Los Glaciares
Some 50 kilometer west of El Calafate lies the Parque Nacional los Glaciares one of the most beautiful parks in Argentina. Many glaciers here relief the Patagonian ice fields and flow down in milky blue lagunes and lakes. The park facilitates on one hand the hikers at the northern part best accessed from El Chaltén. On the other hand for less abled tourist the park can be accessed by means of boat to the Upsala Glacier and other glaciers near to Upsala. Perito Moreno, a beautiful glacier and world heritage place, can be visit and be closely monitored from a boardwalk. This part is best accessed from El Calafate. Both are not to be missed and save Perito Moreno for the last part, since this is stunning.
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How to get here
From El Calafate there are many hotels and tourist agencies that can book for you packages to visit the glaciers. For Upsula and others you will typicaly buy a ticket for a bus to bring you to Puerto Punta Bandeiras form where you are shipped on convenient modern catamaran passenger ships that will sail you to the glaciers. They will have drinks and food aboard and a guide will explain now and then what there is to see and to know. You will normaly go from the ship at Bahia Onelli to have the opportunity to walk through an ancient patagonian wood and fish for smaller ice bricks. (Google Maps)
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Perito Moreno
For Perito Moreno you can go by car. There's a parking lot and the walkways are convenient for every age. You can also buy a package in El Calafate which includes also a boat tour to the other side and a small hike on the glacier. I would despite the price recommend the last as the hike is unforgetable. (See Perito Moreno).
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