Minitrekking Perito Moreno Ice hike + walkways visit + pick up.
The Mini Ice Trekking Perito Moreno Glacier day tour is one of the most popular excursions in El Calafate. This tour allows visitors to walk on the ice of the most iconic glacier in Patagonia, the Perito Moreno Glacier. This guided excursion at Los Glaciares National Park, (in addition to walking on the ice) includes transfers from El Calafate and a stop at the Perito Moreno walkways. On the same day, you’ll get to know the glacier from afar, with stunning panoramic views, and up close, stepping on the ice itself.
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Minitrekking Perito Moreno Ice hike + walkways visit + pick up.
Pickup included
What's included in Minitrekking Perito Moreno Ice hike + walkways visit + pick up.
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
El Calafate
You will be picked up at your accommodations in El Calafate to travel 45 miles (70 kilometers) to Puerto Bajo Las Sombras. During this tour, the guide will provide information about Los Glaciares National Park and Perito Moreno Glacier. The day before the tour begins at 6:00 P.M., you will be informed via WhatsApp of the exact time and location of the pick-up.
Perito Moreno
The trek will start with a leisurely walk of about ½ mile (1 km) along the shore of the lake. After, your guides will give a short brief on safety and glaciology. Upon reaching the edge of the glacier, subgroups of a maximum of 20 travelers will be organized, each accompanied by two professional guides (creating a ratio of 10 travelers per guide). With their help, you’ll put on your helmet and crampons then begin your ice walk on the Perito Moreno Glacier. For an hour and a half, you’ll get up close and personal with the glacier, walking on the ice and learning about it in depth. You may come to find that its very nature is to change constantly, resulting in a unique itinerary for every tour. Your guide will plan the itinerary on the glacier in a manner that will allow you to see the most formations and have the best experience.
When you’ve finished traversing the ice, your guide will offer you a bonbon and a glass of whiskey with ice from the glacier itself. Next, you’ll return to your starting point on the ice and give back the crampons and the remaining equipment. You’ll continue walking along the moraine until finally leaving it behind to reach a panoramic view of the Perito Moreno Glacier, featuring the mountains and lake. Then, you’ll start the return trip through a path that crosses the Patagonian Andean Forest where you’ll reach the refuge. At the refuge, staff will be waiting for you with a hot drink and a small surprise (a souvenir). After this short break, you’ll embark on the return trip to Puerto Bajo Las Sombras, but first, take a last look at the enormous walls of the glacier from the boat.
Inclusions
- Complimentary drink with glacial ice
- Crampons
- Boat Ride
- Bilingual guide (Spanish-English)
- Pickup + Roundtrip from El Calafate
- Visit Perito Moreno Walkways
- Entrance to the National Park (you can buy your ticket onsite with Argentine pesos)
- Food
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- The circuit you will make on the glacier is of medium difficulty, the ice surface is irregular but firm and safe.
- LIMITATION: Only suitable for people from 8 to 65 years old (both included). No exception.
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Pickup and Dropoff
Choose to be picked up from a list of locations
Please arrive at the pick up point 30 minutes before departure time.
Additional Information
The tour has different departure times, from 7 AM to 3 PM. The day before, the guide on behalf of Howlanders will contact you to let you know the starting time of the tour and the exact pickup time.
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Ticket Redemption
These are the contact details of the local agency: Ryans Travel - El Calafate Alberto Villar 0054 92966448575 7 de Diciembre, nº 31 The tour has several daily departures at different times between 7:00 AM and 3:00 PM. We will confirm the exact start time of your tour by WhatsApp the day before, starting at 6:00 PM. If we are unable to contact you via WhatsApp, we will communicate by email and, finally, with the reception service of your hotel in El Calafate. If after 7:00 PM you have not received the information, please contact us via WhatsApp. If you have not yet informed us where you will be staying, remember to do it as soon as possible. We do not provide pick-up service in Airbnb accommodations or apartments that do not have reception service, in case you are staying in an accommodation of this type, we will indicate a meeting point nearby. We also recommend you to bring your own food and a bottle of water (there is no possibility to buy food anywhere and it is not included in the tour). Remember that you must purchase the entrance ticket to access Los Glaciares National Park and you can do it directly here: ventaweb.apn.gob.ar/reserva/inicio selecting "Acceso Corredor Río Mitre y Glaciar Perito Moreno" or pay it in cash (in Argentine pesos) or with VISA card when you arrive at the Park. If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected]. You must bring your ID or passport, we are waiting for you in Patagonia Argentina!
