Patagonia Argentina

Calafate

With low houses and rustic, Calafate has a special charm. It is 60 km. the Perito Moreno glacier , and other glaciers that also make up the park. When founded in 1927, was a small town that few Argentines and almost no foreigners visited. He had an incredible tourist development in recent years, thanks to the media announcing the show in recent ruptures of the Perito Moreno glacier . It is the most important tourist destination of Argentina , following it now has an international airport. The town of Calafate lives of this major tourist attraction, and its high season is from October to April.

Its name is due to the thorny bush: called Calafate , very common in the Andes. The infusion of its wood is used for dyeing wool and as a natural remedy for fever.

Visits by Calafate :
Walk crafts. Municipal Museum Calafate. Historical Interpretation Center El Calafate . Lake Argentino: it is the second largest in Argentina because of its size and the largest freshwater.
Laguna Nimes: faunal reserve has 80 species of birds.

Excursions from Calafate :
Perito Moreno Glacier : you can see this marvel from the walkways (balconies) that are at different heights. Excursion lasts all day.

Minitrekking in Glacier Perito Moreno is a memorable and recommendable to perform. One of the most exciting trips out there. Especially if you have not walked on the ice. They are ice formations, cracks and small gaps. It is done with crampons and trekking shoes.

BIG ICE: Advanced trekking on the Perito Moreno glacier.

All Glaciers: Spegazini, Onelli and Upsala: browsing to the bays of the glaciers and down for two hours in Onelli Glacier Bay, and take a walk through the woods.

Upsala Glacier: it operates in a modern catamaran first sailing the northern arm of Lake Argentine flag from port 45 km from Calafate , lasts all day. After navigating the North Arm Brazo Upsala to reach the foot of the Glacier.

Gualicho Caves: 10 km east of El Calafate . Archaeological cave, covered with sedimentary rock and steppe vegetation. Pictorial manifestations of prehistoric man. It is located within a room.

Other tours:

La Leona Petrified Forest.
Excursion to Chalten .

Nibepo Aike.
Cruise two days: Glacier Upsala and Spegazini.
Torres del Paine National Park : one starts from Calafate , this all-day excursion.

Ride Rock Lake.
Cerro Huyliche 4X4.
Unconventional Excursion to the Perito Moreno Glacier.

Fishing Lake Roca and Rio Rico.

Boat Safari, with 2 options: take the Lake Rico and skirting the south wall (in light inaccessible otherwise), or navigate the Canal of the Icebergs, approaching the front of the glacier. These sailings can observe up close the walls of the Perito Moreno glacier.