One Day Trip in El Chalten: Enjoy the National Trekking Capital with Hotel Pickup and Scenic Stops
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141 Ratings
El Chalten
Experience the beauty of El Chaltén, the National Trekking Capital, on a one-day trip. Enjoy hotel pickup, scenic stops, and guided tours of Mirador de los Cóndores and Chorrillo del Salto.
Duration:
10 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- El Mirador De Los Condores - Our guide will accompany you on the walk until you reach this viewpoint with panoramic views of El Chaltén.
- Chorillo del Salto - Our accredited guide will accompany you on a 500-meter walk until you reach this beautiful waterfall where you can take pictures and enjoy your picnic if you wish.
- El Chalten - You can enjoy free time touring every corner of this beautiful town, if you do not want to make our walking options or if you have free time.
What's Included
- Spanish / English guide.
- Round trip transfer from your central hotel in El Calafate.
What's Not Included
- Lunch
Additional Information
Our journey will kick off at 7:30 a.m. with pickups from hotels in Calafate. Following this, we’ll embark on a journey to El Chaltén (reputed as the National Trekking Capital), seated 220 km from El Calafate. During our trip, we’ll cross the Santa Cruz River, and have a brief stopover at Estancia La Leona, situated along the river sharing the name. We’ll further our journey towards El Chaltén, along the side of Lake Viedma.
After reaching Chaltén, you’ll have 5 hours to explore this petite mountainous town (if you’ve opted for the choice with meals or lunch, please refer to the details).
The tour includes:
- Open throughout the year: A visit to the Mirador de los Cóndores and Chorrillo del Salto, guided.
For our return, we’ll reconvene at a pre-arranged meeting spot.
Location
El Mirador De Los Condores
Avenida San Martin
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.2
(141 Ratings)
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Fabiane
May 12, 2024
Patagonia dreams - very good tour.... very friendly, attentive driver and guide. patagonia dreams...has a lot of knowledge
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Mika_p
Mar 25, 2024
Great day trip! - It was a great hiking trip!
The first hiking was not too hard, beautiful scenery from the top. Also second hiking to the beautiful waterfall was very flat and easy.
Our tour guide Alexia was so nice and made our trip really special!
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Olivaldolima
Mar 15, 2024
Breathtaking Él Chaltén - One of the best rides I´ve done in life! The most beautiful landscapes from the bus window! I definetely recommend this trip. From the bus driver to the guides, the people in Él Chaltém, the place... everything is a dream!
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Pasi_r
Mar 7, 2024
Amazing El Chalten !!! - Beautiful mountain, fresh air, some trekking.
And to see many many condors in their own environment.
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Sohei_o
Apr 12, 2024
Very Nice. - The weather was perfect so could enjoy the trip very much.
Two dots for even a better tour.
- Should re-think about the lunch time, since a lot of souvenir shops were closed from 13:00-16:00 and could not do shopping at El Chalten.
- Picking up at so many hotels were a bit frustrating, took about an hour to pick up all the tour guests. Should narrow down the picking up area.
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Adventure717207
Apr 5, 2024
Fine as a whistlestop tour and good value - An okay excursion to El Chalten but only a couple of short walks rather than actual treks. Guide (Camilla) was helpful and informative. Probably too much time spent in El Chalten at the end of the excursion. Decent price and value for the trip but probably better options if you want to do longer treks.
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412silviac
Mar 28, 2024
GOOD EXPERIENCE - We booked with this company to take the excursions to the Perito Moreno and Chaltén glacier, they were punctual when picking us up, the guides were very attentive and explained well.
The transportation was clean and in very good condition, the driver was very attentive and responsible when driving.
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Nancy_a
Mar 21, 2024
Worth the Walk Up - I was a little hesitant at first booking this trip because of the negative reviews about the length of time in vehicle. The ride was not bad at all. When you're exploring a remote area, you have to take into account travel time. The hike up to see the condors soaring was a challenge, and I was the last one 🕐 n our group up. Just wish I had more time to take lots of pictures and soak up the grandness of it all. Our guide was ready to go back down after we just got there. The van we had was filled to capacity and not every seat had equal comfort ie. The seats over the wheel . After waterfall trek and viewing, we were let go in town for lunch, then back home. A full day, but worth it.
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Jacklemi
May 16, 2024
Careful - You have to be careful, the after-sales service is quite bad and they are not empathetic with customers, even for special reasons.
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Anna_s
Mar 13, 2024
Not worth the expense - book on your own - I want to start off by saying the tour guide was really sweet and did a lot to make this trip fun. However, this just seemed like a huge waste of money because we did 2 very small hikes that you could do on your own. If you have even 5 minutes, just find a bus to El Chaltén and look up the 2 most famous hikes and you’ll save yourself a lot of time. This came with lunch which allowed you to choose between 3 options which were all mediocre. We had 2.5 hours to eat and walk around town but all the stores were closed for siestas so there was literally nothing to do. The bus ride was crammed and took so long, with every other car on the road passing us (even busses twice the size)
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