Amazing Minitrekking in Perito Moreno Glacier

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Duration:10 hours (approx.)
Location: El Calafate, Patagonia

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Our Mini Trekking Perito Moreno Glacier Hike is the best way to get up close and personal with one of Patagonia’s most incredible glaciers: Perito Moreno.

Our full-day tour will let you walk over the glacier itself and take you on a 20 minute boat trip, all accompanied by our specialist bilingual guides.

You’ll also have access to the glacier viewing points, all situated at different heights to give you the best views from every angle.

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We’ll begin our Mini Trekking Perito Moreno Glacier Hike tour by picking you up directly from your hotel in the morning. We’ll then travel around 80km towards the Los Glaciares national park. After about an hour of travelling, we’ll arrive at Bajo de las Sombras port, which sits around 6km away from the glacier viewing points. From here, we’ll hop onto a modern, comfortable boat and sail along Brazo Rico for 20 minutes or so, getting some incredible views of Perito Moreno’s front wall. When we arrive at the other side, we’ll be welcomed by our specialist bilingual guides as we hop off the boat and are led to a small shelter. After checking everyone’s details (you’ll be in a small group of no more than 20), the guides will lead us along the shore towards the edge of the glacier. Once we’re on the ice, the guides will give us each a set of crampons and explain how to use them. Ready to go, we’ll set off on our 2-hour minitrekking circuit. We’ll see some incredible scenery around the glaciers: streams, little lagoons, ravines, crevasses and some gorgeous ice structures. The ice surface is uneven but firm which only adds to the uniqueness of the experience. Throughout the hike, you’ll hear about the nature, animals and glaciology of the area, as well as about the strange phenomenon of Perito Moreno which will cause its eventual fracture. After our hike, we’ll head through the forest to get back to the little shelter, from where we’ll hop back on the boat and sail for another 20 minutes to reach Bajo de las Sombras port. From here, we’ll bring our tour to a close by dropping you back at your hotel for the evening in El Calafate. PHYSICAL REQS. * Age: Only Between 10 And 65 Years Old. * Due To The Degree Of Effort And Difficulty That This Excursion Presents, Is NOT Allowed For - Pregnant Women - People With Overweight - Some Type Of Disability Or Cardiac Or Other Health Problems.

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Posted By : Marco_C
Excellent tour, fantastic tour, great guides. Trekking on ice is an amazing experience, well equipped (don't forget the gloves because the ice cuts). Mandatory use of Crampons that are provided. The boat trip, the walk in the forest and the walk on the “passerelas” allow you to take amazing photos of Perito Moreno and above all enjoy this fantastic glacier. Unmissable.

What went wrong and could have been even worse: NAUTILUS VIAJES. We were never able to talk to them (phone and email without answer), no one knew them and Viator was not the intended help. After several hours talking to several local agencies we found out that our reservation was in fact made with a local agency (Hielo e Aventura - fantastic and super professional agency that ended up giving us the 5* tour), but it had not been confirmed by such a ghost agency! After that, Viator informs us that our tour had been cancelled... this at 8 p.m. the day before. We physically went to Hielo e Aventura and tried to pay for a new tour with them, and only at this point the “ghost company” communicates with me and says that everything was confirmed and that it had been a big mess of Viator! But now I had to confirm again and with a higher value (and in pounds - from 500€ went to about 680&) An authentic horror film with a happy ending. These companies have to be banned from Viator and therefore these evaluations and complaints are essential. Advice: always confirm your pick-up a few days before and find out the local agency involved, since there are often these intermediary companies that only charge commissions but do not help at all. Be wary of tours with few reviews and something old.
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Posted On : 2023-11-20 06:06:09

Posted By : Xiaojun_Z
Wonderful experience with great tour company and tour guide. Best Glacier trekking ever! Must do in El Calafate!
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Posted On : 2023-05-24 21:20:26

Posted By : Meghrik A
DO NOT RECOMMEND! We all booked this activity for 8 am along with our friend who is traveling with us, and now all of a sudden a day before our trekking activity, they are telling us they will pick us up at 11 am three hours after our friend who is staying in the same hotel with us. After informing them we would need to be picked up at the same time, they refused using the excuse of “The time of your pick up depends on the location of your hotel”, even though we are all staying in the same hotel. We did not fly across the continent and pay more than $600/person for a single day activity to be treated like this. We will be seeking a full refund from TripAdvisor.
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Posted On : 2022-12-24 08:15:37