Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Getting There & Away
El Chaltén is 220km from El Calafate via newly paved roads. A bicycle path heads from
town to Hostería El Pilar, in Parque Nacional Los Glaciares. Bike rentals (per day
AR$160) are available in various locations.
All buses go to the new
Terminal de Omnibus
, located near the entrance to town. For
El Calafate (AR$200, 3½ hours), Chaltén Travel (
Click here
)
has daily departures at
7:30am, 1pm and 6pm in summer.
Cal-tur
( 493079; Av San Martín 520)
and
Taqsa/
Marga
( 493068; Av Antonio Rojo 88)
also make the trip for the slightly cheaper price of
AR$150. Service is less frequent in low season.
directly to El Calafate's airport (AR$150) in high season and Rio Gallegos (AR$300,
seven hours). It also has minivans that head to Lago Desierto (AR$150), Hostería El Pil-
ar (AR$60) and Río Eléctrico (AR$60). There is also taxi service to El Calafate's airport
available for AR$1200.
Chalten Travel goes to Bariloche on odd days of the month throughout the high season
(AR$1100, two days), including an overnight stop in Perito Moreno (meals and accom-
modations are extra).
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Parque Nacional Los Glaciares (North)
In the northern part of the park, the Fitz Roy Range - with its rugged wilderness and
shark-tooth summits - is the de facto trekking capital of Argentina. It also draws world-
class climbers for whom Cerro Torre and Cerro Fitz Roy are milestone ascents notorious
for brutal weather conditions. But you don't have to be extreme to enjoy the numerous
well-marked trails for hiking and jaw-dropping scenery - that is, when the clouds clear.
Parque Nacional Los Glaciares is divided into geographically separate northern and
southern sectors. El Chaltén is the gateway town for the northern part of the park. El
Calafate is the gateway town for the southern section of the park, which features the Gla-
ciar Perito Moreno.
