Patagonia adventure trekking trips
Fitz Roy and Perito Moreno glacier

The Fitz Roy Perito Moreno Glacier Adventure tour is an unforgettable trekking tour exploring the Mount Fitz Roy area and the deep blue of the Perito Moreno Glacier at Los Glaciares National Park. It includes a trek to Mount Torre and Piedras Blancas Glacier. This Tour is oriented to all of them who wish to visit Patagonia in a closer and intimate way, being part of a group where they surely will find new friends. This Tour doesn't have big demands, neither risky steps and it can be enjoyed by practically everybody. It only requires the desire of coming closer to this type of tourism and like the balance among the outdoors, the comfort, and the care of the natural areas.

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: Bus to El Chalten - Capri lagoon
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 and we will stop at La Leona, a picturesque inn to enjoy his homemade cakes. From here, the views on the Viedma Lake are superb. When we arrive to the town, carrying only the necessary for this three days trip, in which we will lodge in a Full Camp. A beautiful trail next to ¨Las Vueltas¨ river will take us to the first panoramic views of the Mount Fitz Roy. From now on, we will be approaching to De los Patos Lagoon and finally we will arrive to our camp next to the Capri Lagoon. (3 hs approx.) The 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: Mount Fitz Roy, De los Tres Lagoon
Early in the morning and carrying only your coat and the photo camera we overcome the Chorrillo Salt, always with the impressive needles of the glacier in front of us. The first 2 hours are mainly flat, through forest and open glade and bog areas, with diverse bird life, lead us to Fitz Roy base camp. From here it is a 400 meters/1300 ft climb to the De los Tres lagoon on a steep trail that takes us around one hour and a half at gentle pace. This walk is one of the highlights in the National Park Los Glaciares; the views of Mount Poincenot, Mount Fitz Roy and the other peaks surrounding these are splendid. We return to Capri Lagoon Full Camp. (5 hs approx)
Lodging: in Full Camp at Capri Lagoon double o single base (rural area)
Included meals: breakfast, box lunch and dinner

Day 4: Mount Torre
This morning we hike surrounding Capri Lagoon down by the trail to Madre e Hija Lagoons through a dense forest following the Fitz Roy River. We reach the Mount Torre Valley to glacier-fed Laguna Torre where Fitz Roy river begins. This lagoon contained between moraines, generally piles floes that come off of the Grande Glacier that falls in its west extreme. The impressive group of Mount Torre needles with its slender 3128 meters/10262 ft height, frame the landscape.
Lodging: in Full Camp at Torre Lagoon double o single base (rural area)
Included meals: breakfast, box lunch and dinner

Day 5: Torre lagoon and glacier - El Chalten
In the morning we walk the area near Torre Lagoon, with nice views of the Solo Mount and the Adela Glacier. Optionally, you can choose to do a trek on the Torre Glacier, the Holiday On Ice Excursion. We put on our crampons (provided) and trek on the glacier's surface and develop our ice climbing skills (harness and ice axes provided). We return on the same trail to El Chaltén, where the passenger will lodge that night.
Lodging: at Hostel Room with shared bathroom Alternatives: Inn Room double or single base with private bathroom .
Included meals: breakfast, box lunch and dinner
Optional excursion: Holiday On Ice

Day 6: El Chalten - El Calafate
In the morning each participant can opt to explore the town of El Chalten freely, with the possibility of visiting The Climbers Chapel; or the Matzen family country, one of the pioneering families in the area; the Del Desierto Lake located 45 Km out of town or to visit the Interpretive Center of National Parks. Around 5 pm we move toward El Calafate retracing the same road we did, arriving to El Calafate around 21 hs..
Lodging: at Hostel Room with shared bathroom Alternatives: Inn Room double or single base with private bathroom
Included meals: breakfast

Day 7: El Calafate - Perito Moreno Glacier
After breakfast we depart by bus to the Magallanes peninsula, where is located the entrance of The Glaciers National Park. Its centerpiece is the Perito Moreno Glacier, which, because of unusually favorable local conditions, is one of the world's few advancing glaciers. Huge icebergs from the glacier wall collapse into the De los Tempanos Channel. The roar of the gigantic ice rocks falling and crashing into the waters of the channel is a unique experience. Our bus will lead us just in front of the Glacier, allowing us to walk the gangplanks to view the Glacier from different viewpoints. Then we go down to the lakeside to board a ship that carries us very near the Glacier ice walls. We return to El Calafate using a different route that we used to arrive.
Lodging: at Hostel Room with shared bathroom Alternatives: Inn Room double or single base with private bathroom
Included meals: breakfast

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


Included services: Bilingual Spanish-English guides during all the program's activities. Mountain Guides during the trekking activities. Perito Moreno Glacier Excursion including Navigation. Transfer El Calafate Airport - El Calafate - El Chaltén - El Calafate -El Calafate Airport. 7 breakfasts, 4 lunch boxes and 5 dinners, as detailed in the chart below. Base Accommodation at Hostel Room or Alternative Accommodation (optional extra charge applies) at Inn double or single base.

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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