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7 Day itinerary in Argentina, South America

Essencial Patagonia: El Calafate and El Chalten with Camp

If you are looking to visit El Calafate and El Chaltén, this is the ideal program: We will visit the famous Perito Moreno Glacier in Los Glaciares National Park but we will also travel to El Chaltén where we will visit and hike Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre trails the two most emblematic mountains of Pa... Read More

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GUIDANCE

On Some Day Trips

starting point

El Calafate

trip type

Private

trip attributes

Hiking

Outdoors & Nature

Start

Night

End

Highlights

1

Hike along the nicest trails in El Chalten to get the most incredible views of Mount Fitz Roy

2

Camp in the national capital of trekking: El Chalten, surrounded by nature and in good company

3

Visit one of the natural wonders of Patagonia Argentina: the amazing Perito Moreno Glacier

4

Enjoy a relaxing navigation along the Rico Lake to get even closer to Perito Moreno Glaciers

Itinerary

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Day 1

place Arrival El Calafate

We welcome you at El Calafate Airport then we transfer to the hotel for the check in. The rest of the day is at leisure to visit the city on our own.

Accommodation in El Calafate - Double or Single Base

Included Meals: None by We People Travel 

Accommodation:

  • Standard Accommodation: Las Dunas
  • Superior Accommodation: La Cantera Hotel Boutique Calafate
Day 2

place Perito Moreno Glacier with Safari Nautico Boat Trip

We dedicate this day to one of the World’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 “Bajo de las Sombras” 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.

Accommodation in El Calafate - Double or Single Base

Included Meals: Breakfast, Box Lunch 

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Snacks

Accommodation:

  • Standard Accommodation: Las Dunas
  • Superior Accommodation: La Cantera Hotel Boutique Calafate
Day 3

place El Calafate

After breakfast the rest of the day is at leisure to visit the town on our own or to do any of the optional excursions.

Accommodation in El Calafate - Double or Single Base

Included Meals: Breakfast

Optional Excursion Recommended: Full Day Ranch Nibepo Aike with Lunch 

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

  • Standard Accommodation: Las Dunas
  • Superior Accommodation: La Cantera Hotel Boutique Calafate
Day 4

place El Calafate - El Chalten - Trek Mount Fitz Roy

After breakfast the bus will pick us up at the hotel for the 220 km long drive to El Chaltén, a small and picturesque village at the foot of Fitz Roy & Cerro Torre massif. We make a stop half way to enjoy local pastries and hot coffee. Then we transfer to El Pilar where the, 1 hour, trek to the viewpoint of the Glaciar Piedras Blancas, begins. From there, we continue until the Río Blanco where the ascent to Laguna de los Tres begins, this ascent will take approximately 2 hours. Once there we can enjoy, a more than deserved, rest admiring one of the most beautiful views. Once we have rested, we will begin to descend, 2 hours later we will arrive at the Río Blanco. From there we have only 15 minutes to walk that will take us to our camping area. We will spend the night in Camp Poincenot area, Fitz Roy base. The camp is located in a wild area without services. It has tents for 2 people with sleeping bag and insulation mat; and a dining dome with bench and crockery.

Accommodation: Full Camp Poincenot - Double or Single Tent **

Included Meals: Breakfast, Box Lunch, Dinner

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation:

  • Standard Accommodation: Parque Nacional Los Glaciares
  • Superior Accommodation: Parque Nacional Los Glaciares
Day 5

place Trek Mount Cerro Torre – El Chalten

After breakfast, we start our trek through the path of the Lagunas Madre e Hija, to arrive at Laguna Torre near noon. There we will can appreciate, if the clouds allow us, the legendary Cerro Torre with its needles Eger and Stanghard. Finally we arrive at El Chaltén about at 5:00 pm (20 km approx.)

Accommodation in El Chalten - Double or Single Base

Included Meals: Breakfast, Box Lunch

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation:

  • Standard Accommodation: Hosteria Infinito Sur
  • Superior Accommodation: Chalten Suites Hotel
Day 6

place El Chalten

After breakfast the rest of the morning is at leisure to do any of the optional excursions at  El Chalten: Lago del Desierto or any other trek.

Accommodation in El Chalten - Double or Single Base

Included Meals: Breakfast

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

  • Standard Accommodation: Hosteria Infinito Sur
  • Superior Accommodation: Chalten Suites Hotel
Day 7

place El Chalten - El Calafate Airport

After breakfast we transfer to El Calafate airport where our services end.

Included Meals: Breakfast

Meals: Breakfast

What’s Included

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  • Las Dunas
  • Parque Nacional Los Glaciares
  • Hosteria Infinito Sur
  • La Cantera Hotel Boutique Calafate
  • Parque Nacional Los Glaciares
  • Chalten Suites Hotel

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  • Breakfast (6)
  • Snacks (1)
  • Lunch (2)
  • Dinner (1)

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