Explore El Chalten, renowned as the National Capital of Trekking, owing to its extensive network of trails that ran through the landscapes of Los Glaciares National Park. Here, you can marvel at the peaks of the Andes mountain range and the pristine lakes born from cascading snowmelt.
Enjoy a variety of hiking trails, whether self-guided or accompanied by expert guides, within this scenic area. Travel in comfort aboard an air-conditioned coach, with convenient hotel pickup and drop-off services available for centrally located El Calafate hotels. As part of this full-day excursion, savor a boxed lunch and refreshing non-alcoholic beverages to help fuel your adventure.
Posted By : Michael A
El Chalten Full-Day from El Calafate with Lunch is an excellent day tour of EL Chalten from El Calafate. We were able to see the Andes Mountains, a waterfall, and condors. We also encountered the first snow of the season. Although we booked late (the day before the tour), the tour was able to accommodate my vegetarian requirements for lunch.
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Posted On : 2023-04-10 17:24:37 
Posted By : Mohammad_J
Would not repeat or recommend this booking for the following reasons:
1. this tour is a combination of three different services. There’s those who are going for one day with the hopes of hiking. There is another group that split off with the guide and we never found out what kind of tour they were doing. And normal transfers between the two towns for people who are being dropped off at separate hotels. this means that a lot of time is going to be wasted, picking and dropping off people. we were promised pick up at 7:30 AM and we left town around 8:30 AM. this is important, because if you really wish to do a decent hike in El Chalten to see Mark Fitzroy from the viewing point, you do need a good amount of time and this chews into it. we left El Chalten 5pm.
2. The tour states there’s an “expert trekking guide“ to help us choose the right trail. We had no one! the English-speaking guide left about 10-15 minutes prior to final drop off point with the another group. We were left with the driver who spoke no English. We had to get help from a store owner to tell us where is the hiking trail and roughly how long it will take.
3. The box lunch is just a ham sandwich and a small bottle of water. If you don’t eat meat , they’re just gonna put a slice of cheese and a tomato in there. We threw it a away and bought food after a short hike. there’s plenty of restaurants there.
this was basically an expensive transfer service between El Calafate in El Chalten. I recommend either renting a car or getting a private car to take you directly there early so you can have enough time to trek all the way to the lake where you can have a great viewpoint of Fitzroy. On this tour you have a maximum of four hours of free time which is not enough.
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Posted On : 2023-01-20 05:43:29 
Posted By : George_H
This was not listed as the hike that you could take in a day but thanks to some good reviewers who explained that you could even stay in the town of El Chalten for the day, we decided to take this trip and we are glad we did. They picked us up promptly and were very organized as we had to pick up people in many parts of El Calafate. The driver (Alejandro) and our guide (Juan) were very professional and seemed to enjoy giving us this tour. The day was beautiful. When we left they explained to us that the long hike could not be done for the return in the evening but there was shorter 5 hour hikes, plus some people were just paying for the trip up to the town of El Chalten to stay and hike for a few days. The trip through the steppes of Argentina was very interesting and never boring. Many animals and interesting facts and stories from Juan. During the trip out and back we were well informed and taken care of. Since we are active but older we were very happy to take the shorter hike and return the same way seeing views of the river, forested areas and mountains. Really beautiful and we were thrilled to see Fitzroy early and as we drove closer to the town. Unfortunatly the town does not have views of the mountain and is not charming, mostly full of places to stay while hiking and an assortment of places to eat and get postcards etc. Since we did the short hike they gave us a sack lunch to take with us. There wasn't a guide but it wasn't needed. The trail is easy to find and follow and there were enough people around. All around a memorable day!
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Posted On : 2020-01-19 21:01:08
Posted By : Dayse_G
Awesome tour!
Pick up was on time and the guide made sure everything run smoothly.
Drop off was in a restaurant close to the entrance of the park.
I LOVED the free time to hike on my own pace! There are several trails to choose and the views are stunning!
Meeting point to go back to El Calafate was at the tour office building
a bit far from the entrance of the park, giving you the opportunity to see the town with lots of restaurants, bars and souvenirs shops.
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Posted On : 2020-01-13 08:20:48
Posted By : AnaESL
I have to start saying we didn't have the right shoes, still finished first from our group. We also ran out of water in the way up (take plenty of water and energy snacks) the walking is challenging but you can pase yourself. One of our tour guides had an accident and we had to slow down more.
One thing I didn't like is other guides, they are very PUSHY. On the last 30 min uphill was all snow and due to the wrong shoes we were very slow, but the other guides were pushing us to go faster and we were close of falling many times. Overall very nice...
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Posted On : 2019-12-05 08:59:34
Posted By : edasalman
I don’t like this activities and it’s just spend my money. Because it’s ordinary mountains and even my country has more than beautiful places and mountains 😭
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Posted On : 2019-03-24 11:48:42
Posted By : ssormada
We booked this through Tangol
Tours and we are glad we did. Before the trip they answered all our questions promptly. The tour was perfectly planned and the bus was extremely comfortable. They picked us up right on time at our hotel. The best part though was Anna our guide for both this trip and another day to the glacier. She was informative and filled with great recommendations on how to plan our time away from the bus.
We took the long hike at El Chalten including the loop -
Picture perfect view and a magnificent hike -
We even had time for a craft beer in town afterwards .
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Posted On : 2019-02-24 16:04:45
Posted By : Linda S
We really enjoyed this tour even though we did the 5 mile hike and there were clouds in front of Mount Fitz Roy.
Juan's English was excellent and he shared so much history that the long ride went very fast. Pick up at our Hostel was also a plus.
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Posted On : 2019-02-13 13:08:46
Posted By : ARTURO_A
The hiking and the lagoon are great, not sure if the 5 hour transit time from El Calafate worth it and if you add that the air conditioned at the bus was not working the trip could be unconfortable. The tour guide, even a kind person, she was not near a professional tour guide; her English was terrible and the explanations in Spanish were not much better.
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Posted On : 2019-01-21 05:39:27
Posted By : Sanjay H
This was one of our 5 all day excursions we booked in El Calafate. Overall, it was a good tour and we enjoyed it a lot. Would recommend. Pick up was later than 9 am - I am guessing because other guests running late and us being one of the last pick ups. Long drive to El Chalten but bus is comfortable and adequate stops along the way. Do yourself a favor and get the Alfajores cookie if they have it at the La Leona hotel. Anna was our trip guide and she did a good job explaining things along the way - both in Spanish as well as in English. Once you get to El Chalten, you have 2 choices - 8 km hike at your own pace or a 1 km hike and walk around town. We opted for the 8 km one. It is a Medium level difficulty for casual hikers. The first 45 mins is the toughest because you ascend a lot during that time. Boxed lunch was decent. Views were spectacular. On this day, Mt. Fitzroy was under cloud cover but we enjoyed our hike anyway. Went to the river point on the way down. There are some very good options in town if you want to grab a drink and use the restroom at local bars and restaurants after you finish your hike and most of them have a great happy hour. We enjoyed our day and would recommend this tour.
