In El Calafate we stayed at the Albergue del Glaciar. It's the International Youth Hostel. We had very nice rooms in this well run, busy place. It was a bit out of the way, a 15 min brisk walk to get to the town centre.

No rest for the weary. After eating dinner to 12:30am the previous night because of our late arrival from Chalten, we were off at 8am for the 3hr bus ride to the world famous Perito Moreno glacier, one of the most dramatic natural wonders in South America. We shared the bus with a large group of Belgians whom we would encounter again in Chile and again in Ushuaia. And we met 2 Brits, Graham and Linda, who became honourary members of our group. Here we taking a photo break en route to the glacier.

Finally after almost 3hrs we could see the glacier about 5km away. Now we were in Parque Nacional Los Glaciares, a very large park in which Perito Moreno is the main attraction, situated on the western end of Lago Argentino, the largest lake in Argentina.

icebergs in the lake

Behind the handsome dude, Perito Moreno, looking deceptively small.

 

getting closer

buena vista

Perito Moreno is about 60m tall, as you can see it is quite imposing