Minitrekking Perito Moreno: Ice hiking tour (optional transfers)
At Howlanders, we highly recommend "Minitrekking Perito Moreno" to experience the majesty of the glacier in three different ways:
Ice hiking on Perito Moreno Glacier. You’ll discover the glacier up close and see the formations, small streams, sinkholes, crevasses...
Enjoy the views as the boat sails along the glacier wall. Appreciate the great height of the glacier then watch and listen for great chunks of ice falling from the glacier.
If you select the package with transfers, you’ll also visit the footbridges and viewpoints of the glacier.
Discover the most complete Perito Moreno Glacier experience with Howlanders!
Options
Tour without transfers
What's included in Minitrekking Perito Moreno: Ice hiking tour (optional transfers)
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
The day before the tour starts, your guide will contact you on behalf of our agency (Howlanders), to notify you of your pick-up time at your accommodations in El Calafate, (due to the tour’s different departure times throughout the morning). When the group has been gathered, you’ll head to the port ‘Bajo Las Sombras’, which is a few miles (kilometers) from the glacier viewpoint. If you do not select the package that includes the transfer, you’ll meet the group directly at Puerto Bajo Las Sombras, inside Los Glaciares National Park. From the port, we’ll take a boat and sail along the awe-inspiring south wall of the Perito Moreno Glacier. After disembarking, the guides will organize us into groups and begin the short walk to the Glacier. The guide will then assist hikers with their crampons, thus beginnning the incredible trek through the ice of one of the world’s most impressive glaciers.
Perito Moreno Glacier
For about an hour and a half, the group will traverse the glacier with our guides leading us on firm and safe trails. On these trails, we’ll have the opportunity to see the crevices, moulins (glacier sinkholes), and small blue lagoons located on the glacier. Throughout the tour, our guide will inform us of the many glacier landslides, as well as the endemic fauna and flora of the region.
On our way back, we’ll pass through the Magellanic Forest, where we can enjoy breathtaking views. Before returning to El Calafate, we’ll have some free time to enjoy the spectacular views of the Perito Moreno Glacier from the footbridges, thus ending a memorable day.
Inclusions
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off + visit Perito Moreno footbridges (based on selected option)
- Boat Ride
- Bilingual guide (Spanish-English)
- Ice Hiking equipment
- Entrance fee to Los Glaciares National Park
- Meals
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Age restriction, travelers under 8 years old and over 65 years old can not make the tour due to government policy
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Pickup and Dropoff
You can choose to be picked up from a list of locations, or alternatively, have the choice to make your own way to the meeting points
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 will contact you to let you know the starting time of the tour and the exact pickup time in case you have selected this option. Pickup at any accommodation in El Calafate (please let us know the address or the name of the accommodation). If you are staying in an Airbnb, a meeting point will be indicated since pick-up is not possible in lodgings without reception service.
Meeting / End Points
- The tour has different departure times, from 7 AM to 3 PM. The day before, the guide will contact you to let you know the starting time of the tour and the exact pickup time in case you have selected this option.
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Ticket Redemption
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!
