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The 15 Best El Calafate Tours & Glacier Trips

28 tours  ·  from $74

El Calafate exists because of the ice an hour up the road. These 15 sort the boardwalk days, the boats along the face, the ice trekking and the long run to El Chaltén, with prices and how early each bus leaves.

El Calafate: Perito Moreno Glacier & Optional Boat Cruise - Entering Los Glaciares National Park
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El Calafate: Perito Moreno Glacier & Optional Boat Cruise

1.Perito Moreno Glacier & Optional Boat Cruise

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 2,586 reviews · 8 hours · from $80Our pick

Travel from El Calafate to Perito Moreno Glacier with a bilingual guide such as Tobias, Noela, or Micaela. You’ll have about three hours for the boardwalks, with an optional one-hour boat ride to the glacier wall. Hotel pickup, transport, and park guidance are included, but food and admission cost extra.

“A great day! The transport was good, comfortable and on time. The guide, Tobias was great and informative, lot's of history and geography lessons about the area. I didn't take the boat but I love having 3 hours to walk around different perspectives of the Glacier. Absolutely beautiful! Then I enjoyed a cold beer in the restaurant while I waited for the bus, which again, was very on time. I will recommend this tour. thank you”

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From El Calafate: Full-Day Tour to El Chaltén - The early pickup and the road through Patagonia
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From El Calafate: Full-Day Tour to El Chaltén

2.Full-Day Tour to El Chaltén

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 926 reviews · 11 hours · from $130

Travel 220 km from El Calafate to El Chaltén with an English and Spanish speaking guide. Stop at La Leona, hike to Mirador de los Cóndores and Chorrillo del Salto, then enjoy free time in town. Guides such as Veronica and Tobias are praised for clear explanations and helpful trail support.

“Very great trip! Covered a little bit of everything. The tour guide was very personable and knowledgeable.”

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El Calafate: Perito Moreno Glacier Trekking Tour and Cruise - The ride from El Calafate to the national park
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El Calafate: Perito Moreno Glacier Trekking Tour and Cruise

3.Perito Moreno Glacier Trekking Tour and Cruise

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 805 reviews · 5 - 11 hours · from $396

Cross Brazo Rico by boat, strap on crampons, and spend about an hour walking across Perito Moreno Glacier with bilingual guides. You will also visit the forest, cruise beside the ice, and see the glacier from its famous boardwalks. Small groups keep the pace personal.

“Had an amazing experience walking on the glacier.. my son was so excited”

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From El Calafate: Torres del Paine Full Day Tour - Border formalities between Argentina and Chile
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From El Calafate: Torres del Paine Full Day Tour

4.Torres del Paine Full Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 434 reviews · 16 hours · from $229

Travel from El Calafate into Chile’s Torres del Paine National Park with an English and Spanish-speaking guide. Expect a very long coach day, border formalities, a boxed lunch, short easy walks, Río Paine Falls, Lake Nordenskjöld, Lake Pehoé, and views of the Cuernos del Paine.

“Enjoyed it, the mountains and views are magnificent. Our guide was extremely knowledgeable about the area and geography and showed a passion for it, got us to have a moment of silence while we there. Good stuff.”

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El Calafate: Glaciers Gourmet Experience - Full Day Cruise - Starting early at La Soledad Port
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El Calafate: Glaciers Gourmet Experience – Full Day Cruise

5.Glaciers Gourmet Experience – Full Day Cruise

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 285 reviews · 8 hours - 750 minutes · from $225

Board the Marpatag catamaran at La Soledad Port for a full day among Patagonia’s glaciers. A Spanish and English guide covers the park, condors, ice, and wildlife. Expect gourmet food or a lunch box, outer decks, a short walk at Puesto Las Vacas, and optional access to the Perito Moreno footbridges.

“Great tour with amazing highlights. Everything was well planned and easy to understand, which made the glaciers shine even more!”

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El Calafate: All Glaciers Boat Trip - From El Calafate to Punta Bandera Port
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El Calafate: All Glaciers Boat Trip

6.All Glaciers Boat Trip

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 263 reviews · from $255

Leave El Calafate around 7:00 AM for Punta Bandera, then cruise Argentino Lake to the Upsala and Spegazzini glaciers. A bilingual guide, forest walk, refuge visit, and optional Captain’s Club lunch make this a full day of ice, water, and Patagonian scenery.

“Everyone should experience the beauty of these glaciers. It was breathtaking.”

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El Chalten Complete Experience Full Day Tour from El Calafate - Fitz Roy viewpoints and the luck of clear skies
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El Chalten Complete Experience Full Day Tour from El Calafate

7.El Chalten Complete Experience Full Day Tour from El Calafate

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 219 reviews · 12 hours (approx.) · from $110

Travel from El Calafate to El Chaltén with SouthRoad for Fitz Roy viewpoints, La Leona, a guided walk to Mirador de los Cóndores, Chorrillo del Salto waterfall, lunch, and hotel transfers. Guides such as Sandra, Walter, and Martin add useful insight, but expect a long day and bilingual commentary.

“This excursion was great. Our guide, Sandra was super knowledgeable and made the experience so much better. The lunch was hot and fresh in el Chaltén so that was a nice suprise. We got lucky with a perfect day so we could see both mountains clearly. Also, if you do the glacier before or after, you only pay 50% of park entry.”

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El Chaltén with Trekking from El Calafate - Estancia La Leona: useful stop, not the main event
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El Chaltén with Trekking from El Calafate

8.El Chaltén with Trekking from El Calafate

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 157 reviews · from $97

Travel from El Calafate to El Chaltén with a Spanish and English-speaking guide, stopping at Estancia La Leona before two gentle walks: Mirador de los Cóndores and Chorrillo del Salto. You also get town time, optional lunch, and mountain views on a long 10.5-hour day.

“Excellent tour guide and business driver. Very informative tour, beautiful scenery, excellent hike/walk. Tour guide was very attention during hike. We would highly recommend this tour.”

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Calafate: Perito Moreno Glacier Guided Full-Day Tour - Curva de los Suspiros, the first glacier reveal
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Calafate: Perito Moreno Glacier Guided Full-Day Tour

9.Calafate: Perito Moreno Glacier Guided Full-Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 155 reviews · 8 hours · from $76

Travel from El Calafate to Perito Moreno Glacier with hotel pickup, a Spanish or English-speaking guide, a stop at Curva de los Suspiros, and time on the park footbridges. Add the one-hour boat trip for a closer view, or keep your day focused on the balconies and glacier.

“The pick up was on time. The staff were professional and very friendly, and gave great commentary and explanations of glaciers. The day was well paced the lunch was fantastic and the time spent at each point of interest was ideal. If you are short on time this must be the one you start with during your stay..”

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El Calafate: Horseback riding in Cerro Frias - Climbing Cerro Frias to the 400-Meter Viewpoint
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El Calafate: Horseback riding in Cerro Frias

10.Horseback riding in Cerro Frias

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 137 reviews · 4 hours · from $151

Meet your guide in El Calafate, transfer to Estancia Alice, then ride docile horses up Cerro Frias to 400 meters. Enjoy views toward the Centinela Valley, Cristales range, and possibly Torres del Paine before descending through lenga forest. Sophia and Nacho are among the guides who help beginners feel at ease.

“horseback riding was great! the guides were awesome and so helpful. the horses were wonderful and the views were stunning. cant recommend enough”

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El Calafate: Safari Azul Los Glaciares Trekking Tour - The 1.5-hour ride from El Calafate
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El Calafate: Safari Azul Los Glaciares Trekking Tour

11.Safari Azul Los Glaciares Trekking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 123 reviews · 9 hours · from $182

Join a Spanish and English guided day from El Calafate to Perito Moreno Glacier. Sail across Lago Rico, hike through forest and rocky ground to touch the ice, then spend two hours at the famous walkways. Guides such as Diego, Alexa, Leandro, Victoria, and Camilla have led this well-organized outing.

“The glacier just blew me away, the sound of the drop is something you just can’t explain! Our guides both on way there on bus, and around the glaciers were amazing, I was on a small English speaking tour with just three of us and Victoria answered all of our many questions with a great deal of detail.”

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Estancia Cristina Mirador del Glaciar Upsala - Crossing Lake Argentino among blue ice
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Estancia Cristina Mirador del Glaciar Upsala

12.Estancia Cristina Mirador del Glaciar Upsala

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 122 reviews · 11 hours (approx.) · from $285

Spend a full day crossing Lake Argentino to remote Estancia Cristina, cruising past icebergs toward Upsala Glacier, touring a historic ranch, and choosing a 4x4 glacier viewpoint or Los Perros Waterfall walk. Hotel transfers, a guide, boat snacks, and lunch are listed as included.

“Great experience. Seeing floating icebergs was crazy and the historic ranch was so interesting. Be prepared for very cold wind and rain so pack a hat and rain poncho. Do the discovery tour over classic. The ride in the 4x4 gave us a break from the weather and the views from above were the highlight of the trip.The reason I'm not giving it a five is because there was so much travel time involved getting to the glacier that I wasn't expecting. l it was a total of more than 6 hours on bus and boat round trip but there is no other way to see this amazing glacier! Everything…”

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Gourmet Glacier Cruise & Footbridges of Perito Moreno - From El Calafate to Private Port La Soledad
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Gourmet Glacier Cruise & Footbridges of Perito Moreno

13.Gourmet Glacier Cruise & Footbridges of Perito Moreno

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 102 reviews · 12 hours · from $276

From El Calafate, cruise Lake Argentino past Upsala and hanging glaciers, walk 30 minutes through Patagonian forest, then explore Perito Moreno’s footbridges. The 12-hour day includes English or Spanish guiding, with lunch and footbridge options available.

“This was so beautiful and relaxing. So glad I decided to do it.”

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El Calafate: Trip to the Famous Perito Moreno Glacier - The Route 11 ride from El Calafate
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El Calafate: Trip to the Famous Perito Moreno Glacier

14.Trip to the Famous Perito Moreno Glacier

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 94 reviews · 8 hours · from $84

Travel from El Calafate to Los Glaciares National Park for four hours on the Perito Moreno Glacier walkways, or three hours plus a one-hour boat ride. Bilingual guides explain the glacier’s geology, ecology, and history. Lucie is one guide praised for clear explanations and excellent group management.

“Sono stata molto soddisfatta della gita! la guida è stata molto chiara e ha saputo gestire bene un gruppo numeroso, parlando spagnolo e inglese. Assolutamente la consiglio, sia perché sono dei professionisti del settore sia per il comodissimo orario di partenza alle 10! grazie mille!!”

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Perito Moreno boat tour from El Calafate: Glaciares Gourmet - The early start from El Calafate
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Perito Moreno boat tour from El Calafate: Glaciares Gourmet

15.Perito Moreno boat tour from El Calafate: Glaciares Gourmet

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 94 reviews · 10 to 12 hours (approx.) · from $245

Spend 10 to 12 hours cruising Lake Argentino past Upsala, Heim, Seco, Spegazzini, and Perito Moreno Glaciers. A bilingual guide, lunch, drinks, and optional hotel transfers are included. Choose the Perito Moreno walkway visit if you want time on land.

“Nice trip! The views of the glaciers were amazing! I would say only four glaciers, the fifth one is very far away. The boat was too crowded and our tour company (Patagonia Dreams) delivered us at the last minute, so it was difficult to find seats for a family. There were many reserved seats, so open choices were limited. The passengers were cranky and territorial, so it was difficult to move around. It felt like a lot of hours in less than desirable seating. I highly recommend getting off the boat at Perito Moreno Glacier. The board walk was awesome, and it was good to leave the cranky boat passengers…”

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