5-Day Adventure Trip in El Calafate

According to your flight itinerary, you will be picked up at the airport and transferred to your selected hotel. After check in, you will enjoy the rest of the free day.

This full day excursion will take you to the heart of the glacier, fully equipped and accompanied by certified and bilingual guides who will take you to the blue lagoons and the hidden viewpoints during a 4 hours trekking on the ice. This includes a 20-minute navigation to the Perito Moreno glacier and a long ice trek to discover every corner of the glacier. Also, you will have access to the glacier balconies for 30 minutes to get the best views and scenery of the National Park before you go for adventure!

You will have this day free to explore the city center. We recommend you to visit the "Glaciarium", a museum with all the information about glaciers and very interactive.

We will sail from Punta Bandera harbor at 9AM, we will glide over the waters of Lake Argentino’s Northern Arm to reach the furthest possible point of navigation in the Upsala Channel, where we will be able to enjoy an incredible panoramic view of the Upsala Glacier’s immense front. Then, having disembarked at the shores close to Estancia Cristina, you will be welcomed by our specialized driver-guides who will help them into their 4×4 vehicles, ready to head off into the wilderness. Our 4WDs will then venture up into the Feruglio Mountains, a 9.5km ride which offers great views of our surroundings and takes us ultimately to an elevated area where the cars will be parked.

Once there, we will begin a 20-minute trek over terrain characterized by glacial erosion, until reaching the Upsala Glacier Lookout: an exclusive vantage point for visitors to appreciate this immense glacier that can only be accessed from Estancia Cristina. There will be plenty of time here to enjoy views of Lake Guillermo and the eastern side of the Upsala Glacier, as well as the Southern Patagonian Ice Field.

Afterwards, we will head back to the lodge in our 4×4 vehicles for a break for lunch (approx. 1 hour). Later on, having returned from the trek, we will visit the Costumbrista Museum. Finally, a guided tour will take us around Estancia Cristina’s estate – up to the Caterina River, the waterwheel, chapel and the rest of the lodge. We will come back to El Calafate by the same way you took in the morning.

Your driver will pick you up at your hotel and take you to the departure Airport to board your return flight. This is the end of the trip.