Balconies of Calafate

Balconies of Calafate

The “El Calafate Balcon Experience” excursion allows visitors to El Calafate to look out over an imposing natural viewpoint where they can enjoy a magnificent panoramic view of El Calafate and Lake Argentino

From the Balcony, an imposing natural viewpoint, you can enjoy a panoramic view of El Calafate and the central body of Lake Argentino. The tour will offer us views towards the Andes Mountains and the glacier accumulation area, towards Boca del Diablo (narrowest part of the lake, towards the Upsala arm) and if it is clear we can see the Fitz Royy Torre hills in El Chaltén In addition, we will have the opportunity to see the flight of Condors.
Depending on the excursion you choose during the tour we will have a typical field lunch or snack.
With two daily departures, the excursion departs from the hotels of El Calafate and completes a 35-kilometer route on the line of hills located behind the town. The track takes us through landscapes that marvel at its varied vegetation. It reaches 1050 meters above the sea. There, the first stop is a natural viewpoint where passengers enjoy a panoramic view of El Calafate and the central body of Lake Argentino.
In the background, the infallible and imposing frame of the Andes Mountains and, at times during the tour, there are views of the glacier accumulation area, towards Boca del Diablo (narrowest part of the lake, towards the Upsala arm) . Even with the help of the weather, it is possible to see the hills Fitz Roy and Torre in El Chaltén and, with some luck, perhaps the condor, master of the Patagonian skies, can be seen in his long planning. A unique show Follow the path to the Labyrinth of Stones.
It is a Cretaceous period formation that dates back 85 million years. It was once the bed of a river: currently we can find fossil remains that allow us to witness today of that millennial past. We take a snack at the Huyliche confectionery and from there we begin the descent down the northern slope of the hill to the Piedra de los Sombreros, curious iron concretions that are only found in four places in the world. After this trip to other eras in the history of the world, we return to El Calafate with the view always on the ubiquitous Lake Argentino.