National Park - Perito Moreno Glacier - (Optional Nautic Safari)
Description
Excursion to Los Glaciares National Park, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. On this visit there will be a short walk along the walkways and balconies, to contemplate the greatness of the Perito Moreno Glacier.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Along the way to the National Park, you can observe different environments: from the Patagonian steppe to the Magellanic forest, discovering various types of flora and fauna of the region.
On the way, it makes two stops: one of them to admire the Argentinian lake and the other in the "Curva de los Suspiros" or "impressive panoramic view", where it has the first view of the Moreno glacier.
Once in the balcony area, you will time to walk along them, in order to have several views of the glacier. If you are lucky, you will see pieces of ice falling and generating a huge breaking noise.
Finishing the visit to the corridors, the guide will offer you navigation in front of the ice wall of the glacier, which is optional and safe, it is recommended, since it is the only possibility to see the Moreno glacier from the water level, near the wall of ice of 60 m. It lasts about 50 minutes, and it's definitely a necessity. Once close to the wall, the boat stops so you can take excellent pictures from there.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Pick up from hotel in El Calafate
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- No restrictions
Reviews(12)
It was one of the best experience and most beautiful place i have ever seen. The tour was well organised and the guide was very professional
thank you
The park is spectacular and the boat ride too, but the offer of the boat option is unclear and I had to pay 52U$D per person apart from the 277€ I paid only for the transfer. The bus is fine and the guide was correct but it was not entertaining the explanation, we were passing sheets to identify various animals, the bad thing is that you have to wait for each passenger to go up in the different locations, wait at the entrance of the park for them to buy the ticket the one who does not have it and it was a waste of time, in total it was 8 hs but boat ride was only 1 and walkway 2 hs. I would recommend a private guide for those who can afford it.
si la excursion privada es mas agil
The views of the glacier are spectacular. The boat ride was well worth the extra expense. Our guide, Paola was extremely knowledgeable and very kind.
thank you very much
Amazing tour, the perito moreno glaciar is wonderful, the tour guide was friendly and the tour bus was comfortable
thank you maria
It is one of the cheapest package which can fulfil all your requirements. The guide Rokhsana was fantastic and really I enjoyed a lot. I had a flight so I requested her to manage everything in time and I was able to fimish everything well in ahead. Go with them without any doubt.
Thank you
We went to El Calafate with my husband and granddaughters. We toured the Glacier, the walkways and also the nautical safari navigation.
The transport was over 30 mins late for pick up. We received a message that we will be picked up at 12p with maximum of 30 mins delay. Did not get picked up until shortly after 1p. It was an extremely warm day, the driver initially stated that the AC was broken and when the group finally complained that it was sweltering in the van, they finally put on the AC… almost after an hr of driving. There was no guide as advertised, we were basically dropped off at the crosswalks with no guidance. Finally on the drop off to the hotel, the van wanted to drop my husband and I off at the bottom of the hill from the entrance to hotel. Mind you, we are 2 elderly ppl… 75 and 78 with some knee issues. We asked the driver to drive us to the entrance of hotel and he reluctantly drove up the hill but didn’t pull into the driveway of hotel so we ended up walking the rest of the way. I would absolutely NOT recommend this tour company.
yes we had a broken minibus
Worth every minute and every penny spent on this tour. Just beautiful. It exceeded all my expectations. I loved!!
gracias por compartirnos
This is an optional walkway in front of Perito Moreno Glacier. This is a nearly 1-hour sailing in front of the south wall. Some say that having done all-day sailing to see the north wall and other glaciers, this is redundant. Mistake for us. Seeing the south face gives you another perspective of the glacier and also allows you to understand very well how the formation of the levee occurs, since from the boat you clearly see the space between the glacier advance and the continent. When the ice advances and hits the land, the dam that contains the water that rises on one side is produced, until by the pressure breaks the dam, producing every now and then (it is not known when; last time in 2018) that wonderful natural phenomenon that we all know. We also recommend doing this navigation to see another glacier front, quite different.
We hired in Ushuaia the excursions we wanted to do in El Calafate. They advised us very well and offered us the same prices that we later found in El Calafate. Very good Service.
Estimada María, Muchas gracias por su comentario! Nos complace saber que disfrutó de nuestros servicios. Por supuesto que lo esperamos para una próxima visita a la Patagonia! Saludos, Staff All Patagonia
