Patagonia Traveler
Visitors on wooden walkways view the massive blue ice walls of Glaciar Perito Moreno in El Calafate, Patagonia.
Wooden boardwalk overlooking turquoise glacial lake with snow-capped mountains and Perito Moreno Glacier in El Calafate, Patagonia.
Two visitors in colorful jackets stand on wooden boardwalk viewing the blue ice of Glaciar Perito Moreno in El Calafate, Patagonia.
Tourists on wooden walkways witness a massive ice collapse at Glaciar Perito Moreno in El Calafate, Patagonia.
Wooden boardwalk overlooks the massive blue ice wall of Glaciar Perito Moreno in El Calafate, Patagonia.

Perito Moreno Glacier

Summary
El Calafate
All Year round
8 hours
Easy

This unique experience takes us across the Patagonian steppe, where we'll enjoy landscapes of hills and forests before entering Los Glaciares National Park. The tour begins along the Redonda Bay of Lake Argentino, passing Solitary Island and crossing the Patagonian steppe with notable sights including Comisión Hill, Centinela River, and Alice Ranch.

After crossing Mitre River, we'll enter the national park to travel 35 km along Brazo Rico, surrounded by a native forest of ñires, lengas, and notros trees. Our first breathtaking glacier view comes at "Curva de los Suspiros" (Sighs Curve), followed by the main viewpoint where we'll walk the boardwalks to witness constant ice calving.

The Perito Moreno - the park's most impressive glacier with a 5 km front and 60 m (197 ft) high walls - offers the unique spectacle of its rupture (last occurring in 2016) and the thunderous sound of ice chunks crashing into the water. Optional add-ons include a walk along Icebergs Channel to the glacier's base, the Mini Trekking ice hike, or a catamaran tour to Upsala Glacier.