FD MINITREKKING OVER PERITO MORENO GLACIER  

Departure from the hotel towards  Los Glaciares National Park.
Arrival at Bajo de las Sombras Bay, where you will embark on a catamaran to cross the Rico Arm of Lago Argentino, for a 20-minute sail across the lake, along the south wall of Perito Moreno Glacier.
Once at the refuge, you will be welcomed by specialized trekking guides that will offer a brief lecture about glacier behavior and the particularities of the local forest. A short hike through a dense lenga forest will take you to the glacier edge. There, you will be provided with special crampons to walk on ice and will be instructed about how to walk on the ice. The hike over the glacier, about two hours long, is particularly attractive since it allows you to be in close contact with the millenary ice, its peaks, fissures, small inner lagoons and deep blue drains. Another highlight is no doubt the excellent view of the lake and the land on the other side of the lake.
Once you are back at the refuge, you will have free time for lunch (you should take a box lunch) fully admiring this amazing wonder of nature, to finally cross the lake again and get to the area of the walking paths in front of the glacier to have a short walk there, in order to watch the glacier from another perspective before returning to El Calafate.

Important:
This excursion is available for people between 10 and 60 years old, depending on their physical conditions, but it does not require of any special training. It is advisable to take sport clothing, trekking boots or tennis-shoes with rubber sole, sweaters, water-proof jackets or rain coats, sun glasses, sun-tan and gloves.

Daily departures from September to April
Departure: 9 am   Arrival: 6 pm
Tour length: 9 hs