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4 Day itinerary in Argentina, South America

Trekking Fitz Roy & Camping @ El Chalten

If you are a nature lover and enjoy trekking and camping this is a MUST experience for you! Please be aware we do need a minimun of 2 people to operate this tour, as the tends are for 2 persons! IMPORTANT NOTE: according to the times we are living these days, this experience can be customized a... Read More

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By Pablo, Marilda and Pablo

Overview

Physical Difficulty

Average
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Recommended Age

Everyone

Operated in

English, Spanish

GUIDANCE

On Some Day Trips

starting point

El Calafate Airport

trip type

Private

trip attributes

Hiking

Meet local people

Outdoors & Nature

Start

Night

End

Highlights

1

El Calafate

2

El Chalten

3

Fitz Roy

4

Torre Hill

Itinerary

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Day 1

place Transfer from El Calafate - El Chalten

You will have to make your own way to Bus Station @ El Calafate, you will be given a ticket to take a bus (regular) to El Chalten. Upon arrival in El Chalten you will be received by a representative who will accompany you to your hotel. Rest of the day at leisure Overnight @ El Chalten (Hosteria Senderos or similar)

Guide: Included for the day

Accommodation:

  • High-end Accommodation: Hosteria Senderos
Day 2

place Full day Trekking to Fitz Roy

We start at 12 pm with a transfer to El Pilar where we will start our 1 hour, trek to Piedras Blancas Glacier viewpoint. From there, we continue to Río Blanco where the ascent to Laguna de los Tres begins, this part of the adventure will take approximately 2 hours. Box lunch is included. Once we get there we can enjoy, a more than deserved, rest admiring one of the most beautiful views of the area. Once we have rested, we will begin to descend, 2 hours later we will arrive at Río Blanco. From there, we have only 15 minutes walk to the camping area. We will spend the night in Camp Poincenot at, Fitz Roy base, where we will have dinner and breakfast. The camp is located in a wild area without services. It offers tents for 2 people with sleeping bag and insulation mat; and a dining dome with bench and crockery. Bathroom is a latrine. Dinner includes appetizers that are usually hot soups, main dishes such as risotto with chicken and champignones or Ternerita with rosemary potatoes or vegetable panache, dessert like chocolate mousse and coffee . On day 1, we will walk about 15 km. Ovenight @ Camping

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner, Snacks

Accommodation:

  • High-end Accommodation: Hosteria Senderos
Day 3

place Full day Trekking @ El Chalten

After sunrise, we will have breakfast, it will have infusions, bread, cookies, sweet jams and scrambled eggs. After breakfast, we start our trek through the path of the Lagunas Madre e Hija, to arrive at Laguna Torre near noon. Box lunch is included. We will appreciate, if the clouds allow us, the legendary Cerro Torre with its needles Eger and Stanghard. After some time, we head back and arrive at El Chaltén about at 5:00 pm. On day 2, we will walk about 20 km. Includes transfer to El Pilar, bilingual mountain guide, camping service with dinner and breakfast. After trekking is over, you will be transfered back to your hotel in El Chalten Overnight @ El Chalten (Hosteria Senderos or similar)

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Snacks

Accommodation:

  • High-end Accommodation: Hosteria Senderos
Day 4

place Transfer back to El Calafate

Today you will be transfered to the bus station at the designated time to take your bus back to El Calafate. End of services.

Meals: Breakfast

What’s Included

Accommodation expand_less

  • Hosteria Senderos

Meals expand_less

  • Breakfast (3)
  • Dinner (1)
  • Snacks (2)

Transport expand_less

  • Regular Bus from El Calafate to El Chalten
  • Transfer IN from Bus station in El Chalten to Hotel
  • Transfer out from Hotel in El Chalten to bus Station

Extras expand_less

  • 2 nights accomodation @ El Chalten
  • 1 night accomodation in camping in a tend, 2 pP per tend
  • Bilingual proffessional english speaking guide
  • breakfast at Hotel day 1 and 4
  • breakfast at camping
  • lunch box day 2 and 3
  • dinner at camping day 2

Not Included expand_less

  • Gratuities (optional)

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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