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View through trees over the turquoise bay of Lake Nahuel Huapi at Villa La Angostura, with forested shores and mountains behind.

Sample journey
December to March

3 domestic flights

Lakes to Glaciers.

The Lake District around Bariloche, then south to the ice. Best in summer, when there are direct flights between the two.

  • 11 nights
  • About 2.5 days travelling
  • Buenos Aires
  • Bariloche
  • El Calafate
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The route.(04)

If the summer direct flight is not running on your dates, this trip needs one more travel day via Buenos Aires. We plan around that.

  1. Buenos Aires 2 nights
  2. Bariloche 4 nights
  3. El Calafate 2 nights
  4. El Chaltén 3 nights

Day by day.

  1. 1–2

    Buenos Aires

    City time to adjust.

  2. 3–6

    Bariloche

    Circuito Chico and Cerro Campanario, a boat to Isla Victoria, a hike to a mountain refugio, and the Route of the Seven Lakes.

  3. 7–8

    El Calafate

    Fly south (direct in season). The Perito Moreno glacier from the walkways and by boat.

  4. 9–11

    El Chaltén

    The trails to Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre.

  5. 12

    Home

    Road to El Calafate airport and fly to Buenos Aires for your connection.

Travel budget.

Typical times, worked out from the same model as the distance check.

How we count
  1. 01

    Buenos Aires → Bariloche

    Typical door-to-door time.

    about 5 h door to door, 1 flight

  2. 02

    Bariloche → El Calafate

    Uses a direct flight that does not run every day.

    about 5 h door to door, 1 flight

  3. 03

    El Calafate → El Chaltén

    Typical door-to-door time.

    about 3 h door to door, by road

  4. 04

    El Chaltén → El Calafate → Buenos Aires

    Typical door-to-door time.

    about 9 h door to door, 1 flight

Turquoise lakes and forested peninsulas with distant Andes, seen from the Punto Panorámico on Circuito Chico

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We will adjust it to your dates, pace and budget.

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