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El Calafate- best way to use our time
I'd appreciate your thoughts. Family of 5 (50 yr old parents, 17,17, 21 sons) traveling in Jan.
Have the crazy early flight from EZE to FTE landing around 7:30 am. The plan is to rent a car (currently have Renault Duster reserved). and hotel reserved in El Chalten for 4 nights, then 2 nights in El Calafate before flying to Ushuaia.
1 Arrive FTE, drive to El Chalten
2 El Chalten
3 El Chalten
4 El Chalten
5 Check out, drive back to El Calafate
6 El Calafate-- Estancia Cristina with horseback riding
7 Check out, 7:30pm flight to Ushuaia
The problem is this only gives us one completely full day in El Calafate-- One of my boys really wants to do a mini trek Ice Hike. Can you guys see anywhere to put this? Otherwise I think we will just do Safari cruise at Perito Moreno? Is there anything else fun/ more adventurous we should try? I personally just don't see a glacier being particularly interesting...So I think I will get my fill of cold glacier boat ride on the Estancia Cristina day. But I'm trying to make everyone happy!
I understand that the drive between El Chalten and El Calafate is about 3 hrs and the Glacier is on the other side...making the drive even longer. Is it worth really pushing it maybe on Day 1 or 5-- to do it?
u/Typical-Attitude-102 — 4 days ago
Help!! I’m camping there soon!
I’m going to el Chalten in December and planning on camping and keep seeing these type of posts on this specific camping location. Does anyone know where this actually is?
I only saw campsites that look terrible and have horrible reviews not to include they had no nature view. I also considered people just setting up their tent, recording their video and not actually sleeping the night but I was wondering if anyone had any extra information on this or any campsites worth staying while down there.
u/hiking-horse-2780 — 5 days ago
O-Circuit in Feb/Mar 2027! Somebody want to split costs?
Hi, I'm looking to do the O-Circuit at the end of february / beginning of march. Most of the "Campsites on ground" from Las Torres are booked so I have to go with "Semi-equipped", which is $220 per person/ per night (WTH?!). A shared tent would be $240 total (120$ per person). Does anyone want to join and split costs?
Also why is it so extremely expensive? A campsite on ground would be $90 per night at Las Torres. Vertice have them starting from $11
u/mandojsm — 7 days ago
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o trek and w trek?
i will be traveling to patagonia in feb/march and plan to do a lot of hiking. i will be with people for most of the trip, and solo afterwards. the people i am traveling with do not have the time to complete the o trek and want to do the w trek.
my question is: is it worth it for me to do the w trek with them and then do the o trek after they leave?
i would like to complete the entire w with them. i’m not super concerned about cost, more so about the redundancy. is it excessive to hike the w trek twice in such a short span. is the o trek worth me hiking it twice considering i don’t know the next time i will have the opportunity to be in patagonia?
thanks !
u/Sure_Bill_7816 — 8 days ago
Hello Patagonia lovers. Did any of you take an organized excursion from Calafate to Torres del Paine? It is like 15 hrs and mostly you are on the bus/vehicle... Any experience? Recommendation? And second question: any travel insurance recommended for american citizens? Medical and transportation...
reddit.comu/Glittering_Pea126 — 10 days ago
Navimag
Ik neem de Navimag van PN naar PM op 5-11-26
Klopt het dat de ferry op het stuk open oceaan echt wild gaat ‘schommelen’ en dat dan een uurtje of 12?
Deze vraag stel ik mede omdat ‘El Nino’ ook nog eens kan gaan opspelen rond deze periode.
Graag hoor ik ervaringen van mensen die deze vaart eerder hebben gedaan.
u/Difficult-Disk-9455 — 14 days ago