El Calafate: Blue Safari - A Unique Experience Next to the Perito Moreno Glacier with Transfers
El Calafate: Blue Safari - A Unique Experience Next to the Perito Moreno Glacier with Transfers
El Calafate: Blue Safari - A Unique Experience Next to the Perito Moreno Glacier with Transfers
El Calafate: Blue Safari - A Unique Experience Next to the Perito Moreno Glacier with Transfers
El Calafate: Blue Safari - A Unique Experience Next to the Perito Moreno Glacier with Transfers
El Calafate: Blue Safari - A Unique Experience Next to the Perito Moreno Glacier with Transfers
El Calafate: Blue Safari - A Unique Experience Next to the Perito Moreno Glacier with Transfers
El Calafate: Blue Safari - A Unique Experience Next to the Perito Moreno Glacier with Transfers
El Calafate: Blue Safari - A Unique Experience Next to the Perito Moreno Glacier with Transfers
El Calafate: Blue Safari - A Unique Experience Next to the Perito Moreno Glacier with Transfers
El Calafate: Blue Safari - A Unique Experience Next to the Perito Moreno Glacier with Transfers
Sail in front of the Perito Moreno Glacier and appreciate the glacial ice from up close!
Get up close to the awe-inspiring Perito Moreno Glacier on an adventure that combines a boat trip on Lake Rico with a hike along the shore and through the forest to reach the ice itself. Admire its intense blue hues and vastness from very close up. The option with transfers includes free time on the walkways
Experience
- Exclusive Navigation in Front of Perito Moreno: Enjoy a boat trip that will take you a few meters from the Glacier
- Scenic Hike with Glacier Views: Walk trails surrounded by nature
- Explore the National Park and Walkways: Complete your day enjoying 2 hours on the famous walkways with an unparalleled panoramic view of Perito Moreno
- Round-trip transfers from your accommodation in El Calafate
- Boarding in Port
- Walk along the Coast to the Glacier
- Navigation back to the Port
- Visit to catwalks
- Bilingual guide in Spanish and English
- Entrance to Los Glaciares National Park
- This excursion does not include a walk on the Perito Moreno Glacier
- Food, beverages and other services not especified
- Entrance to Los Glaciares National Park: This is not included in the tour price. The approximate cost is ARS 50,000 per person and must be paid upon entering the park. Payment can be made in cash or by Visa card, in Argentine pesos only. Mastercard is not accepted.
- Food: Food is not included and there are no places to purchase it during the excursion. Each passenger must bring their own food from El Calafate.
- Recommended clothing: Thermal shirt and leggings, warm sweater and jacket, windproof and waterproof jacket, trekking pants, waterproof hiking or athletic shoes, thermal socks or two pairs of socks, gloves, warm hat, sunglasses, and sunscreen.
- Transfers: Some hotels in the city are not part of the pick-up route. If your accommodation is outside the route, we will contact you to indicate the nearest hotel where you should go. You must wait for the guide in the lobby of the indicated hotel.
- Option without transfers: The meeting point will be Puerto Bajo de las Sombras.
- To confirm your booking, you must send the following information for all passengers: Full name, Passport or national identity card number, Nationality, Date of birth, Photograph of the passport of minors, Hotel (if you purchased the option with transfers). Your booking will not be confirmed, nor will your place be guaranteed, until we have received all the requested information from each passenger.
- Schedule: The published schedule is an estimate. Once all the information required to confirm the booking has been received, our team will inform you of the exact start time
If you've ever dreamed of getting up close to the majestic glacial ice and feeling its immensity firsthand, this is the adventure you've been waiting for.
The Blue Safari is designed for those who, in addition to sailing past the Perito Moreno Glacier, dream of getting up close to the glacial ice!
The excursion begins in El Calafate when the bus departs for Los Glaciares National Park. Once at Puerto Bajo de las Sombras, just 7 km from the walkways, we'll board a boat to cross Lake Rico and,
Restrictions
- Age restrictions: This activity is suitable exclusively for people aged 6 to 70 inclusive, without exception.
- If minors under the age of 18 participate without their parents, they may only do so with written authorization from them, specifying the full details of the supervising adult in charge.
- Medical restrictions: Pregnant women and people with obesity and sedentary lifestyles are not eligible to participate; nor are those with respiratory illnesses such as COPD, asthma, or emphysema; central or peripheral cardiovascular conditions; reduced cardiac or vascular capacity; stents, bypasses, pacemakers, or other prostheses; physical or mental disabilities that affect attention, gait, or coordination; recent fractures; serious spinal or knee problems; or recent surgeries.
- Evaluation for participation: If, at the start of the excursion, a person presents any of the aforementioned exclusionary conditions or has difficulty walking independently, they will not be able to participate. In these cases, no refund will be issued
Highlights
- Exclusive Navigation in Front of Perito Moreno: Enjoy a boat trip that will take you a few meters from the Glacier
- Scenic Hike with Glacier Views: Walk trails surrounded by nature
- Explore the National Park and Walkways: Complete your day enjoying 2 hours on the famous walkways with an unparalleled panoramic view of Perito Moreno
Includes
- Round-trip transfers from your accommodation in El Calafate
- Boarding in Port
- Walk along the Coast to the Glacier
- Navigation back to the Port
- Visit to catwalks
- Bilingual guide in Spanish and English
Excludes
- Entrance to Los Glaciares National Park
- This excursion does not include a walk on the Perito Moreno Glacier
- Food, beverages and other services not especified
Essential Information
- Entrance to Los Glaciares National Park: This is not included in the tour price. The approximate cost is ARS 50,000 per person and must be paid upon entering the park. Payment can be made in cash or by Visa card, in Argentine pesos only. Mastercard is not accepted.
- Food: Food is not included and there are no places to purchase it during the excursion. Each passenger must bring their own food from El Calafate.
- Recommended clothing: Thermal shirt and leggings, warm sweater and jacket, windproof and waterproof jacket, trekking pants, waterproof hiking or athletic shoes, thermal socks or two pairs of socks, gloves, warm hat, sunglasses, and sunscreen.
- Transfers: Some hotels in the city are not part of the pick-up route. If your accommodation is outside the route, we will contact you to indicate the nearest hotel where you should go. You must wait for the guide in the lobby of the indicated hotel.
- Option without transfers: The meeting point will be Puerto Bajo de las Sombras.
- To confirm your booking, you must send the following information for all passengers: Full name, Passport or national identity card number, Nationality, Date of birth, Photograph of the passport of minors, Hotel (if you purchased the option with transfers). Your booking will not be confirmed, nor will your place be guaranteed, until we have received all the requested information from each passenger.
- Schedule: The published schedule is an estimate. Once all the information required to confirm the booking has been received, our team will inform you of the exact start time
Restrictions
- Age restrictions: This activity is suitable exclusively for people aged 6 to 70 inclusive, without exception.
- If minors under the age of 18 participate without their parents, they may only do so with written authorization from them, specifying the full details of the supervising adult in charge.
- Medical restrictions: Pregnant women and people with obesity and sedentary lifestyles are not eligible to participate; nor are those with respiratory illnesses such as COPD, asthma, or emphysema; central or peripheral cardiovascular conditions; reduced cardiac or vascular capacity; stents, bypasses, pacemakers, or other prostheses; physical or mental disabilities that affect attention, gait, or coordination; recent fractures; serious spinal or knee problems; or recent surgeries.
- Evaluation for participation: If, at the start of the excursion, a person presents any of the aforementioned exclusionary conditions or has difficulty walking independently, they will not be able to participate. In these cases, no refund will be issued
Itinerary
If you've ever dreamed of getting up close to the majestic glacial ice and feeling its immensity firsthand, this is the adventure you've been waiting for.
The Blue Safari is designed for those who, in addition to sailing past the Perito Moreno Glacier, dream of getting up close to the glacial ice!
The excursion begins in El Calafate when the bus departs for Los Glaciares National Park. Once at Puerto Bajo de las Sombras, just 7 km from the walkways, we'll board a boat to cross Lake Rico and,
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