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4 days - 3 night

Day 1 - Arrive Calafate
Meet & transfer from Calafate airport to Hotel of your choice for 3 nights. This afternoon is at your leisure.


Day 2 - Perito Moreno Glacier

(B) After breakfast departing from the town of El Calafate you will see Lake Argentino & Bahia Redonda. Here observe a large variety of birds & in particular, black-necked swans, flamingos, wild ducks, & coots. Yellow broom sedge (coiron) grasses dominate the open fields as during the first 40 kilometres, you cross the Patagonian plains.

Entering the National Park, the vegetation is now formed of different types of trees: ñires, guindos & lengas. Upon arrival at Glacier Perito Moreno the immensity of this awesome river of ice is evident. You will have ample time to leisurely wander the marked walkways that offer the most stunning views of one of the most magnificent glaciers on the planet.

You may choose to take the optional boat excursion which will take visitors within 300 metres of the terminal face of the glacier, a perspective from where the true azures & blue hues of the ice formations are evident.

Late afternoon, return to El Calafate & your hotel.


Day 3 - Nautical Safari

(B) An after breakfast pick up from your hotel & transfer to Punta Bandera, 50 kms from El Calafate for an excursion by boat on Lake Argentino.

You are likely to encounter enormous icebergs & certainly will see the Upsala & Spegazzini glaciers, the largest & the tallest respectively of the glaciers in the National Park. Normally the boat docks at Bahia Onelly, a small mirror arm of the lake where countless numbers of icebergs have formed after breaking off from the glaciers. Here, there is a resturant where lunch can be taken.

Late afternoon, return to Punta Bandera & transfer back to El Calafate.


Day 4 - Calafate

(B) After breakfast, transfer to Calafate airport for your onward flight.


Please allow yourself an extra day for El Calafate to be able to experience more outdoor adventures at what we consider to be one of the best of the ´Hidden Gems´ in Argentina.



Our services includes:

· 3 nights accommodation at the hotel of your choice
· Transfers from El Calafate airport to city hotel & return
· Breakfasts as specified in the itinerary
· Day excursions as specified in the itinerary
· Reserve entrance fees
· English speaking guide


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