What you'll do on day 4
- Breakfast at the hotel. Excursion to the Perito Moreno Glacier in Los Glaciares National Park.
- This park has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The glaciers (about 47) that gave the park its name show us a 10,000-year-old world: cold and wild. The most famous glacier, Perito Moreno, is located in the southwest part of Lake Argentino, 80 km from El Calafate. This glacier is named after a great Argentine explorer of the last century and is one of the few glaciers in the world that is still moving. That's why it has become one of the most spectacular sights in South America. From time to time, its front wall, 60 meters high, releases several ice walls, as huge as buildings, which fall into Riko Bend or the Canal de los Tempanos (Iceberg Channel) and then continue floating along the channel in the lake area. However, that's not all. As the glacier advances, it approaches the Magellan Peninsula on the opposite shore of the lake, as well as the footbridges and observation platform.
- This cycle takes from 4 to 6 years and eventually divides the lake into two parts. Riko Bend becomes dammed up, and it rises about 35 meters above the average level. Its waters slowly carve their way through the glacier until they force it to collapse. This is a breathtaking sight!