| Tours & outdoors |
El Calafate |
| Perito Moreno Full Day |
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 Departure : 09:00 am
Lasts : Full Day
Difficulty : None
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| Perito Moreno Full Day |
This visit to the Perito Moreno glacier starts in El Calafate, going through route 11, with Lake Argentino on our right and beholding the botanical transition between steppe vegetation to Andean-Patagonian vegetation, made of lenga and Ñires trees, Antarctic Beech and bright-colored flowers, among which the redness of Embothrium stands out. Already inside the National Park the Glaciers, we will enter long and wide catwalks, arranged in three levels, from where we will be dazzled by the spectacular views of the Perito Moreno Glacier, further enhanced every now and then by the rupture, sometimes significant, of its front wall. At the National Park, you can buy the optional nautical tour that take you on a tour along the northern wall of the glacier (MORENO FIESTA) from where you will be able to contemplate the glacier in all its beauty and magnitude.
Visitors wishing to make this tour the day of arrival must also be done in a private service, without a guide, including the transfer in or out to the airport.
This option is ideal for visitors with limited time.
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| Perito Moreno Full Day |
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- All year.
- Departures: everyday + - 09:00 am.
- Return: + - 05:30 pm.
- Pick up from your hotel.
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| Lasts |
| | Full Day. |
| Difficulty |
| | None. For the family. |
| Private service |
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Visitors who have little time to stay in El Calafate, have the possibility of visiting the Perito Moreno glacier direct from the airport in private service, thus taking advantage of the day of arrival or departure, depending on your flight schedule.
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Private services doesn't include tour guide. If you want tourist guide must be expressly requested.
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| What is included |
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Includes transportation to/from your hotel, Guided tours and bilingual guide.
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Meals and entrance fee to the national park are not included.
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Meals and entrance fee to the national park are not included.
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You can buy a lunchbox (order in advance with us) or you can eat in the snack bar at the National Park. We recomend you order lunchbox, so you can enjoy more time in the tour.
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Entrance fee to the National Park u$s 17.- Children under 12 years old free.
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| What you need |
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| Reservations |
| | To make the reservation have to sign up and complete the required fields and choose your method of payment. |
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To perform this activity on a shared tour , the visitors must be the previous day in El Calafate. The tour begins early in the morning and the national park is located at 85 kilometers from El Calafate.
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Passengers who arrive and wish to make the tour the same day, can make it in private services from the airport.
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If you make the minitrekking or Big Ice, we recommend you avoid to make the perito Moreno full day, since either of these two Ice treks include the Perito Moreno tour.
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Services begin and end in your hotel, within the radius of the city, for other accommodation away from the city, airport you should be provided with a private service.
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| Big Ice |
| El Calafate |
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Departure : Sep/april
Lasts : Full Day
Difficulty : Demanding
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From El Calafate we undertake the trip to National Park, five kilometers before the catwalks is located the pier "Bajo de ls Sombras", where you board the ships to cross the arm Rico of Lake Argentino, you land at the southeastern shore after 20 minutes of navigation. Escorted by mountain guides approved by the Office of National Parks, you will start the walk on the path that will lead us to the margins of the glacier and after fitting the crampons, we start trekking on ice. Once we are on the ice surface we will walk for around 3.5 hours in all, during which we will see the incredible blue lakes, deep drains, seracs, amazing caves and other glacial formations which will make you feel you are in the core of the glacier. In the middle of the excursion, we will enjoy a unique picnic “on the ice”, surrounded by an amazing beauty. Once the walk is over, we will board again and return to civilization from one of the most unbelievable trekking expeditions in the world. The Big Ice is only for people between 18 and 45 years old with excelent physical conditions.
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| Big Ice |
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From + - 15.09.2010 to 31.05.2011.
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Daily departures + - 07.30 am
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Pick up from your hotel.
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All services begin and end in your Hotel within the radius of the El Calafate city.
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Demanding.
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Only pfor people between 18 and 45 years old with excelent physical conditions.
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This tour is not suitable for pregnant women
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Not required previous ice trekking experience.
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Previous trekking experience is required.
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| What is include |
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Includes transportation to/ from your hotel, ice trekking, crampons for walk in the glacier, bilingual (Spanish/english) mountain guide.
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Meals and entrance fee to the national park are not included.
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Personal equipment.
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Meals and entrance fee to the national park are not included.
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. We recomend you order boxlunch, so you can enjoy more time in the tour.
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Entrance fee to the National Park u$s 17.-
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| What you need |
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Sunglasses, sun cream, comfortable clothes, waterproof jackets, gloves, trekking boots or similar,lunchbox (preferably sandwiches), fruit and drink.
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We recommend bringing a snack or boxlunch.
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In El Calafate you can rent waterproof jackets, gloves, trekking boots or similar in "La Barraca" rental outddor shop, located beside the church.
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Open from 10.00 am to 10.00 pm.
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| Reservations |
| | To make the reservation you have to sign up and complete the required fields and choose your method of payment. |
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Big Ice is only for people between 10 and 65 years with exclente physical conditions.Passanger must be the previous night in El Calafate because it begins early in the morning and the national park is located at 85 km from El Calafate.
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If you make the minitrekking or Big Ice, we recommend you do not join the Perito Moreno full day tour full day tour, since either of these two Ice treks include the Perito Moreno tour.
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Services begin and end in your hotel, within the radius of the city, for other accommodation away from the city or airport you should be provided with a private service.
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| Minitrekking |
| El Calafate |
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Departure : 07:00 am
Lasts : Full Day
Difficulty : Medium
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| Minitrekking |
| From El Calafate we undertake the trip to National Park, five kilometers before the catwalks is located the pier "Bajo de ls Sombras", where boats cross the Argentino lake. After 10 'of navigation we can see the the south wall of the Perito Moreno glacier, we landed and the mountain guides organize groups of up to 20 people. It begins the trek to the foot of the glacier, where guides will help place the necessary crampons for walking on the ice and give a talk explaining the phenomenon of the formation of glaciers. The ice trekking on the glacier is + - 1 ½ hours during which can be appreciated, seracs, sinks and small lakes. The hike is moderate, walking down an ice surface irregular, but firm and secure, only alowwed people between 10 and 65. Then we crossed back the lake and stay + - 1 ½ hours on the catwaks of the national park from where there are spectacular views of the Perito Moreno. Return to El Calafate. |
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| Minitrekking |
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From + - 07.08.2010 to 31.05.2011.
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Daily departures + - 07.30 am
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Pick up from your hotel.
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All services begin and end in your Hotel within the radius of the El Calafate city.
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| What is include |
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Includes transportation to/from your hotel, navigation, 1.5 hour ice trekking, crampons for walk on the ice and bilingual mountain guide.
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Meals and entrance fee to the national park are not included.
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| What you need |
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Sunglasses, sun cream, comfortable clothes, waterproof jackets, gloves, trekking boots or similar,lunchbox (preferably sandwiches), fruit and drink.
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We recommend bringing a snack or boxlunch.
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In El Calafate you can rent waterproof jackets, gloves, trekking boots or similar in "La Barraca" rental outddor shop, located beside the church.
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Open from 10.00 am to 10.00 pm.
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| Availability |
| | Only + - 250 places a day available on 2500 visitors daily in high season.
The advanced booking is strongly recomended because it guarantees a seat.
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| Reservations |
| | To make the reservation have to sign up and complete the required fields and choose your method of payment. |
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Minitrekking is only for people between 10 and 65 years.
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Passanger must be the previous night in El Calafate because it begins early in the morning and the national park is 85 km from El Calafate.
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If you make the minitrekking or Big Ice, we recommend not to implement full day tour to Perito Moreno catwalks in Los Glaciares National Park, since either of these two Ice treks include the Perito Moreno tour.
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Services begin and end in your hotel, within the radius of the city, for other accommodation away from the city or airport you should be provided with a private service.
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| All Glaciers |
| El Calafate |
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Departure : Everyday
Lasts : Full Day
Difficulty : Easy
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| Upsala Glacier navigation |
| Amazing navigation to the heart of continental ice cap, suitable for all ages. The tour begins at your hotel when we pick up to take you to the pier of Punta Banderas (47 km from El Calafate) where we boarded on modern ships and began to sail the northern arm of Lake Argentino towards the icebergs channel, where we will see huge icebergs arising from the ice cap. We continued sailing toward the Upsala Glacier, one of the biggest glaciers of continental ice cap. After this we visit the great Spegazzini glacier, perhaps the most beautiful and then we return to the Iceberg channel towards Punta banderas. The extraordinary facts of nature that have produced multiple
icebergs landslides in various parts of the journeys made by
grant, which form a striking and one great barrier of ice, it is reported that
income and / or approach and / or landings at points of the trip are
conditioned by the changing conditions of navigation, which will
evaluated for security reasons in each case, the skipper of each yacht. |
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| All Glaciers |
| Season & Departures |
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All year. Everyday.
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June and july only 4 departures a week.
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Daily departures + - 07.00 amPick up from your hotel.
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All services begin and end in your Hotel within the radius of the El Calafate city.
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| Lasts |
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| Difficulty |
| | Easy. Fof all ages. |
| What is include |
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| Not included |
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Personal equipment.
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Meals and entrance fee to the national park are not included.
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You can buy a boxlunch (order in advance with us).
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We recomend you order lunchbox, so you can enjoy more time in the tour.
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Entrance fee to the National Park u$s 17.-
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| What you need |
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Sunglasses, comfortable clothes, boxlunch (preferably sandwiches), fruit and drink.
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We recommend bringing a snack or boxlunch.
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| Reservations |
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Passanger must be the previous night in El Calafate because it begins early in the morning and the national park is located at 85 km from El Calafate.
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Services begin and end in your hotel, within the radius of the city, for other accommodation away from the city or airport you should be provided with a private service.
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