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8 Day itinerary in Argentina, South America

Discovery @ El Chaltén & El Calafate Argentina with meals...

Travel to two of the most impressive places in Argentina! Join us in this adventure and get to know the city of El Calafate, El Chaltén and the most important points in the area. Surprise yourself with its landscape full of dense forests, snow-capped mountains, lakes and thousand-year-old glaciers. ... Read More

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Overview

Physical Difficulty

Demanding
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Recommended Age

Everyone

Operated in

English, Spanish

GUIDANCE

On Some Day Trips

starting point

El Calafate

trip type

Private

trip attributes

Hiking

Outdoors & Nature

Start

Night

End

Highlights

1

El Calafate & Chalten City Highlights

2

Perito Moreno Glacier in Parque National Los Glaciares.

3

Laguna De Los Tres & Laguna Torre

4

Fitz Roy Mountain

Itinerary

High-end Accommodation expand_more

Day 1

place El Calafate

Morning transfer from Airport to hotel in El Calafate On arrival to El Calafate transfer to Hotel Overnight @ Patagonia Rebelde Boutique Hotel Meals: D

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Dinner

Day 2

place Minitrekking – trekking on Perito Moreno Glacier

We wish you join us in this wonderful experience. The excursion begins in the embarking pier located in “Bajo de las Sombras” port, about 6 km before the glacier Balconies- wher e you embark for a 10 minutes navigation across the Rico Arm, enjoying breathtaking views of the Perito Moreno glacier’s front walls. After checking the gear, we get ready, pick up the crampons and walk following the lateral moraine, for an hour and a half, until we reach the access to the glacier. After fitting harnesses and crampons on our footwear we start the ice trekking. There is a breathtaking view of the immense plateau of ice. During the walk you will be introduced to a number of features within the Ice., huge moulins, crevasses, caves, and above all the special feeling of exploring the middle of the ice. Expert bilingual mountain guides will always lead you, looking after your safety and teaching you the “ways of the ice”. You will hike for about 3 hours and a half, and spend some time having lunch somewhere on the ice. Back on the moraine we start our descent back to the port, to take the boat and navigate for 20 minutes, very close to the southern wall. We are glad to be able to offer one of the most spectacular Ice-hikes in the world. Overnight @ Patagonia Rebelde Boutique Hotel. Meals: B, L (lunch box), D

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 3

place Glaciar Sur Adventure Excursion

The journey starts from El Calafate, going through a road full of ranches to Lago Ropa Camping, where you will hike through the woods up to the coast of the lake. There you will take a boat ride up to the south of Argentino Lake. After a one hour hike up to Frias Lake you will take a 30 minutes ride in a Zodiac rubber boat to get to the other side of the lake where you will hike for one hour and a half towards Glacier Grande. During this hike there is a stop for lunch. (Lunch box included) Overnight @ Patagonia Rebelde Boutique Hotel. Meals: B, L (lunch box), D

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 4

place Transfer to El Chalten & Afternoon Chalten Rafting Experience

You will be transferred in a Van to El Chalten, time of travel will be approximately 3 hours. On arrival to chalten we will take you to your hotel to leave your staff. Once you are ready for the tour the tour guides will receive you, give you information and give you the equipment to start the activities on the water. At the beginning you will be kayaking through 4km of calm, meandering waters with views of Fitz Roy on your back. Later you will be going into the canyon. After the first rapid, we will start going through many fun and exciting rapids that will make the raft shake! Ups and downs through 8 kms, will lead you and make you feel the strength of nature. The last two Km are very calm. Overnight @ Hosteria Senderos Meals: B, D

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Accommodation:

  • High-end Accommodation: Hosteria Senderos
Day 5

place Full day Trekking Laguna de Los Tres

From el Chalten you will hike towards Poincenot Camping (4 hours) and then cross the White River. From there on, the trail starts ascending up to 400 meters until you reach Laguna de los Tres. The trail ends in a Moraine with an extraordinary view of the lake and De los Tres Glacier. This is the closest view you will have of the Fitz Roy Mount and the surrounding sharp mountains. Going down the moraine you can surround the lagoon until its end, where you can also see Sucia Lagoon and its hanging glaciers! Overnight @ Hosteria Senderos Meals: B, L (lunch box), D

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation:

  • High-end Accommodation: Hosteria Senderos
Day 6

place Full day trekking to Laguna Torre

This hike goes through the valley of the Fitz Roy River up to its origin: Torre Lagoon, located in the National Park. This trekking trail has a variety of panoramic viewpoints where you can watch Solo Mount, Adela Mountain and the stunning Torre Mount. Through the ride, you will also see Grande and Torre Glaciers. You will continue your hike bordering the river for 500 meters until you reach Torre Lagoon and its impressive view: Torre Glacier, Adela Mountain, Torre and Mocho Mount, Egger Tower, Standhart Bifida and Four Fingers Mounts. Overnight @ Hosteria Senderos Meals: B, L (lunch box), D

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation:

  • High-end Accommodation: Hosteria Senderos
Day 7

place Pliegue del Tumbado Trekking Experience

Another fantastic trek is to access a 360° viewpoint via a less used trail in the national park. From here we can appreciate the valleys of Fitz Roy, Torre and Toro, the Patagonian steppe and the vast Lake Viedma. In the last stretch of the trail we will be walking in a completely different mountain terrain; where we can spot its typcial alpine flora, and if we can also search for marine fossils. We leave El Chaltén on the footpath that heads towards Laguna Toro. Having w alked for about an hour in ascent and crossed over small streams and through some ñires and lengas woods, we arrive at an exposed area with a picture postcard view of Mount Fitz Roy, Torre and Huemul. We continue the hike across the Pampas, locally called “Pampa de las Carretas”. Then, we pass through various parts of the woods in which we will be able to hear a variety of birds, inviting us to discover and identify various species of birds that live here. On leaving the forest (about 1000masl) we start to walk across an alpine terrain, where delicate flowers growing in such an arid area won’t fail to surprise us. It can snow up here, even in the summer! In this section it is quite possible to find the remains of marine fossils such as ammonites and belemnites which are about 100 million years old. In this last section we can also experience the Patagonian wind, which is just as much part of the trek!. We finally arrive at the viewpoint - nearly at 1500 masl. This spot offers an unconventional and unique view of the Torre and Fitz Roy massifs. After enjoying lunch with an unforgettable vista we return to El Chaltén, Overnight @ Hosteria Senderos Meals: B, L (lunch box), D

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 8

place Transfer OUT to Airport to take your flight back home.

After breakfast you will be transferred to Airport in El Calafate to take your flight back home. End of services

Meals: Breakfast

What’s Included

Accommodation expand_less

  • Hosteria Senderos

Meals expand_less

  • Dinner (6)
  • Breakfast (7)
  • Lunch (5)

Transport expand_less

  • All transfers from / to Airport - hotel @ both locations with only driver.
  • All activities include transfer from / to Hotel

Activities expand_less

  • Minitrekking Perito Moreno Glacier
  • Trekking Laguna de los Tres
  • Trekking Laguna Torre
  • Pliegue del Tumbado Trekking Experience

Extras expand_less

  • Professional Bilingual English speaking guide
  • Insurance for all passengers is included

Not Included expand_less

  • Flights are NOT included, we can certainly help you to book these if you need us to.

About Pablo

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Hi! I´m Pablo Freddi and I´m 33 years old. I´m lucky enough to say I have been in Signature Tours creating, developing and assisting with tour services in Argentina for 10 years to nearly 150.000 passengers.

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