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Comodoro
Rivadavia - Los Antiguos
The group meet at 2 pm at the Restaurant
of the Comodoro Rivadavia Airport. Our journey
begins from the town of Comodoro Rivadavia.
Southern 70 Km from there we visit the town
of Caleta Olivia skirting the San Matías
Gulf on the Atlantic Ocean coast. Wwe will
cross the Patagonia to the West to move
away from the sea and to get the views of
the Cordillera de los Andes range, in the
town of Los Antiguos, located on the southern
shore of the Buenos Aires Lake, and to 2
Km from the border with Chile. (400 km/250miles).
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Route 40: Patagonia Argentina - Cueva de las
Manos. Los Antiguos – Lago Posadas
We leave from Los Antiguos town toward the
south to arrive to the of the Pinturas River
canyon, to walk on them to visit the Cueva
de las manos (Cave of the Hands) an imposing
place with 10.000 year old paintings of
human hands and animals. Then we continue
to lodge in the small and picturesque Lago
Posadas town. (260 km/160 miles). |
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Route 40: Patagonia Argentina - Cerro San Lorenzo.
Río Oro Canyon
We transfer in the morning to Oro River
Canyon, where we trek for 5 hours between
its high stone walls until get a wondreful
view of the Cerro San Lorenzo, the highest
Patagonian Hill (3706 mts/12159 ft). We
return to Lago Posadas to enjoy the contrast
between the blue waters of Posadas Lake
and the green waters from Pueyrredon Lake,
shared each other by only 100 meters (328
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Route 40: Patagonia Argentina - Lago Posadas
– El Chalten
After breakfast we depart in our bus to
El Chalten. We travel a long track in which
we could appreciate the different birds
and fauna of Patagonia. We stop to have
lunch at a tipical Patagonia saloon close
to Cardiel Lake. We estimate to arrive at
El Chalten around 7 pm. (550 Km/341 miles)
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Route 40: Patagonia Argentina - Trekking Day
- Fitz Roy
Breakfast. Free trekking day. This will
be a trekking-day. We will go through the
path that leads to the base of the Fitz
Roy Mount, the Los Tres lagoon. This will
take about 8 hours. It's a steep path that
ascends about 1200 metres and goes through
the forest, in which we will see the wonderful
Lake Capri. If weather conditions are favourable
we will be able to see the magnificent view
of the Fitz Roy Mount and Torre Hill. Transfer
from Chalten to Calafate (200km).
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Alice Ranch
- Typical Lamb Barbecue
Breakfast. During the afternoon we will
go to Alice Ranch to enjoy a cup of tea.
We will trek across the area. Afterwards
we will savour a typical lamb barbecue and
attend to a local show. |
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Perito Moreno
Glacier & Navegation to the Ice Floe's
Canal
Breakfast. We'll visit one of the greatest
marvels of the world: the Perito Moreno
Glacier, declared World's heritage. Its
characteristic is the breaking of its external
walls due to the pressure of the water of
the river. We’ll then go to the floating
quay of the southern branch of the Argentinian
Lake, to navigate across the Ice Floe’s
Canal up to the front of the Glaciar Perito
Moreno to see it’s typical iceslides. |
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Navegation
to Argentine Lake
Breakfast. We'll go to Punta Bandera to
make for Argentino Lake. First we'll go
to the northern part of the lake where we'll
see the icebergs floating adrift and then
to the Upsala Glacier. Then we'll go back
to Onelli Bay where we'll go ashore. Through
a forested path we'll reach one of the most
beautiful panoramic points of the tour:
the confluence of the Glaciers Onelli, Agassiz
and Bolado. On our way back to the hotel
we will be able to see the Boca del Diablo. |
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Breakfast. Transfer
to Calafate Airport. |
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