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Day 2: Parque Nacional
Nahuel Huapi
Join a day tour of Parque
Nacional Nahuel Huapi
(pp242–3). Choose adventure on
a road- and boat-trip embracing
millennia-old cave paintings at
Isla Victoria and ancient myrtle
woods at Parque Nacional Los
Arrayanes. Or, opt for waterside
tranquility on a visit to the park’s
lakeside towns, Villa La
Angostura and Villa Traful.
To extend your trip…
Discover more of Argentina’s The beautiful ranchland landscapes around El Calafate
Lake District on a two-day
road trip to pretty San Day 4: Parque Nacional caves. Or trek one of the shorter
Martín de Los Andes Los Glaciares trails skirting the forested base
(p240). Located on the shore Get ready for a day on the big ice. of awe-inspiring Mount Fitz Roy.
of Lago Lácar, it is the On a day trip from El Calafate, Return to El Calafate.
springboard for excursions explore the southern sector of
into Parque Nacional this national park (p258), To extend your trip…
Lanín (p241) and views anchoring your excursion on Depart El Calafate for an
of majestic Volcán Lanín. Glaciar Perito Moreno, one of overnight stay in the world’s
Argentina’s greatest natural southernmost city, Ushuaia
wonders. First, navigate iceberg- (p264). Visit the city’s old
Day 3: Bariloche to strewn lake waters on a boat prison at Museo Marítimo
El Calafate trip to the glacier’s towering de Ushuaia. Navigate icy
Journey south to glaciers and front wall. Then, step onto the waters on a boat excursion
icy peaks. Flights arrive at El glacier for a fantastic mini-trek along the Canal Beagle.
Calafate (p251), which sits on across its blue ice.
the shore of flame-blue Lago
Argentino and is a starting Day 5: Parque Nacional Day 6: El Calafate to Trelew
base for excursions into Parque Los Glaciares From icy glaciers to Atlantic
Nacional Los Glaciares (pp254–5). Explore this national park’s coast: some of the planet’s
Get to know El Calafate and its dramatic northern sector biggest dinosaurs once roamed
environs before heading to the (pp256–7). Arrive at El Chaltén here, and the excellent Museo
park. Visit the Museo Regional (p250) to views of the granite Paleontológico Egidio
Municipal El Calafate before a needles of the Fitz Roy massif. Feruglio in Trelew (p229)
road trip to nearby estancia El Make the boat excursion to the preserves gigantic fossils. Visit
Galpón del Glaciar. Here, ride icy face of Glaciar Viedma (p257), the museum or make the short
horseback in the shadow of South America’s biggest glacier, road trip to Gaiman (p229),
peaks and glaciers. and then hike to nearby glacial a Welsh settlement; then
continue to Puerto Madryn
(p229). Learn about ocean
conservation at Madryn’s
Ecocentro. Enjoy seafood at
a beachside restaurant.
Day 7: Reserva Provincial
Península Valdés
Spend a day on safari at Reserva
Provincial Península Valdés
(pp230–31), a coastal reserve
and refuge to abundant marine
fauna. Observe the reserve’s Big
Five – whale, orca, elephant seal,
sea lion, and penguin – at
wildlife hot spots Golfo Nuevo,
Caleta Valdés, and Punta Norte.
Lunch at the sheep estancia
at Punta Delgada. Return to
Mount Fitz Roy across the clear waters of Laguna Capri Trelew for a flight to Buenos Aires.

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