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Los Glaciares Explorer

El Calafate · El Chaltén
Duration
7 Days · 6 Nights
The route
El Calafate · El Chaltén
Style
The southern ice and the trekking capital
Best season
October – April · best
The route

6 nights, 2 stops — the southern ice and the trekking capital.

El Calafate → El Chaltén.

Round trip · returns to El Calafate

El CalafateEl Chaltén
What you're tracking

What you'll see

Andean condor
Over the steppe.
Guanaco
On the Patagonian steppe.
Patagonian grey fox
Near the lake.
Chilean flamingo
On Lake Argentino.
Day by day

The journey, one day at a time

01Arrive El Calafate

Arrive El Calafate

The journey begins.

Arrive in El Calafate, met and transferred to your accommodation. Perito Moreno is one of the few advancing glaciers on earth — and watching it calve is unforgettable.

02El Calafate

El Calafate

A full day in the field.

A glacier boat trip and the Perito Moreno boardwalks. Stand before the calving Perito Moreno glacier, then cruise the icebergs.

03El Calafate

El Calafate

A full day in the field.

An ice trek across Perito Moreno, then the lakeshore steppe. Glaciers by boat and boardwalk, with Patagonian steppe wildlife.

04El Calafate

El Calafate

A full day in the field.

Glaciers by boat and boardwalk, with Patagonian steppe wildlife.

05El Calafate → El Chaltén

To El Chaltén

On to the next.

Transfer to El Chaltén. Trek to Laguna de los Tres beneath the Fitz Roy spires. Hike toward Cerro Torre and the glacial lakes.

06El Chaltén

El Chaltén

A full day in the field.

Hike toward Cerro Torre and the glacial lakes. Shorter trails to waterfalls and condor lookouts. The Fitz Roy massif is among the most dramatic mountain skylines on earth — and El Chaltén sits right beneath it.

07Depart El Chaltén

Departure

The journey ends.

A final morning in El Chaltén — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.

When to travel

The season changes what you see.

October – April

Peak season

The Patagonian summer — long days and the best glacier access.

November – March

Peak season

Peak season, with mild weather and full boat schedules.

Destinations

Where this journey goes

Wildlife you may see
Birds

Make it yours.

Add nights, swap a park, extend to the coast — this route is a starting point, not a fixed menu. Tell us how you travel and we'll route the rest.

Field notes, now and then.

Where to go · When to go · Wildlife in season

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