Patagonia adventure trekking trips
Fitz Roy and Perito Moreno glacier

These program is designed to allow us to ride a horse by the Tunel River valley area and the surrounding fields to the Viedma Glacier. This Tour offers wonderful views of the Fitz Roy, Torre and Grande Mounts, and the front side of the extremely large Viedma glacier. Daily hose rides are complemented with short treks to accede to some viewpoints which are not allowed to reach directly by horse.

Season: October to April guaranteed departures every Saturday from El Calafate

Starting /Ending city: El Calafate Airport

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Itinerary: duration 8 days - 7 nights (moderate trek)


Day 1: El Calafate airport - El Calafate
We receive you at El Calafate Airport from there you are transferred to El Calafate City, where at 7 pm the group meet by first time at the Hostal del Lago Libertador, at Del Libertador 587, El Calafate. You meet your guide, and you enjoy a dinner with you adventure partners while chatting on the program details for tomorrow.
Lodging: at Hostel Room with shared bathroom Alternatives optional charge: Inn Room double or single base with private bathroom
Meals includeds: Dinner

Day 2: El Chalten - Cerro Fitz Roy
After breakfast we travel by bus to El Chalten, a little and colorful town next to Mount Fitz Roy. To arrive to El Chalten we will cross 190 km of gravel road through the Patagonia steppe. After arriving to El Chalten we fine tune the last details and start our horse ride. A nice trail beside the De las Vueltas river lead us to the first viewpoints of the Fitz Roy Mount. We continue riding until get our camp in the Fitz Roy base, named Rio Blanco (White River). From there we continue trekking to ascend walking one and a half hour more until one of the main viewpoints of the Park, De los Tres lagoon. The Fitz Roy Mount up heave vertically over the surrounding glaciers. Finally we return by the same trail until Rio Blanco Camp, where we turn south to Capri Lagoon where we have our Full Camp(6 hours approx). The Full Camp has been previously mounted, featuring spacious dome tents, used in double or single base. Each tent has sleeping bags, inner sheet and insulating mattresses. The camp has a large dining tent with table, benches, dishes and kitchenware. The sanitary services are provided with chemical bathrooms.
Lodging: in Full Camp at Capri Lagoon double o single base (rural area)
Meals included: breakfast, box lunch and dinner .

Day 3: Cerro Torre - El Chalten
In the morning we ride surrounding the Capri lagoon until the trail that run by the Madre e Hija lagoons valley. Crossing a dense forest and a wet area, we arrive to the Torre Mount valley, where the Fitz Roy river run. We continue riding beside the river until its born in the Torre lagoon. This lagoon is contained between moraines, and hoard icebergs that broke from the Torre Glacier, on the west side of the lake. The impressive group of Mount Torre needles with its slender 3128 meters/10262 ft height, frame the landscape. There we enjoy our lunch box and we return in the evening to El Chalten. (6 hours approx).
Lodging: at Hostel Room with shared bathroom Alternatives: Inn Room double or single base with private bathroom
Included meals: breakfast, box lunch and dinner

Day 4: El Chaltén - Laguna Toro
From El Chalten we depart towards the Pliegue Tumbado mountainside, through steppe and bushes first, and then the forest. We arrive at the sharing point between the waters from the Torre and Tunel valleys, and from there we can trek to the Pliegue Tumbado ridge. We continue riding our horses descending to the Tunel River valley until reach Laguna Toro, where the river starts. There we get around the lake area and the Tunnel glacier. We horse ride a approx 4 or 5 hours today.
Lodging: in Full Camp at Toro Lagoon double o single base (rural area)
Included meals: breakfast, box lunch and dinner

Day 5: Laguna Toro - Peninsula Ventisqueros
From Toro lagoon we descend by the Tunel river valley, near the Huemul Mount, and we enter the "Ventisqueros Fields", feeding fields for the cattle, near the Viedma glacier, and that belongs to the National Reserve Los Glaciares. This fields are limited by the Viedma lake shore, and the eastern side of the Huemul mount. Our destination is our Full Camp in the bay near Peninsula Ventisqueros. A short walk guide us to the Glacier viewpoint.
Lodging: in Full Camp at Peninsula Ventisqueros double o single base (rural area)
Included meals: breakfast, box lunch and dinner

Day 6: Peninsula Ventisqueros - Bahia Tunel
Today we come back part of our way through the ventisqueros fields, to return to the end of the Tunel river, going around the tunnel bay and finally arrive to the Tunel Bay restaurant, where a nice afternoon snack, with tea, coffee and cakes is waiting for us. We return by Mini Van to El Chalten.
Lodging: at Hostel Room with shared bathroom Alternatives: Inn Room double or single base with private bathroom
Included meals: breakfast, box lunch and dinner

Day 7: El Chalten - El Calafate - Perito Moreno Glacier
We leave El Chalten in the morning, and travel by bus to El Calafate where we arrive at noon. We have lunch and continue to visit the Perito Moreno Glacier. Perito Moreno Glacier is located 80 km far El Calafate in the Peninsula Magallanes area, south part of the Los Glaciares National Park. Our bus will lead us just in front of the Glacier, allowing us to walk the gangplanks to view the Glacier from different viewpoints. The roar of the gigantic ice rocks falling and crashing into the waters of the channel is a unique experience. We return to El Calafate using a different route that we used to arrive. We enjoy our last dinner together.
Lodging: at Hostel Room with shared bathroom Alternatives: Inn Room double or single base with private bathroom
Included meals: breakfast, box lunch and dinner

Day 8: El Calafate -El Calafate Airport
After breakfast we transfer to El Calafate Airport where our services end.
Included meals: breakfast


Included services: Muleteer Guide. Horses for the passengers and the equipment. Transfer El Calafate Airport - El Chalten - El Calafate -El Calafate Airport. 7 breakfast, 6 lunch boxes and 7 dinners. Perito Moreno Glacier Excursion. 4 nights at base Accommodation at Hostel Room or Alternative Accommodation (optional extra charge applies) at Inn double or single base, 3 nights at Full Camp double base (rural area, for single tent extra charges apply).

Not included: Entrance ticket to Los Glaciares National Park Medical and Life Insurance Tips Air flight tickets and Airport fees and taxes Optional Excursion Holiday On Ice Services not detailed in the program.

Safety notice: Medical assistance is NOT included. However, trekking guides do carry basic first aid kit and VHF communication equipment in case any emergency situation arises. Health certificate, issued by a physician who certifies physical fitness is strongly recommended, especially for those with sedentary habits.


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