Los Glaciares National Park: El Chaltén and El Calafate, Santa Cruz

El Chaltén is the national trekking capital, with trails of different levels of difficulty that lead to natural wonders crowned with lagoons, snow-capped peaks and waterfalls. The journeys last from minutes to hours and even days, so be prepared to wear out the soles of your shoes. But, in addition to the impressive walks, getting to know this town and its surroundings by car is the perfect supplement to the plan. The routes of southern Argentina are captivating and reach corners where no foot has been set before. The great landmark in El Chaltén? The impressive Fitz Roy, 3,359 meters high. You can see it wherever you are and is in every visitors’ wishlist. The trekking routes you can’t miss are Laguna de los Tres, where you can take the iconic postcard, Loma del Pliegue Tumbado, Laguna Torre and Laguna Capri. 

Three and a half hours from El Chaltén, driving along Route 40 for a while and bordering Lake Viedma and Lake Argentino, you reach El Calafate, land of glaciers. The ice giants can be visited on excursions by water as you get closer to the celestial masses. The distance from the city center to the star landmark, the Perito Moreno Glacier, is 80 km. The road includes steppe landscapes up to the Park entrance, which showcases local flora in the shape of forests. The most famous walkway in the country allows visitors to enjoy the best panoramic views of the 250 square kilometers that are part of the glacier.