Balcony of Calafate

Code: FTETOUR05

Duration: Full day

“Off- road” circuit through the patagonian steppe acceding to impressive landscapes and totally exclusive places, that nobody stepped before. We set off on 4 x 4 vehicles totally equipped for this type of soil. This journey we will cover by winding roads will provide us a good dose of adrenalin and total vertigo that you will never forget. From El Calafate we will go up by the north face of Huyliche cord, by unpaved and clay roads that will be present throughout the journey, we will enjoy a circuit including ascents, slopes and inclinations from all the flanks, while we go through cross-country sectors.

We arrive to the Balcony where you will be able to enjoy a panoramic view of the town and the east part of Lake Argentino, if it is clear we will see the Chalten hill, Cerro Torre and contemplate the audacious flight of condors. At this point we will take a rest, we will have plenty of time to take pictures and to contemplate the fabulous landscape, while we feel how the characteristic patagonian wind touches us lightly and gives us a welcome.

It is very possible that at some point on the way you can see guanacos or wild horses. We continue travel up to Laberinto de Piedras; this place presents diverse forms on its rocks, where imagination will act by itself, trying to find resemblances. We begin descent until arriving to Piedra de los Sombreros. Place where we will have a refreshment, before we cover the final section of the journey. We return to El Calafate descending by the North face of the cord with the view of majestic Lake Argentino.