El Calafate countryside balcony tour by truck

Languages spoken: English, Spanish

Duration: 4 hrs

Difficulty: Easy

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Highlights

Enjoy the marvelous landscapes of El Calafate
Have a privileged view of Lago Argentino
Go back in time with Laberinto de las Piedras
See Mt Fitz Roy and Mt Torre in El Chalten

All about the trip

Three daily outings, the tour departs from the different hotels from El Calafate and takes 35km over the mountain line located behind the town. The track takes us to marvelous landscapes with an incredible variety of vegetation in high altitudes.

Reaching 1050 m over the sea level, our first stop is a natural viewpoint where we will enjoy the most stunning sights of El Calafate and the central part of the Lake Argentino. We will also enjoy sights of the magnificent Andes mountain range at the back and at certain times, the area of accumulation of the glaciers, towards Boca Del Diablo, (the narrowest part of the lake, on the road to the Upsala arm).

Even more, If we have a clear and sunny day we will be able to see Mt Fitz Roy and Mt Torre in El Chalten and maybe the condor, master of our sky, let us see its flight. An unforgettable sight.

Afterward, we continue our way up to the Laberinto de las Piedras, point only reachable by Mil Outdoor. This is a formation of the Cretaceous period, 85 million years ago, once a river, nowadays, fossils are found to take us back and make us witnesses of the history.

A snack will be served at the Huyliche restaurant and from there we will start our descent by the north slope of the mount to the Piedra de Los Sombreros, exotic iron formations only found in four places around the world.

After this trip to remote eras of the history of the planet, we return to El Calafate with the omnipresent view of the Lago Argentino.

What is included in the price

Hotel pick-up and drop-off from hotels in El Calafate
Snack
Bilingual English and Spanish speaking guide

What is not included in the price

Optional gratuities
Transfer from the airport to the hotel
Transfer from the hotel to the airport

Instructions

The hotel pick-up will be 20 minutes before the scheduled activity. Your exact pick-up time will be confirmed on the previous day of the tour.

Please note that there are some hotels in the city that are not included in our pickup routes. If your hotel is not included, we will contact you to inform you of the closest pick-up location. We ask you to wait for the guide in the lobby of the indicated hotel.

Where do we meet and where will the trip end?

Meeting place:

You will be picked up and dropped off at your hotel in El Calafate. Please let us know the name of your hotel during the booking process.

Final destination:

Same as the meeting point

Cancellation Policy - Benevolent

Cancellation more than 4 days prior to the starting date. Clients are automatically refunded the full booking price.
Cancellation within 48 to 96 hours prior to the starting date. Clients are entitled to a 50% refund of the booking price.
Cancellation less than 48 hours prior to the starting date. No refunds.

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