10 Days · El Calafate with El Chalten · Bariloche
Your Trip Overview
Trip start date: you can choose any starting date you want for your trip, because all our trips have private departures. That is, you won't be traveling as part of a group.
Trip duration & lodging:
10 days / 9 nights.
Lodging for 9 nights Included.
6 first‑class tours with the best tour guides (4 of them are private tours). All necessary entrance fees to national parks included.
4 airport transfers included (all private)
9 breakfasts + 2 lunch boxes + 2 lunches included.
Worry‑free planning & first‑class service
Hear from our guests and contact them2 destinations included:
- 6 nights in El Calafate (Land of Towering Blue Glaciers) with El Chalten (Patagonia's Trekking Paradise)
- 3 nights in Bariloche (Patagonia's Most Beautiful Lakes & Views)
Day-by-Day Itinerary
El Calafate & El Chalten Region
Staying for 6 nights, with 4 tours included
Day 1: You arrive in El Calafate & El Chalten Region
Flight arrival in El Calafate. Welcome at the airport and private transfer to your hotel.
Depending on your arrival time, you can relax at your hotel, enjoy your own explorations, or ask our local representative about suggested activities for your free time.Day 2: El Calafate & El Chalten Region
Conquering the Mighty Perito Moreno Glacier!
Discover your inner adventurer as you explore and conquer one of the world’s most awe-inspiring and unique glaciers: The Perito Moreno. This splendid ice giant showcases its mighty glory in the Patagonian Glaciers National Park, which has been declared Mankind’s Natural Heritage site by UNESCO. The park’s vast size not only gives it the distinction of being the largest ice mantle in the world after Antarctica, but also that of being the third largest fresh water reserve on the planet.
Now, picture yourself strapping on your ice spikes, as you begin trekking along this ice giant on a full-day discovery journey along one of the few glaciers in the world, which is actually growing and advancing.
Your full day of adventure will include a close-up navigation of the Perito Moreno Glacier and a visit to the seven panoramic balconies facing the front of the glacier where you’ll have amazing picture-taking opportunities. After an adventure-packed day, you’ll be able to rest with the satisfaction of having successfully conquered the mighty Perito Moreno!
This is a full-day group tour and has an age restriction (click on tour name above for details).
Day 3: El Calafate & El Chalten Region
Icy Blue Giants: Navigate the Largest Patagonian Glaciers and take the most Awe-inspiring Glacier Photos (in boat’s VIP section)
Hop aboard as we embark on a journey to admire the second-largest glacier in South America, the Upsala, as well as the Spegazzini Glacier (the tallest in the Glaciers National Park and quite impressive to see), along with several Patagonian ice giants and beautiful iceberg formations that are only accessible by boat.
The glaciers’ scale is imposing, and their colors remarkable, ranging from pure white to deep shades of blue. We’ll settle into our seats inside the exclusive VIP cabin on the upper deck, where we’ll enjoy superior panoramic views along with enhanced comfort and service.
On our way to the Upsala and Spegazzini Glaciers, we’ll have excellent photo opportunities as we pass icebergs of incredible and diverse shapes and sizes.
During this tour, we’ll also disembark at Glaciers Bay for about an hour and a half to visit a lakeside retreat. There, you’ll have time to explore the walkways leading to viewpoints with unique perspectives of the Spegazzini Glacier and enjoy a lunch of traditional local cuisine, accompanied by non-alcoholic beverages and wine.
This is a full-day group tour and includes lunch with water, soft drinks, wine and beer.
Day 4: El Calafate & El Chalten Region
Private transfer from your hotel in El Calafate to your hotel in El Chalten (with Spanish speaking driver). The transfer takes from 2.5 to 3 hours.
Day 5: El Calafate & El Chalten Region
A Thrilling Trekking Experience to Admire the Colossal Mount Fitz Roy and the Scenic Majesty of the Andes (private tour)
Ready your trekking boots and be prepared for a memorable experience in one of Patagonia’s most scenic and awe-inspiring locations. This full-day trip will see you trekking through lush forests and azure-tinted lagoons. And, for the grand finale: a sweeping view of massive Mount Fitz Roy and Laguna de los Tres (Lagoon of Three). This famous lagoon takes its name from the three peaks that can be seen from the shore: Fitz Roy, Poincenot, and Saint-Exupéry. This last granite giant was, in turn, named after famous French writer Antoine de Saint Saint-Exupéry, best remembered for his classic ’The Little Prince’.
We’ll also trek to one of the favorite spots of many photographers: Laguna Capri, where you’ll have the opportunity to capture amazing images of crystal blue waters with the dramatic backdrop of the Andes mountain range.
After an exciting day of trekking and exploring, we’ll make our way back to town, with our camera fully-loaded with awe-inspiring pictures and our newly-formed memories of the unique natural beauty we have witnessed.
This is a full-day private tour and includes lunch-box and bottled water.
Day 6: El Calafate & El Chalten Region
Choose 1 among the following 2 tour options:
Option 1: The Torre Lagoon & Mount Experience: Scenic Trekking through Nature’s Stunning and Impeccable Work of Art
Get ready to soak up the impressive views of the Torre massif and the stunning scenery surrounding Torre Lagoon; while we trek through this impeccable work of art designed by nature.
The path we’ll traverse will take us through different landscapes which make up gorgeous natural settings; ranging from glacially-formed valleys, to lush and dense forests. Our trekking adventure will ultimately bring us to the spectacular Laguna Torre (Torre Lagoon), with its scenic backdrop featuring mighty Mount Solo, and coupled with the impressive views of the Torre massif, making this an unforgettable trekking experience, with plenty of panoramic viewpoints to quench your photographic thirst, as you create some of those precious memories you’ll take back home.
This is a full-day private tour and includes lunch-box and bottled water.
Option 2: An Off-the-beaten Patagonian Panoramic Hiking Experience to Loma del Pliegue Tumbado (private tour)
Strap on your trekking boots, and get ready to explore an exciting and a bit more off-the-beaten path trekking trail from where you’ll enjoy some of the greatest panoramic views of El Chalten’s rock giants, rivers and lagoons. We’ll make our way on this path, within the national park, to admire the beauty of the Fitz Roy and Toro valleys; and the grandeur of Lake Viedma.
We’ll explore a completely different kind of mountainous terrain, where we’ll get the chance to enjoy the typical alpine flora it has to offer; as well as search out age-old marine fossils.
At an altitude of nearly 4900 feet (1500 meters) above sea level, we’ll arrive at an awe-inspiring scenic viewpoint which offers an unconventional view of giant massifs Fitz Roy and Torre.
This is a full day private tour and includes lunch-box and bottled water.
Day 7: Last day in El Calafate & El Chalten Region
Private transfer from your hotel in El Chalten to El Calafate airport (with Spanish speaking driver). The transfer takes from 2.5 to 3 hours.
Bariloche
Staying for 3 nights, with 2 tours included
Day 7: You arrive in Bariloche
Flight arrival in Bariloche. Welcome at the airport and private transfer to your hotel.
Depending on your arrival time, you can relax at your hotel, enjoy your own explorations, or ask our local representative about suggested activities for your free time.Day 8: Bariloche
A Panoramic Hiking Experience to Awe-Inspiring Vistas (private tour)
Get ready for a one-of-a-kind panoramic hiking experience, where you’ll be enchanted by some of the most breathtaking panoramic views of Patagonia, including one of the ten most beautiful views in the world, as rated by National Geographic!
Our expert guide will help you hone your hiking skills, as you set out to explore the surrounding areas of Mount Llao Llao. You’ll also take a chairlift ride up Campanario Hill, where you’ll enjoy awe-inspiring panoramic views of deep-blue lakes and snow-capped mountains. Get your camera ready as this will surely be one of the best opportunities to take some of the most wonderful and sublime landscape photos out there!
This is a half-day private tour.
Day 9: Bariloche
Navigating the Nahuel Huapi Lake & Exploring and Hiking at Victoria Island and the Myrtle Forest (with private guide and port transfers)
Prepare to navigate the beautiful blue waters of the Nahuel Huapi Lake, the largest in Argentina’s Lake District, set against the backdrop of the snow-capped Andes mountain range. We’ll enjoy our exclusive seating in the boat’s upper deck cabin. From here we’ll experience superior panoramic views and a much more exclusive setting, since there are only 50 seats in this cabin (compared to the over-200-people capacity of the regular cabin).
Known for its cold glacial waters and for being the habitat of kelp gulls and blue-eyed cormorants (which are typically only found near oceans), the Nahuel Huapi Lake provides plenty of natural beauty and beckons with the serenity of its waters.
We’ll visit the largest island on the Nahuel Huapi Lake: Victoria Island, home to a wide array of flora and fauna; also offering plenty of history, including ancient cave paintings. Another highlight of this navigation includes a visit to a unique forest of myrtle trees at Arrayanes National Park. These intriguing, cinnamon-hued trees are known for their attractive, smooth and tan bark, peppered with white spots; and giving the forest a captivating mystique. It’s widely rumored that Walt Disney drew inspiration from this myrtle forest to create his animated classic ’Bambi’ but there’s actually no evidence to back up this claim.
This is a full-day tour. You’ll have your own private guide to help you make the most out of your tour experience. Transfers to and from the port will be done on private basis.
Day 10: Bariloche
Transfer in private vehicle to Bariloche Airport.
We look forward to welcoming you to Argentina again!Lodging for 9 nights Included
comfort category lodging
- El Calafate: 3 nightsMirador del Lago Hotel
Mirador del Lago Hotel - superior category room: 3 nights
Superior category room - El Chalten: 3 nightsHosteria Senderos
Hosteria Senderos - classic category room: 3 nights
Classic category room - Bariloche: 3 nightsHuinid Bustillo Hotel
Huinid Bustillo Hotel - senior category room with lake view: 3 nights
Senior category room with lake view
deluxe category lodging**
- El Calafate**: 3 nightsMirador del Lago Hotel
Mirador del Lago Hotel - superior category room with partial lake view: 3 nights
Superior category room with partial lake view - El Chalten**: 3 nightsChalten Suites
Chalten Suites - superior room: 3 nights
Superior room - Bariloche: 3 nightsAlma del Lago Suites & Spa
Alma del Lago Suites & Spa - superior category room with lake view: 3 nights
Superior category room with lake view
unique & exclusive category lodging*
- Bariloche: 3 nightsLlao Llao Hotel
Llao Llao Hotel - moreno lake deluxe studio with lake view: 3 nights
Moreno lake deluxe studio with lake view
** Deluxe Category note: In El Calafate and El Chalten, hotels meeting our Deluxe standards aren't available. For these destinations, our Deluxe pricing includes "Comfort Plus" lodging — typically an upgraded room category in our best Comfort hotels.
* For this itinerary the Unique & Exclusive accommodation is only available in Bariloche. For El Calafate & El Chalten Region the hotel included is the one mentioned in the deluxe category.
