This exclusive trek lets you experience some of
the less traveled trails in the Fitz Roy area. Off the conventional
trekking circuit, but nevertheless engaging and beautiful, the
scenery on this two-part trek is unforgettable.
The first part of this trek is a circumnavigation of Mt. Huemul,
an impressive mountain that rests on the edge of the Patagonia
Icefield. Our trek takes us to Laguna Toro, a beautiful glacier
lake, with a very rustic hut that belongs to an institution that
studies the Patagonian Icefield. From there we’ll ascend
the moraines, then cross the Tunel river via a Tyrolean crossing.
We’ll hike up to Paso del Viento, then down to our second
camp, on the very edge of the icefield. The vista from the pass
is impressive: The vastness of this icefield (also called the
third pole), is evident when we look west, toward the Mariano
Moreno range and the ice plateaus that extend for dozens of miles
to the north.
Our third and fourth days see us traversing back east around Mt.
Huemul, following some trails that provide us with incredible
views of the fractured surface of the Viedma Glacier. This glacier
ends in a calving in the Viedma Lake (which dumps its mass of
ice directly into the lake’s waters). On our fifth day we
will return to El Chalten via Tunel valley.
A rest day in Chalten (hiking optional) will be followed by the
second leg of our trek: a hike from El Chalten to the Estancia
La Maipu, on the shores of the lake Buenos Aires.
This three-day trek will take through varied terrain, and there
will be plenty of opportunities to see guanacos, condors and an
area rich in marine fossils. Our final two nights will be spent
resting and enjoying the hospitality of the gauchos at Estancia
La Maipu. Here you can experience the ruggedness of the everyday
life of these people. This is a working estancia where we can
see first-hand a classic sheep ranch in Patagonia.
Our last day will be a ground transfer to El Calafate to catch
our flight to Buenos Aires.
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of this itinerary
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