Glaciers Winter Experience

Today we'll arrive in El Calafate, a small town set at the edge of Los Glaciares National Park amid dramatic scenery and natural beauty. We'll have the whole day free to explore the town and enjoy its attractive restaurants, tango bars and handicraft markets. After a day of fun, we'll settle in for the night.

After an early breakfast, we'll take a bus from our hotel into wild Patagonia. Our destination this morning is the imposing 60 m tall Perito Moreno glacier, a phenomenon which delights photographers and nature lovers alike!

We'll take an hour-long cruise that will take us across Lake Rico. We'll then embark at the “Bajo de las Sombras” bay, about 6 km before the Glacier Balconies. Once we reach the Icebergs Channel, we’ll sail past the Perito Moreno’s dramatic front wall to view and photograph the beauty from a safe distance.

The excursion provides an interesting perspective on what is both a beautiful and very tragic natural phenomenon - the falling of the glacial ice into the lake. A spectacular sight, but a solemn reminder about our changing climate.

After the boat ride, we continue to the lake’s footbridges, where we’ll take a break to soak up our astounding surroundings. Apart from providing an additional interesting perspective on the glacier, these bridges also bring us close enough to hear the powerful cracks in this living mass of ice as it shifts and moves. After this experience, we'll take a transfer back to the hotel for the night. 

Today we’ll travel through the park's river channels and continue spotting Argentina’s ethereal glaciers. We’ll depart El Calafate, heading towards Puerto Punta Bandera where we’ll board our catamaran bound for Argentino Lake. Here, our boat journey through Argentine Patagonia’s winding river channels begins. The first glacier we’ll see today is the powerful Upsala glacier, visible from the Upsala canal at a 10-15 km distance depending on the arrangement the glaciers take today (remember, they are moving entities).

After taking in Upsala Glacier, our catamaran continues through the Spegazzini Channel en route to Spegazzini Glacier. Following this, we’ll continue back through the river channels to Puerto Punta Bandera and transfer to El Calafate.

This morning, we'll end our adventure in El Calafate, saying goodbye and continuing on to our following journeys through Argentina or Chile. After having breakfast, a transfer will take us to the airport.