Perito Moreno Glacier

Full Day Perito Moreno Glacier  

Distance:160km                                                                                                                                       

Roadconitions:100  % gravel                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Los Glaciares National Park has been declared as Mankind Heritage by UNESCO.  

Those glaciers that named it (about 47) show us a 10 thousand-year-old world: cold and wild.  

The most famous one is Perito Moreno Glacier in the south western end of Argentino Lake at 80 km away from El Calafate. This glacier is so-called due to a great Argentinean explorer from last century and is one of the few glaciers that is still moving in the world. That is why it has become one of the most spectacular natural shows in South America.                                                                                                                                                              From time to time its 60-m-high snout releases some ice walls as huge as buildings that fall into Rico Bend or Canal de los Témpanos (Ice floes Channel) and then they continue sailing along the channel to the main area of the lake.  However, that is not all. The glacier, while moving forward, comes closer to the Magallanes Peninsula, in the opposite lake bank as well as footbridge and viewpoint area. This cycle takes from 4 to 6 years and it eventually separates the lake into two areas. Rico Bend is dammed up and it increases about 35 m over its average level. Its water slowly pierces its way through the glacier snout until it makes it fall down. This show is breathtaking. Water becomes into terrific waves so the whole process restarts again.                                                                                                                                                               

Full Day Moreno Glacier w/Nautic Safari  

Daily: AM  Season: September / May

Departure time: depending on the season and weather conditions.  

Duration of the navigation: about 1 hour.  

Visit Perito Moreno Glacier as mentioned above, including the navigation as well.   

We depart from Bajo de las Sombras Pier at 75 km away from El Calafate. We sail opposite the glacier southern wall at about 500 m away with the possibility of watching the ice slides in the 60-70-m-high glacial wall. Then we return to the pier.