Los Tres Trail
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Fitz Roy Trek, Laguna De Los Tres Trail

      We start from El Chaltรฉn traveling the 12 km that separate us from Pilar where all the main trek begins. 

      During the tour, important information about the area is transmitted and descents are made at panoramic points. Once at the entrance of El Pilar, accompanied by a mountain guide, begin the walk of 17 km in total, bordering the Blanco River where after an hour and crossing beautiful forests of Lengas and ร‘ires we will arrive at the Mirador del Glaciar Piedras Blancas , where we will have an incredible frontal view of the glacier. 

      Continuing along the trail we will reach the Poincenot area, which is the base of Cerro Fitz Roy. At that point we can opt to do an ascent of about 300 meters, about 90 minutes in total, to reach the Laguna de los Tres, facing the central wall, one of the most spectacular viwpoints of El Chalten. 

      On our way back we will have lunch to renew energy.

      Then continue the descent back visiting the Capri Lagoon and the Estancia Madsen Viewpoint, to be in El Chaltรฉn around 5:00 p.m

      Lodging in El Chalten - Double or Single Base 

      Meals: Breakfast, Box Lunch 

  • Day 3 Cerro Torre Trail
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Cerro Torre Trail

      Today the rest of the day is free. We recomend you to walk along Cerro Torre Trail. The trail runs along beech forest, bogs and shrubland and leads to Laguna Torre, enclosed by moraines and with Glacier Grande calving in its west side. It is usual to see icebergs pushed by the wind in the coast of the lagoon. The thin and elegant 3128 mts of Cerro Torre group and the Adela range in the background complete this spectacular view. In the afternoon we hike back to El Chalten along Cerro Torre trail. 

      Lodging in El Chalten - Double or Single Base 

      Meals: Breakfast

  • Day 4 El Chaltรฉn - El Calafate
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      El Chaltรฉn - El Calafate

      We can take the free day to get to know the town of El Chaltรฉn to visit its chapel or go to the Lago del Desierto, famous for its historic border conflict between Argentina and Chile and being one of the prettiest sites of the region. 

      At around 5.00 PM in the afternoon we take our bus back to El Calafate. 

      Lodging in El Calafate - Double or Single Base 

      Meals: Breakfast 

      Optional Dinner Experience: Rancho a Parte Restaurant

      Rancho Aparte experience will allow you to savor home-cooked meal in a warm and friendly atmosphere. The dishes are prepared with local products and a ubiquitous ingredient in homemade food...lots of love!

      The menu is accompanied by selected wine pairings from Argentine and Patagonian wineries. Therefore, with each course we respect the aromas and flavors in a harmonious and palatable way. We have four fixed menus; two of them "traditional". They are based on regional cuisine and adapt the local products to a journey of unforgettable flavors. The other two menus are "vegetarians or vegans". They are designed so that those who choose this type of food can also enjoy this experience, where most of the ingredients used are selected from organic farms in the area.

  • Day 5 Perito Moreno Glacier With Boat Trip
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Perito Moreno Glacier With Boat Trip

      We dedicate this day to one of the Worldโ€™s Natural Wonder: the Moreno glacier. This ice field- type glacier flows down from the Patagonian Icefield, a big sheet of ice that with its 22.000 square kilometers is the third largest glacier area in the world, after Antarctica (14 M sq km) and Greenland (1 M sq km). Because unusual favorable local conditions, this glacier is the only one in the world that shows a closure and rupture process. The road leads to the very front of the glacier, which will be only meters away from your eyes. The roar of the chunks of ice falling inside the glacier or from the glacier into the lake, the frequent collapse of the front seracs into the turquoise water, makes out of this day a very special and unique experience.

      Then we wil go up to โ€œBajo de las Sombrasโ€ from where, you will board the catamaran boat to navigate the Lago Rico where your will be able to appreciate the amazing ice wall of the Perito Moreno Glacier and its icebergs. Then we go back to our accommodation in El Calafate.

      Lodging in El Calafate - Double or Single Base 

      Meals: Breakfast

      Optional Supplement Recommended: Ice Trek, Minitrekking 

  • Day 6 El Calafate
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      El Calafate

      After breakfast the rest of the day is at leisure to visit the town by our own. 

      Lodging in El Calafate - Double or Single Base 

      Meals: Breakfast

      Optional Excursion Recommended: Ranch Day Nibepo Aike with Lunch 

      Opportunity to spend the day at the ranch which allows to know the history of the estancia, admire the gaucho skills and demonstration of shearing. Before lunch, a walk or horseback ride to the narrows where the Roca Lake drains into the Argentino Lake, culminating the program with the renowned lamb roast.

      Reception with hot drinks and fried cakes/homemade puddings, walk around the old historic quarter, milking and herding sheep, shearing demonstration and rein testing.

      Lunch: Roast Lamb with salads, dessert and a drink.

      Transfers from / to El Calafate 

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  • Day 7 Departure El Calafate
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Departure El Calafate

      We are taken from El Calafate on our last day of adventure and transferred to the Calafate Airport.

      End of the services 

      Meals: Breakfast 

      Optional Excursion Recommended: "Nativo Experience with Lunch"

      Lago Argentino is the third largest lake in South America, surrounded by mountains and nourished by giant glaciers, this lake never ceases to amaze its own and strangers for its immensity and special colour.

      Was precisely that blue colour, the mountains covered in white and a celestial heaven also what motivated Francisco P. Moreno to baptize him. Other members of the expedition arrived earlier, and many more were on the road as they attempted to go up the Santa Cruz River. It was so in the case of Darwin and Fitz Roy, who abandoned the odyssey by the endlessness of the landscape and the fearful vigil of the natives.

      It is an excursion in 4ร—4 along the coast of Lake Argentino. Ideal for the day of arrival or departure, it has an anthropological approach, making a tour at the time about the passing of man in these lands, rediscovering the stories of the first expeditions and daring that ventured into the unknown.

      Between the cliffs and overlooking the Andes Mountains, the excursion focuses on the first contacts of those expeditionaries with the natives, and then enter the Tehuelche world.

      On the banks of the lake are the caves where thousands of years ago that culture left its marks on the rock and that today induce us to its interpretation. Finally, the excursion culminates in another cave where lunch or dinner is included that will transport us to those remote years. 

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Experience Style

Experience Style

Mixed

There will be challenging activities such as hiking, biking, canyoning and trekking, but youโ€™re also going to have other means of transportation and relaxed moments to just chill.

Accomodation level

Accomodation level

Medium

This accommodation includes essential services like a hot shower, electricity, and a nice and comfy bed.

Experience Type

Experience Type

Small Group

Youโ€™ll be accompanied by a small group of travelers just like you.

Physical Rating

Physical Rating

Average

There are several physical activities that last from 2 to 6 hours in easy terrains, low altitude flats, or water experiences. Please ask if youโ€™re not sure this applies to you.

Age range

Age range

Min: 12 / Max: 75

Age range allowed for this experience. Underaged must be accompanied by an adult.

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