Argentina Packages

Fitz Roy Wild Trails
12 Days / 11 Nights

The trek visits the northern area of Los Glaciares Nacional Park, visiting Fitz Roy massif, Cerro Torre group and the gate of the Patagonian Ice Field. Includes a spectacular glacier walk on the Cerro Torre glacier.
While on trek, we lodge in our Full Camps located inside the National Park. As part of our service, we carry all the necessary equipment and also part of the passengers luggage, so you can enjoy the trek without concerning about logistics.
You will walk an average of 6 to 7 hs a day, at a moderate pace with all the necessary stops.

Day 1 - El Calafate Airport / El Calafate
We welcome you at Calafate airport and transfer to town to check in at your hostel. You get the rest of the day to enjoy the town and later you have your welcome dinner.
Lodging in a Hostel double or triple room with private bathroom.
Meals we provide: Dinner.

Day 2 - El Calafate / El Chalten
After breakfast, we take our bus to El Chaltén, 220 km to get to this picturesque village at the foot of Fitz Roy. Stop over on road for coffee and home made cakes. While we approach, we get spectacular views of Viedma lake and glacier, and Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre groups.
Lodging in a Hostel room with shared bathroom.
Meals we provide: Breakfast

Day 3 - Capri Lagoon
Today we start our trek in the National Park. We go in a short drive to the North side of the area, where we start our trek along the Rio Blanco river. During our hike we will have beautiful views of Laguna and Glacier Piedras Blancas (the biggest glacier coming down from Fitz Roy). In the evening we arrive to our Full Camp at Laguna Capri
Lodging in Full Camp at Laguna Capri in double tent (rural area)
Meals we provide: Breakfast, box lunch and dinner.

Day 4 - Rio Blanco, De los Tres Lagoon
From our camp we make our way to reach Rio Blanco Basecamp (Fitz Roy base camp for climbers in the east walls of the group) and we hike up to Laguna de los Tres, viewpoint of Fitz Roy and probably one of the most spectaculars locations in the National Park. We hike down to Rio Blanco and to Laguna Capri.
Lodging in Full Camp at Laguna Capri in double tent (rural area)
Meals we provide: Breakfast, box lunch and dinner.

Day 5 - Cerro Torre
Today we make it around Laguna Capri to get to the Lagoons Madre and Hija Valley and down to Fitz Roy river valley, where we meet Cerro Torre trail and we get to Cerro Torre Full Camp. The trail runs along beech forest, bogs and shrub land. From the camp, a short hike takes us to Laguna Torre, enclosed by moraines and with the Glacier Grande calving in its west side. It is usual to see icebergs pushed by the wind in the coast of the lagoon. The thin and elegant 3128 mts of Cerro Torre group and the Adela range in the background complete this spectacular view. Walking time 3 to 4 hs.
Lodging at Cerro Torre Full Camp in double tent (rural area)
Meals we provide: Breakfast, box lunch, dinner.

Day 6 - Cerro Torre glacier trek
This day is a highlight of the trip. We provide crampons, harnesses, and we set out to hike in the cerro Torre glacier. We cross river Fitz Roy river through a tyrolean (horizontal fixed rope attached to both sides of the river). We walk on the moraine around the lagoon and then down to the glacier visiting crevices, ice caves and holes and all the interesting places that a glacier can show. The bonus is the close up views of Cerro Torre group spires. We hike back to our camp in the afternoon.
Lodging at Cerro Torre Full Camp in double tent (rural area)
Meals we provide: Breakfast, box lunch, dinner.

Day 7 - El Chalten
This is an easy going day after the big effort made the day before. During the morning, we hiuke down river Fitz Roy valley to reach El Chalten along Cerro Torre trail. We check in our lodges and have at leisure during the afternoon to visit town.
Lodging in a Hostel room with shared bathroom.
Meals we provide: Breakfast and box lunch.

Day 8 - Loma del Pliegue Tumbado
A full day hike to make the round trip from Chalten to the summit of this mountain, which is at 1500 mts above sea level and offers spectaculars views of the area. The trail winds along steppe and forest, climbing gently the slopes of the mountain. Once over the forest line, we walk on scree to reach the summit cone and eventually the summer. Its privileged location offers full view over both Cerro Torre and Fitz Roy massifs, the glacier valley in between both, and the surrounding mountains, including Paso del Viento and the Mariano Moreno range in the Southern Ice Field. We get back to Chalten in the afternoon.
Lodging in a Hostel room with shared bathroom.
Meals we provide: Breakfast and box lunch.

Day 9 - Lake & Glacier Viedma
From town we take a van to Bahia Tunel port, on the shores of Lake Viedma. We sail in a modern ship to the front of the glacier, of a deep intense blue. We take our time in the area, visiting ice caves and the surrounding of the glacier. We get back to Chalten in the early afternoon.
Lodging in a Hostel room with shared bathroom.
Meals we provide: Breakfast and box lunch.

Day 10 - El Chalten / El Calafate
In the morning we take our bus back to El Calafate. After the 4 hs trip, we check in our accommodation and have time at leisure to shop or just visit the town.
Lodging in a Hostel double or triple room with private bathroom
Meals we provide: Breakfast

Day 11 - El Calafate / Perito Moreno Glacier
We dedicate this day to one of the World’s Natural Wonder: the Moreno glacier. This ice field- type glacier flows down from the Patagonian Ice field, and big sheet of ice that with its 22.000 square kilometres is the third largest glacier area in the world, after Antarctica (14 M sq km) and Greenland (1 M sq km). Because unusual favourable local conditions, this glacier is the only one in the world that shows a closure and rupture process. The road leads to the very front of the glacier, which will be only meters away from your eyes. A beautiful, short trail, will lead us from the shores of the lake to the upper viewpoints. The roar of the chunks of ice falling inside the glacier or from the glacier into the lake, the frequent collapse of the front seracs into the turquoise water, makes out of this day a very special and unique experience. We will drive 80 km (1 and a half hour) to get and come back from the glacier across the steppe, watching a wide variety of birds.
Lodging in a Hostel double or triple room with private bathroom
Meals we provide: Breakfast.

Day 12 - El Calafate / El Calafate Airport
Alter breakfast we transfer to El Calafate airport where our services end.
Meals we provide: Breakfast.

*** End Of Our Services ***

CODE : CAABEX - VFR