Full-Day Perito Moreno Ice Trek from El Calafate
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22 Ratings
El Calafate
Experience the thrill of walking on the Perito Moreno Glacier during a full-day excursion. Book now for a unique adventure in El Calafate!
Duration:
10 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Tangol El Calafate - The tour starts with the pick up from your centrally located El Calafate Hotel
What's Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Professional Spanish-English guide
- Guided mini-trek across El Perito Moreno Glacier
- All necessary equipment
What's Not Included
- Lunch (you can bring your own)
- Entrance fee to Los Glaciares National Park.
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Embark on a mini trek over the Perito Moreno Glacier to experience the immeasurable ice in close proximity!
This day-long activity involves a trek across the glacier, well-equipped and escorted by our proficiently trained bilingual guides.
You will also enjoy an hour-long access to the Glacier’s viewing balconies, offering a remarkable panorama of the National Park, before embarking on this uniquely fantastic experience!
This adventurous trip includes a 20-minute sail to the Perito Moreno Glacier and an extensive trek on the ice to explore every facet of the Glacier. Don’t let go of this extraordinary opportunity to tread on the glacier!
- Minimum age is 8
- Maximum age is 65 due to age restrictions on the operator’s insurance
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Sports shoes or trekking boots and warm wool or cotton socks are highly recommended
- Comfortable sportswear, long trousers, warm sweater or pile, water or windproof jacket, sun glasses, sun block and gloves are recommended
- IMPORTANT NOTE: Pickup time may vary between 7:30 AM & 10:00 AM according to availability.
- IMPORTANT NOTE: Places are not confirmed if full information is not provided.
- IMPORTANT NOTE: Please send a copy of your passport as soon as possible to confirm the places.
- In case of not contracting the transfer, you must access on your own in a trip of 80km. The walkways will not be included in the excursion.
Location
Puerto Bajo las Sombras - Hielo y Aventura
If you do not require transfers, our guide will be waiting for you at the Puerto Bajo las Sombras.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.2
(22 Ratings)
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Smcacg33
Mar 21, 2020
Very informative. Highly recommend - The bus picked us up from our hotel with about 20 other people. Note that the time quoted for bus arrival is really just the start time to commute from hotel to hotel. You will need cash for the park entrance fee -- it is not included in the price you pay online. The trek itself was easy (we're in our 30s and not overweight). The guides were knowledgeable and conduct tours in english or spanish as needed. Save photos on the boat tour for the way back from the glacier. Make sure on the catwalks that you just sit and watch (and listen!) for the glacier to calve. Amazing experience. In general, this was a really cool tour. Worth the money, as it is a once in a lifetime type of experience. HIGHLY RECOMMEND.
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533dayseg
Jan 13, 2020
Awesome experience - The tour was really a great experience of the glacier!
Amazing views of the cracks with the different blue shades and the surrounding scenery was really awesome!
The tour started later than it was supposed to, with no explanation about it.
The bus is comfortable and it stops first at the walkways, (it was well organized from there on)!after that it goes to the boat to get to the other side of the lake, where the trekking will take place.
The trekking on the glacier it was a lot easier than I thought it would be, based on previous reviews.
It was a great experience and I had a lot of fun!
Towards the end, it’s offered “whiskey on glacier rocks”, glacier water and chocolate.
I wish we could have more time to explore and take pictures... I felt rushed.
Overall totally worth it!
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Kathys14
Nov 20, 2019
Fantastic! - That was definitely the best day of our vacation in Patagonia. Tour was perfect! Trekking on Perito Moreno was dream came true! So much help from guides on ice. Thanks
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Juliette_f
May 31, 2019
Best day of my trip to Patagonia - Excellent guides, organization, this was definitely one of the best day of my Year 2019 :) Very professional & quite easy wlak for someone who does a couple of hours of sports / week. I would do it again for sure
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Allanflood1980
Oct 3, 2018
Perito Moreno - From start to finish we were impressed with this tour which was well organised and ran smoothly.
The scenery was breathtaking and it was a truly unforgettable experience.
The small size of the group allowed for a more immersive adventure & I would not hesitate to recommend this trip or Tangol.
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951finnv
Jan 22, 2024
Great experience - Our guide Nico was incredibly friendly and helpful. Some of the other staff were a bit pushy to rush everyone through each section, however overall a great experience
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Nicole_c
Nov 29, 2022
The walk was out of this... - The walk was out of this world - a once in a lifetime opportunity. A bit frustrated by the unupdated information on the exchange rate for park entrance, which resulted in us having to use a credit card instead of cash. A bit of a hiccup that left a bad taste about the tour group, and not the tour. The tour was AMAZING 😍
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Jlynnand
Jan 10, 2020
Great views in a single file line - Perito Moreno is amazing and a must see. I enjoyed the additional views we gained from the boat ride to the mini trekking as well as while trekking. I felt like the group
was a bit to large for this activity because it felt like we had to stay in a single file line too much. Just not my way of hiking/exploring. But I understand it’s necessary for safety, but it does take some of the fun away. It’s still worth it though, so I would recommend it.
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Miaomiaomiya
Mar 8, 2024
Booked small group tour but ended up in a big bus tour! - I booked a small group tour (less than 10 people) and paid USD 500 for this. But I ended up in a bus tour with 40 people!! The description page on TripAdvisor also says this tour is supposed to no more than 10 people. It took one hour in the morning to pick up all the guests to the bus. And the excursion on the ice was also in large group of 20 people.
I tried to contact the vendor, but no reply. I filed a complaint via TripAdvisor and asked for partial refund. The dared to reject the request and told TripAdvisor that my tour was in group of 10. Fortunately, i happened to record my trecking so I finally to got refund.
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Merryl
Jan 11, 2023
BEWARE - YOUR BOOKED TRIP MAY BE CANCELLED AT THE LAST MINUTE - My partner and I went to El Calafate specifically to do this tour. We booked in and received confirmation of our booking. On the day that we arrived at El Calafate we were notified by email that the trip had been cancelled. No good reason was provided. We spent 3 hours trying to get onto another mini-trek but nothing was available. In the end we did not do a Mini-trek. We were extremely disappointed to say the least. It is extremely unlikely that we will ever get back to El Calafate so this opportunity was lost. So if I were you I would not book with Viator for this trip in case you are cancelled at the last minute like us.
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