5-Day Adventure at El Calafate: Big Ice Trek & Cristina Discovery

Overview

Day by day itinerary

1. 1El Calafate Arrival⌄

   According to your flight itinerary, you will be picked up at the airport, and transferred to your selected hotel. After check in, enjoy the rest of the day as you please.

   Overnight: 4 nights accommodation in Standard room

2. 2Big Ice Trekking⌄

   This full day excursion will take you to the heart of the glacier, fully equipped and accompanied by certified and bilingual guides who will take you to the blue lagoons, and the hidden viewpoints during a 4 hours trekking on the ice. The excursion includes a 20-minute navigation to the Perito Moreno glacier and a long ice trek to discover every corner of the glacier.

   You will have access to the glacier balconies for 30 minutes to get the best views and scenery of the National Park before you go for adventure!

   Overnight: 4 nights accommodation in Standard room

3. 3Free Day⌄

   Free Day to enjoy Calafate as you please.

   Meals: Breakfast

   Overnight: 4 nights accommodation in Standard room

4. 4Estancia Cristina Discovery⌄

   Having set sail from Punta Bandera harbor at 9AM, we will glide over the waters of Lake Argentino’s Northern Arm to reach the furthest possible point of navigation in the Upsala Channel, where we can enjoy an incredible panoramic view of the Upsala Glacier’s immense front.

   Then, having disembarked at the shores close to Estancia Cristina, the Discovery group are welcomed by our specialized driver-guides who will help them into their 4×4 vehicles, ready to head off into the wilderness. Our sturdy 4WDs will then venture up into the Feruglio Mountains, a 9.5km ride which offers great views of our surroundings and takes us ultimately to an elevated area where the cars will be parked.

   Once there, we’ll begin a 20-minute trek over terrain characterized by glacial erosion, until reaching the Upsala Glacier Lookout; an exclusive vantage point for visitors to appreciate this immense glacier that can only be accessed from Estancia Cristina. There will be plenty of time here to enjoy views of Lake Guillermo and the eastern side of the Upsala Glacier, as well as the Southern Patagonian Ice Field.

   Afterwards, the groups will head back to the lodge in our 4×4 vehicles, for a well-deserved rest and break for lunch (approx. 1 hour). Later on, having returned from the trek, we will visit the Costumbrista Museum, housed in the estancia’s old shearing shed where guests can learn all about the history of the Masters family: their lives, adventures and how they became pioneers in Patagonia. Finally, a guided tour will take visitors around Estancia Cristina’s estate – up to the Caterina River, the waterwheel, chapel and the rest of the lodge.

   You will come back to El Calafate by the same way you took in the morning.

   Meals: Breakfast

   Overnight: 4 nights accommodation in Standard room

5. 5El Calafate Departure⌄

   Your driver will pick you up at your hotel and take you to the departure Airport to board your return flight. End of services

   Meals: Breakfast

   Overnight: 4 nights accommodation in Standard room