Perito Moreno Glacier Ice Trek Day Trip from El Calafate
El Calafate, Argentina
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Trip Type: Hiking & Camping
Duration: 12 hours
Take a thrilling trek across Perito Moreno glacier on this once-in-a-lifetime full-day trip from El Calafate. Travel into beautiful Los Glaciares National Park by air-conditioned coach, cruise across Lake Argentino and hike to the glacier for an unforgettable 4-hour trek. Ogle the glacier’s massive front wall, put on your crampons, and immerse yourself in its spectacular, silent beauty as you trek over the ice with your expert guide. Discover crevasses, waterfalls and caves on route, and stop to enjoy your own packed lunch on the ice before heading back.
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Take a thrilling trek across Perito Moreno glacier on this once-in-a-lifetime full-day trip from El Calafate. Travel into beautiful Los Glaciares National Park by air-conditioned coach, cruise across Lake Argentino and hike to the glacier for an unforgettable 4-hour trek. Ogle the glacier’s massive front wall, put on your crampons, and immerse yourself in its spectacular, silent beauty as you trek over the ice with your expert guide. Discover crevasses, waterfalls and caves on route, and stop to enjoy your own packed lunch on the ice before heading back.
Leave your centrally located El Calafate hotel in the early morning, remembering to bring your own packed lunch with you, and travel by air-conditioned coach into Los Glaciares National Park. As you go, hear illuminating facts about Perito Moreno: a massive body of ice that snakes along Lake Argentino and is one of the world’s last few advancing glaciers.
After around two hours, arrive at the Bajo Las Sombras harbor on Lake Argentino, and take a 10-minute boat ride to Brazo Rico on the facing shore. Meet your local guide here and collect and check your trekking equipment. Then, with your guide leading the way, hike along the shores and forest of the lake’s Rico arm to the base of the glacier.
Arrive at a viewing platform and gaze in awe at the glacier’s 196-foot (60 meter) front wall, with its jagged white peaks. After a safety briefing, put on your supplied crampons with help from your guide, and set off on your exhilarating ice trek.
The trek has a high level of difficulty, but with your guide beside you, you will be able to hike over the ice and breathe in the pristine beauty of the icy expanse. As you walk on the gently sloping surface, your guide will share facts about Perito’s geography and glaciology, and point out crevasses, lagoons, waterfalls, streams and caves, all formed by ice melt and in every possible shade of luminous blue.
Stop to enjoy your lunch on the ice and then take the same route back to the viewpoint, arriving after around four hours on the ice. Then, head back to Brazo Rico for your return journey to El Calafate. Your adventure ends with an early evening drop-off at your hotel.
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