Calafate
(4 days - 3 nights)
Day 01 - CALAFATE
Reception and transfer from the airport to Deluxe Selected Hotel.
Overnight accommodation.
Day 02 - CALAFATE
Breakfast. Full-day lake tour to the Upsala glacier and Onelli bay.
Transfer from hotel to Puerto Banderas (50 kms. away from El Calafate)
to board a catamaran that sails the north arm of Lago Argentino.
After two hours of sailing through icebergs that break-off the glacier
and fascinating views, the tour reaches the wall of the Upsala glacier.
On the way back, the tour continues to the Onelli bay, where the
catamaran docks and passengers start an 800-meter hike through the
Patagonian forest to reach the Onelli lake shore. Lunch at Onelli
bay is optional. Return to Puerto Banderas and transfer back to
Hotel. Overnight accommodation.
Day 03 - CALAFATE
Breakfast. Six-hour land tour to the Perito Moreno glacier, one
of the world's largest and most active continental glaciers, which
has been declared Universal Mankind's Heritage Site by UNESCO because
of its breathtaking beauty and its unusual behavior. Pickup from
hotel for an 80-km bus ride to the glacier, admiring on the way
the true Patagonian steppe with its unique flora (calafates, broom
sedges) and fauna (condors, eagles, hawks). At the glacier, the
tour walks the various kilometers of paths for spectacular views
of the 5-km wide front wall of the Perito Moreno glacier. Return
to hotel. Overnight accommodation.
Day 04 - CALAFATE
Breakfast. At appropriate time, transfer to the airport. |