Argentina: Explore El Calafate RC51
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Explore El Calafate; great in beauty and small in size, this is the city of the Glaciers par excellence and invites those tourists fond of adventures, quietness, culture and nature. For full no obligation pricing options and operator contact details please enquire: 
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El Calafate you will find yourself at the gateway to the majestic world of the glaciers.
This town is near Argentino Lake, a green water surface covering 1,600 km2, with a length of 60 km and a width between 12 and 14 km (7 mi and 9 mi). It also has great mysterious depths, like all lakes originated from glaciers, ranging from 35m / 115ft in Feruglio, on the southern shore, to 300m / 984 ft off the Avellaneda Peninsula.
El Calafate connects you with the most unknown and magical features of our geography.
It is 316 km /196 mi from Río Gallegos, 185 m.a.s.l. and receives its name from the small bush calafate, indigenous of Patagonia. Its fruit is a delicious berry very good for the elaboration of jam. According to tradition, whoever eats calafate will return for more. But reality indicates that whoever visits Calafate wants to stay there forever. It is a tourist resort of both national and international importance, since it is the start of all glacier circuits. It is an oasis of poplars, willows and pines at the border of the steppe.
This small town and all its magic are a must for lovers of glaciers.
El Calafate presents a dry climate, with an average maximum temperature of 19ºC / 66ºF, and an average minimum of -2º / 28ºF in winter. The length of the day changes according to season. In summer, the sun rises at 5.30am and sets at 11pm. In winter the day is shorter as there are only 8 hours of daylight.
The Glaciers National Park covers a surface of some 600,000 hectares / 1,482,632 acres with 47 glaciers, such as the Viedma, the Moyano, the Marconi, the Upsala, the Agassiz, the Bolado, the Onelli, the Peineta, the Spegazzini, the Mayo, the Ameghino, the Moreno and the Frías, all of them located within the Atlantic basin.
El Calafate can be visited and enjoyed thanks to a significant bus fleet used for excursions, modern boats, expert bilingual guides and travel agencies that organize tours and outings to the classical viewpoint of the Perito Moreno Glacier or the audacious expeditions to cross the glaciers from one side to the other.
The International Airport of El Calafate, inaugurated on November 17, 2000 and located 23km away from the city, receives direct flights from Buenos Aires, Ushuaia, Puerto Madryn, San Carlos de Bariloche, and Puerto Natales, among other cities.
A full day by day itinerary will be provided by the tour operator when you make an enquiry about this holiday.
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| El Calafate - Arriving in El Calafate town . you will be received with full assistance which will be provided by one of our representatives, who will take you to the chosen hotel. The representatives will help with check-in procedures and provide you with a detailed itinerary of all the services included in your trip. Hotel Accomodation. | |
| El Calafate - After enjoying a delicious breakfast at the hotel, you will leave in the mornig and make the 80 km from El Calafate to the renowned glacier Perito Moreno, unique on the planet in its constant forward movement. Along the road you will discover many Andean pre-cordillera sites that are worth sight seen or recording on camera and by the lake Argentino you will access the National Park “Los Glaciares”. Along Brazo Rico you will start to spot the floating icebergs until you finally be able to grasp in all its awe this natural wonder considered World Heritage by the United Nations. You will take the paths and enjoy some time to observe and to have lunch. (lunch not included). Then in the afternoon you will go back to the hotel. | |
| El Calafate - After having a tasty breakfast at the hotel, we suggest you will leave on a tour to the National Park Los Glaciares one more time only that you will be taken through Punta Banderas in order to go on a tour called “Todo Glaciares” (not included) . You will board the ship and navigate among the icebergs of various spectacular patterns of shape and size. The glaciers that you will visit are: “Upsala” “Spegazzini” and “Onelli” . You will disembark in Onelli bay to go on an atractive trekking y take pictures or capture on video fabulous landscape. Lunch time. (cost not included) – You may take your own or go to the local restaurant. You will be returning to the hotel at aprox 6 pm. Hotel Accomodation. | |
| El Calafate - Delicious breakfast at the hotel and then transfer to the airport…. |
