Patagonia Estancia

Sleep in this morning and relax at your hotel.

A private transfer between the airport and the city of Buenos Aires with a professional driver and English-speaking guide is provided.

Fly from Buenos Aires domestic airport to El Calafate. Please note that flights are subject to changes based on availability. The flight duration is approximately 3 hours and 11 minutes.

Enjoy a private airport transfer with your very own vehicle, driver and English speaking guide.

One of the best things to do in El Calafate, today you will go on a navigation in front of the Southern wall of the amazing Perito Moreno Glacier, tour through the captivating forest and do the minitrekking over the glacier!

You will be picked up at your hotel and taken by private transfers to the Bajo de las Sombras quay (port). Here you will board a ship for a 20-minute ride to cross the arm Rico of Lake Argentino (shared service on boat). The ship arrives at a cottage where guides will divide all passengers into groups made up of around 10 people. Each group is assigned two guides, one walks at the front an another at the back.

Together wih your group and guides, you will begin a 20-minute walk towards the glacier that begins on the lake’s shore and once you arrive at the edge of the ice, you wil be provided with crampons and instructions about how you should use them on the ice. The trek over the Glacier lasts about 1 hour and a half during which you will be able to see the crevasses, seracs, drains and small lakes. The walk is slow, as you walk over an uneven but firm and safe ice surface. Guides will give short talks about the flora, fauna and general glaciology facts of the region and also some information about the unique phenomenon that takes place at the Perito Moreno Glacier and eventually produces its breaking-off. When the walk ends, you will return to the cottage walking through the lush magallanic forest.

On its return to the pier the ship navigates through the channel of ice floes and then approaches the glacier’s walls. You will then be able to get to the glacier's viewpoint where you will have the opportunity to walk along the pathways and admire it from different viewpoints for about one hour before returning to El Calafate.

This tour lasts approximately 5 hours (between navigation and trekking)

Recommendations:
a) Age: Due to the level of effort and difficulty that it entails, this excursion is not allowed for the following: people over 65 years old, children under 10, people with overweight or some type of disability.
b) Footwear: Any type of sport footwear, for example running/ tennis shoes or trekking boots. Thick woolen or cotton socks are reccommended. Rubber boots and high heels in women are not admitted. Passengers are only provided with crampons.
c) Clothing: Sportive (long trousers for both sexes). It is advisable to wear a t-shirt, a sweater and a waterproof jacket/coat. Sunglasses, sunblock and gloves are also reccomended as well as a cap or a hat in case it is too cold.
d) Lunch: Passengers must take their lunch boxes and only the groups which take the excursion during the morning have 40 minutes to have lunch at the cottage. Once embarked towards the Glacier, there are no purchasable products. Lunches are easily provided at most hotels, just ask them to prepare this for you.
e) Smoking: It is forbidden to smoke during the excursion; neither on the boat, the forest, or the ice nor at the cottage.
f) Physical state: Normal. Passengers must know that they will walk slowly for approximately three hours through varied and irregular ground such as ice, forest and stones. Pregnant women, people with heart condition or other serious health conditions are not admitted.
g) Difficulty: It is easy, but relatively more complicated for elder people with vertigo or unhealthy physical conditions

Enjoy a private transfer with your own vehicle, driver and English speaking guide to Eolo Lodge.

Eolo boasts a staff who have already lived in Patagonia, thus knowing the area, its customs and its history. Eolo's professional team is skilled and prepared to transmit and share all the secrets of these lands. It is a human group willing to make Eolo your home, and willing to live Patagonia from within with you and those dear to you.

Following is a list of avtivities available at the lodge, some are included in your package price and some are not. Please ask your sales consultant if you wish to pre-book any of the activities.                       

Activities Indoor:
Getting acquainted with the Eolo experience: welcome meeting and programming of activities.
Discussions on glaciology, regional flora and fauna.
Tales of local and indigenous legends: customs and traditions.
Reading and research material on Patagonia, in the library.
Thematic films and documentaries on DVD and VHS.

Activities Outdoor:
Horse back riding on Mount Frías, different levels of expertise and tour duration (aditional cost).
Trekking on Mount Frias, and in La Anita valley.
Mountain biking over unique lanes and trails.
Observation of stars with telescopes.
Sightseeing and identification of flora and fauna.
Birdwatching.

Enjoy another day of activities at Eolo Lodge, perhaps some trekking or mountain biking in this beautiful property amidst montains and lakes.

Say good-bye to the Eolo Lodge, as you are taken by shared transfer with driver and lodge vehicle to the Airport.

Fly from El Calafate to Buenos Aires domestic airport. Flights are subject to changes based on availability. The flight duration is approximately 3 hour.

A private transfer between the airport and the city of Buenos Aires with a professional driver and English-speaking guide is provided.

Enjoy time at leisure to explore at your own pace, or relax at your hotel.

A private transfer between the airport (International) and city of Buenos Aires with a professional driver and an English-speaking guide is provided.