10 hours
2 languages
Mobile ticket

Highlights

This Trekking requires approximately 3 hours of trekking between ice and moraine, just like the traditional Minitrekking, but it is much more physically intense due to the pace of walking (almost twice the distance is covered in the same time) and the large amount of earrings. The walk on the ice with crampons lasts approximately one hour, it is done 1km west of the traditional Minitrekking area and you can see crevasses, lagoons, seracs and other incredible glacial formations. You also visit an immense waterfall a few meters from the glacier and the toast is made on the boat returning to the port.

Inclusions

What's included

Guide for all the tour
One hour guided visit to the walkways of Glaciar Perito Moreno
Pick up time could be at 8 AM or at 1 PM depending on the availability in high season
Approximately 3 hours of trekking between ice and moraine
Crampons to the participants
Bilingual mountain guide for every 10 passengers maximum
Hotel pickup and drop-off hotels located at Calafate downtown areas

What's not

Food or Drinks
National Park fees $40 dolars aproxx
Transfers Calafate airport to Calafate Hotel are not included
Take a lunch box to have a meal in the woods at the side of the lake, before embarking.
Gratuities
If you choose the option WITHOUT transfer; the service does not include transfer to the walkways

Itinerary

The tour begins with the pick-up from the meeting point agreed in El Calafate. In our comfortable buses, we will give information about the place, the glacier and the tour through audio guides available in Spanish, English and Portuguese.
Passes by
Once in the “Bajo las Sombras” port (Ruta 11, km 70.9) you board a ship to cross the Lago Rico to arrive at the opposite shore after a 20-minute trip approximately in front of the southern wall of the Perito Moreno Glacier. When you get ashore, and after passing by the shelter, the mountain guides organize small groups of up to 20 people. Then, a short 20-minute walk begins with a talk about glaciology along the shore of the lake towards the glacier. Once on the ice, the guides put on each participant a pair of crampons and give them instructions on how they should walk on the ice. In the about 1:30 hour walk on the glacier, you will be able to appreciate a wide variety of ice formations as well as cracks, seracs, glacier mills and small ponds.
2 h
Once you arrive at “Bajo de las Sombras” port (located on Route 11, 70 Km from El Calafate), you will board a ship to cross Lago Rico and arrive to the opposite coast after a 10-minute navigation in front of the stunning south face of Glaciar Perito Moreno. When we disembark on Bahia Puma, just 500 meters from the glacier, you will be received by our expert mountain guides. Then we will start the hike with a walk of about one hour on the lake coast and later on the moraine next to the ice (ground with rocks and unstable earth).
2 h
The duration of this tour is about 10 hours, including the one-hour guided transfer, to the walkways of Glaciar Perito Moreno, 7 km from our port. There, you will have the chance to enjoy the spectacular panoramic view of the glacier and walk along some of the self-guided paths. If you don’t book our transfer with a visit to catwalks and go by your own means, this tour takes about five hours, leaving from the port and returning to the same point.
6 h

Cancellation

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

Reviews

5.0

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Know before you go

Pickup: Pickup is included for everyone.
Ticket type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group size: Up to 15 travellers
Operated by: Azul Latina Travel

Wheelchair accessible
Travelers should have a high level of physical fitness
The pick up schedule will be sent to you when we confirm your reservation. The schedules vary depending on availability, for this reason, wait to receive our confirmation to have the pick up time.
Age allowed to make this tour: From 12 years of age and under 60 years of age.
It does not include: entrance to the Los Glaciares National Park, nor lunch, nor extras of any kind. Tickets to the Park are paid upon entry, only in cash.
You need to Print The Trekking Voucher that you will receive 5 days before the day of the tour
What to bring? Comfortable and warm clothes, waterproof or windbreaker, laced sports shoes or trekking boots. No rubber boots, apres ski or high heel are allowed. Sunglasses, sunscreen, gloves, hat for sun or shelter for cold weather.
Please let us know the day of your arrival in order to program the transfer in from Calafate Airport to your hotel

How it compares in El Calafate

Its from-price is 62% above the median of the 104 day trips we list in El Calafate.
Its length is typical for the group.
By number of reviews it ranks 49 of 104.

About El Calafate

El Calafate is a small Patagonian town on the shore of Lago Argentino, the base for the Perito Moreno Glacier and Los Glaciares National Park.

El Calafate lies on the south shore of Lago Argentino, a milky turquoise lake fed by glacial meltwater, with the Andes on the western horizon. The town is named after the calafate, a thorny shrub with dark berries, and a local saying promises that anyone who eats them will return to Patagonia. It was founded in the 1920s to serve the surrounding sheep estancias and now exists chiefly as the gateway to Los Glaciares National Park.

Top-ranked sights in El Calafate: Los Glaciares National Park (Parque Nacional Los Glaciares), Perito Moreno Glacier, Argentino Lake (Lago Argentino).

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