The tour operator was very organized and the guide was very knowledgeable. The guide was very knowledgeable. I would highly recommend this experience.
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- Navigation
- Hotel pickup and drop-off (if option selected)
- Hike along the Glacier Coast
- Walkways Perito Moreno National Park (if option selected)
- Professional Tour Guide
Excludes
- Ticket to the National Park
- Food and drink
- Gratuities
- Walking on the Perito Moreno Glacier
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- Traveler pick up offered
Itinerary
The tour will start in the city of El Calafate when the bus departs towards Parque Nacional Los Glaciares.
Once you arrive at the “Bajo de las Sombras” port (at only 7 Km from the walkways), you’ll board a ship to cross Lago Rico and descend on the opposite coast after a 20-minute navigation.
After walking for about 30 minutes, always with a view of the southern side of the glacier just in case there were thunderous ice calvings, and after reaching the ice, you’ll have an unforgettable experience. At that point, you’ll also enjoy different and intense shades of blue and white colors, with capricious forms. Take your time to capture the beauty with plenty of photographs, creating memories to treasure for a lifetime. Afterward, accompanied by our seasoned guide, you'll return to the embarkation point, traversing a natural terrain of sand and stones, encountering gentle slopes and stairs along the way. This scenic 1.5-kilometer walk hugs the lakeshore, offering glimpses of the lush greenwood and panoramic views of the magnificent Perito Moreno Glacier, making it an enchanting experience for the entire family to savor together.
Concluding the adventure, you'll board the ship to savor an up-close encounter with the marbled facade of the glacier, mere meters away. From the water's edge, every intricate detail of the glacier's majestic side reveals itself, offering a truly inspiring perspective.
Upon arriving to the port, you’ll take the bus towards the walkways where you’ll have two hours to enjoy an incredible panoramic view. You’ll also have time to have the lunch you brought from El Calafate.
After visiting the Patagonian Steppe, you’ll arrive to El Calafate, with your heart full of the natural energy of this unique glacier. We can’t wait to be your host!
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Reviews
Tour gets better and better as the day goes on. Get your smiles ready. The smaller boats are more fun. Be careful not to run out of film before you get to the closest balcony!
The glacier is amazing and I’m glad I saw it but I wouldn’t go with this company. The tour is advertised as beginning at 8am and my ticket said 8am but they did not pick me up until 11:15. That should be listed clearly on the site. They also did not have English speaking guides. You will join a megabus of tourists.
After a slow start with pick-ups & waiting to get tickets at the park I had a great day. The guides & staff were knowledgeable, helpful & friendly. We had 90 minutes on the platforms self-guilded, it was a good suggestion by the company to take your own lunch & sit with a view of the glacier. We then boarded the boat for an unforgettable trip past ice bergs to the other side to walk up to the edge of the glacier. On the way back the boat went along the face of the glacier, it was spectacular, to top it off they served liquor & chocolate. The company seemed like a large well organised company.
Transportation to and from the glacier was very well organized. Tour information and scheduling was communicated very timely and again organized. The boat tour was also very enjoyable. Ride on the top deck and experience the Patagonian winds! The ground trekking portion was guided by well informed, knowledgeable and friendly people. Highly recommend this tour. For people that do not live in Patagonia it is a very rare occasion to experience a glacier, it almost has a life of it's own.
The best you can do if there is no chance of doing the mini-trekking. You get to touch the Glacier. At the end there is a surprise.
We would highly recommend this trip . Great photos . You get a boat ride , then a walk through the forest up to the base of the glacier which you can touch . The guides Diago and Juan were very informative and proactive . The bus driver Marcello was also good .
The activity was wonderful; the passage was astonishing and magical. The staff was very dedicated to serving and ensuring a unique experience with kind and respectful treatment at all times.
I really liked the tour, very careful and attentive staff!
Beautiful and unforgettable experience. They pick you up from your hotel and then during the trip a very prepared and very kind guide explains everything about El Calafate , the steppe , the fauna and the park. Visit to the glacier with excellent explanation and then free time. Early afternoon boat ride through the icebergs and approaching the glacier. Walk to go touch the glacier and stroke of luck we saw live a very large piece of ice break off and fall into the water. On return bar service and chocolates offered. Beautiful and super recommended
Le bus vous dépose aussi bien aux passerelles que devant le bateau donc c'est super pratique. La balade en bateau est vraiment super aussi et après nous avons pu faire une petite rando (pas difficile du tout). Le guide pour la randonnée est vraiment super et donne beaucoup d'informations. La guide principale pour la journée est très gentille mais on ne comprend absolument rien à son anglais ! Elle donnait beaucoup d'informations mais du coup, personne parmi nous ne comprenait quelque chose. Heureusement j'ai quelques notions d'espagnol, ce qui m'a permis de comprendre peut être 10% mais nous sommes tous passés à côté de beaucoup d'informations. C'était vraiment dommage et très frustrant.
Perito Moreno is a wonder of nature and we were able to appreciate it on many levels with a tour suitable for everyone and which lets you touch the ice first hand
We did the tour with the ice and adventure operator but hired her in the caulk center through Patagonia Dreams. We leave the port “Under the Shadows” 70 km from Calafate approx. Please note that it takes 1.30 hs to get there. We went with our own vehicle but offer the option of hotel pickup and transfer. Navigation is short but the ship facilities very neat. The guides were very well prepared. We were able to take very nice photos and understand a little of the local ecosystem and the behavior of the Perito Moreno glacier. The experience is very cute to do with people of all ages and is suitable for children. Good photos can be obtained and the panoramas of the south face of the glacier are unmissable. This excursion is much cheaper than mini-trekking. On a low-windy autumn day we were not cold but the local guide told us that in summer and spring there are usually strong winds and it is always good to be prepared with clothes for cold and waterproof. Dressing in layers, gloves, glasses and hat are necessary.
Looking for other options to do in El Calafate, since I have visited it on other occasions, I found this option to be able to approach the Perito Moreno Glacier, without doing the minitrekking, enjoying its vastness, the hike in the forest and the navigation to the south face of the glacier. I really enjoyed this tour, just as I appreciated the guides who accompanied us on the tour, very friendly and attentive to all visitors.
Playing at the Glacial perito moreno was a spectacular experience for me and my wife. We will definitely come back.
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