Mountains And Glaciers: El Calafate And Torres Del Paine

Welcome to the land of glaciers: El Calafate, located in Santa Cruz province, in south Patagonia.  Upon arrival we transfer from El Calafate airport to our accommodation. The rest of the day is al leisure to visit the city or to do any optional excursion that this increible place has to offer us.  Standard Lodging: Hotel Las Dunas or similar in Double / Single Base  Superior Lodging: Hotel Boutique La Cantera or similar in Double / Single Base  Meals: NULL by We People Travel & Experiences  Optional Excursion Recommended: Nativo Experience, Lakes and Caverns It is an excursion in 4×4 along the coast of Lake Argentino. Ideal for the day of arrival or departure, it has an anthropological approach, making a tour at the time about the passing of man in these lands, rediscovering the stories of the first expeditions and daring that ventured into the unknown. Between the cliffs and overlooking the Andes Mountains, the excursion focuses on the first contacts of those expeditionaries with the natives, and then enter the Tehuelche world. On the banks of the lake are the caves where thousands of years ago that culture left its marks on the rock and that today induce us to its interpretation. Finally, the excursion culminates in another cave where lunch or dinner is included that will transport us to those remote years. 

We dedicate this day to one of the World’s Natural Wonder: the Moreno glacier. This ice field- type glacier flows down from the Patagonian Icefield, a big sheet of ice that with its 22.000 square kilometers is the third largest glacier area in the world, after Antarctica (14 M sq km) and Greenland (1 M sq km). Because unusual favorable local conditions, this glacier is the only one in the world that shows a closure and rupture process. The road leads to the very front of the glacier, which will be only meters away from your eyes. The roar of the chunks of ice falling inside the glacier or from the glacier into the lake, the frequent collapse of the front seracs into the turquoise water, makes out of this day a very special and unique experience. Then we wil go up to “Bajo de las Sombras” from where, you will board the catamaran boat to navigate the Lago Rico where your will be able to appreciate the amazing ice wall of the Perito Moreno Glacier and its icebergs. Then we go back to our accommodation in El Calafate. Standard Lodging: Hotel Las Dunas or similar in Double / Single Base  Superior Lodging: Hotel Boutique La Cantera or similar in Double / Single Base  Meals: Breakfast, Box Lunch  Optional Excursion Recommended: Minitrekking - Ice Trek on Perito Moreno Glacier

Free day to visit El Calafate on our own or to do any of the optional excursions that El Calafate has to offer us. We suggest to visit El Chalten on a full day tour, a picturesque village at the foot of Mount Fitz Roy.  Standard Lodging: Hotel Las Dunas or similar in Double / Single Base  Superior Lodging: Hotel Boutique La Cantera or similar in Double / Single Base  Meals: Breakfast Optional Excursion Recommended: Full Day El Chalten  The excursion begins at 7.00 AM from El Calafate. We take the mythic Route 40, that goes along the Argentino Lake up to La Leona River. We will pass by the canyon with the same name, Cañadón La Leona, and after 1.15-hour ride we will arrive to the ancient route hotel "La Leona", almost a museum of the Route 40, where you can have coffee and cakes. Our trip continues along the Lake Viedma, from where we will have magical views of glaciers, hidden lakes and the overpowering presence of the Mount Fitz Roy. We will make some photo stops at the viewpoint of the Viedma Glacier and Lake and after a 3 h ride we will arrive to this andean village called “The Capital of the Trekking”. As soon as we arrive at El Chalten we make another stop at the National Park Interpretation Centre. Once at Chalten, the activities will continue according to the option booked