Price per person:
US$ 353.00 per person.
Perito Moreno Glacier Minitrek
Operative tour
August to May
Explore the ice with this Perito Moreno Glacier minitrek, with which you will receive interesting information about the glacier from our expert guides.
Times:
Duration:
10 hours.
Minimum of passengers
Departure from 2 passengers.
Included:
pickup at the hotel (urban area, except accommodations without reception and Airbnb), shared transport, guide (Spanish, English or Portuguese), crampons and entrance fee to Los Glaciares National Park.
What to bring:
warm clothing, waterproof clothing, trekking shoes, warm hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, snack, water, gloves and comfortable clothing.
Weather:
In case of suspension for weather conditions, we will refund 100% of your payment.
subject to weather conditions.
Not included:
food.
Restrictions:
not allowed for pregnant women, minimum age required of 10 years old, not allowed for people over the age of 65, not allowed for people with knee conditions and not allowed for people with extremity prostheses.
Cancellation and rescheduling policy:
4 days.
If you cancel your booking until 4 days before the beginning of the activity, we will refund 100% of the advance you paid for the booking.
Price
- Until April 30th, 2024: US$ 353 per person.
- From May 1st to September 30st, 2024: US$ 409 per person.
- From October 1 to December 31, 2024: US$ 376 per person.
We will pick you up at your hotel in El Calafate to start a trip outside the city to go to the Bajo Las Sombras Port. From here, we will take an approximately 20-minute boat ride to cross Lake Rico and arrive at the southern face of the glacier. This is how we will start the Perito Moreno Glacier Minitrek tour. When we get off the boat, our mountain guides will be awaiting us. They will share facts with us about glaciology, especially about the Perito Moreno Glacier, as we hike to the point of contact with the glacier.
After putting on our crampons, we will receive a safety talk and begin the tour of the glacier. We will enjoy the first views of this icy landscape as we follow an uphill and downhill route. After one and a half hours of hiking to see the crevices, moulins, and lagoons, we will return to where the boat is to complete the last part of the tour.
Once on solid ground, we will visit the footbridges facing the glacier so we can get another view of the place we just visited. After an hour-long tour, we will take our vehicle to return to the city of El Calafate to end our activity.
*If your accommodation is an Airbnb, we will have to set a meeting point to begin the tour, because the pickup is not made in this kind of places.
*Due to the confirmation of the start time of the activity is until 24 hours before the beginning of the tour, please be aware of your phone or e-mail, used for the booking, and the messages that we can leave for you at the reception of your accommodations.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which is the difference between the Minitrek and the Big ice in the Perito Moreno Glacier?
The main difference is the touring time on the glacier and the walking times to reach the ice. While in the Minitrek the time on the glacier is of 1 and half hours, plus a 30-minute trek through the woods, in the Big Ice you will be walking for 3 hours on the glacier and 1 hour more of trek by a moraine. Just for that, the Big Ice is more physically demanding, besides you will be walking more to reach places that you are not able to visit with the Minitrek. Finally, with the Minitrek the visit to the footbridges is at the end of the experience, while with the Big Ice is at the beginning of the activity.
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US$ 353.00