The best of Patagonia: Bariloche & El Calafate
The best of Patagonia: Bariloche & El Calafate
The best of Patagonia: Bariloche & El Calafate
7 Days Starting in San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina and ending in El Calafate, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
Visiting: San Carlos de Bariloche, Puerto Blest, Cascada los Cántaros, El Calafate, Parque Nacional Los Glaciares
Tour operator:
Tour code:
BELWP
Group Type:
Independent
Recommended For:
Guide Type:
Partially Guided
Physical rating:
Low
Age range:
1-99
Special diets catered:
Vegetarians, Vegans, Meat
Tour operated in:
English , SpanishTrip Styles:
Interests:
Activities:
From:
$1330
$1264 (USD)
The Big ADVENTURE Sale: -$67
Tour Overview
Enjoy these 7 days travelling through gorgeous landscapes starting in Bariloche in North of Patagonia where you will be able to enjoy of the most amazing views surronding with lakes and mountains. Then, travel to Austral Patagonia and marvel at the sheer presence of Perito Moreno Glacier, a natural wonder that you can not miss. This is a trip visiting the main attactions in north and south Patagonia.
Highlights
Itinerary
Day 1 : Arrival San Carlos De Bariloche - Small Circuit
Location: San Carlos de Bariloche
Accommodation: Hotel, Concorde or similar - Double or Single Base
Accommodation Name: Hotel Concorde or similar - Double or Single Base
Meals Included: No Meals
We will pick you up at Bariloche`s Airport and then transfer to the hotel in the city center. The rest of the day is at leisure to visit the city by your own.
In the afternoon we will enjoy a half day city tour through this very characteristic city. Pick up at your hotel. We drive first on Av. Exequiel Bustillo, bordering Lake Nahuel Huapi. We make different stops to admire the landscape until we get to the foot of “Cerro Campanario”. Here you can opt to buy the liftchair ticket to go to the top and observe the different lakes, islands and peaks surrounding the area. We continue driving to get to Llao Llao Peninsula, where the historical Llao Llao hotel is located. We return to the city center crossing bridges over lagoons and rivers.
Day 2 : Puerto Blest & Cascada De Los Cantaros
Location: Puerto Blest, Cascada los Cántaros
Accommodation: Hotel, Concorde or similar - Double or Single Base
Accommodation Name: Hotel Concorde or similar - Double or Single Base
Meals Included: Breakfast
Setting out by boat from Puerto Pañuelo (Pañuelo Port) on the Llao Llao peninsula, and after one hour of sailing, we’ll arrive at Centinela Island, resting place of Perito Francisco Pascasio Moreno, father of National Parks in Argentina, followed by a visit to Cascada de los Cántaros (Cántaros Waterfall.) Later on, a walk through the lush vegetation of the Valdivian rainforest, arriving at Lago Cántaros (Cántaros Lake,) the mouth of the waterfall, where we can witness the overwhelming sight of a 1,500-year-old larch tree. A short 5 minute sail later, we will finally arrive at Puerto Blest, a place that has amazed tourists from all over the world. From there, we ’ll be able to tour the bay and the shores of Lago Frías and its peculiar green waters, which originate at one of the glaciers on Cerro Tronador, the natural border between Argentina and Chile. Then we go back to our hotel in Bariloche.
Day 3 : San Carlos De Bariloche
Location: San Carlos de Bariloche
Accommodation: Hotel, Hotel Concorde or similar - Double or Single Base
Accommodation Name: Hotel Concorde or similar - Double or Single Base
Meals Included: Breakfast
After breakfast free day to visit the city on your own or to do any of the otional tours that Bariloche has to offer us.
Day 4 : San Carlos De Bariloche - El Calafate
Location: San Carlos de Bariloche, El Calafate
Accommodation: Hotel, Hotel Las Dunas or similar - Double or Single Base
Accommodation Name: Hotel Las Dunas or similar - Double or Single Base
Meals Included: Breakfast
After breakfast we transfer to Bariloche`s Airport to take our flight to our next destination: El Calafate. Upon arrival trasnfer to the hotel.
The rest of the day is at leisure
Day 5 : Perito Moreno Glacier With Safari Nautico Boat Trip
Location: El Calafate, Parque Nacional Los Glaciares
Accommodation: Hotel, Hotel Las Dunas or similar - Double or Single Base
Accommodation Name: Hotel Las Dunas or similar - Double or Single Base
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Box Lunch is included
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 Icefield, a big sheet of ice that with its 22.000 square kilometers is the third largest glacier area in the world, after Antarctica (14 M sq km) and Greenland (1 M sq km). Because unusual favorable 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. 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.
Then we wil go up to “Bajo de las Sombras” from where, you will board the catamaran boat to navigate the Lago Rico where your will be able to appreciate the amazing ice wall of the Perito Moreno Glacier and its icebergs. Then we go back to our accommodation in El Calafate.
Day 6 : El Calafate
Location: El Calafate
Accommodation: Hotel Las Dunas or similar - Double or Single Base
Accommodation Name: Hotel Las Dunas or similar - Double or Single Base
Meals Included: Breakfast
After breakfast free day to visit the city on our own or to do any of the optional excursions:
Day 7 : Departure El Calafate
Location: El Calafate Airport
Accommodation: Hotel, Las Dunas or similar - Double or Single Base
Accommodation Name: Hotel Las Dunas or similar - Double or Single Base
Meals Included: Breakfast
At the indicated time we transfer to El Calafate airport where our services end.
What's Included
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Accommodation
4 Nights Accommodation at Hotel Ayres del Nahuel (Or similar) - Double or Single Base 3 Nights Accommodation at Hotel Kosten Aike (Or similar) - Double or Single Base
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Airport Transfers at Destination
Transfers from / to Bariloche and El Calafate Airport are included.
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Free Wi-Fi at Accommodation
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Meals – Breakfast Only
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Excursion Blest Port and Cantaros Waterfall
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Full Day Perito Moreno Glacier
What's Not Included
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Local Taxes
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Tipping and Gratuities
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Flights
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Medical or Life Insurance
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Optional Excursions
Accommodation
- 3 Nights Accommodation at Hotel Concorde (Or similar) - Double or Single Base with Breakfast
- 3 Nights Accommodation at Hotel Las Dunas (Or similar) - Double or Single Base with Breakfast
Check out our Q&As
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Are the local guides on the tour English speaking?
Yes. All our guides are bilingual (Spanish / English)
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