http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Perito-Moreno-Glacier/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Argentina , Santa Cruz , Perito Moreno Glacier en-us Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:20:31 BST Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:20:31 BST Not a great start to the day. I'd forgotten to set the alarm and awoke 10 mins before we were due to be picked up. Fair to say I wasn't popular but the benefits of a low maintenance hair style was clear. Got ready in approximately 9.3916282 mins just in time for the bus. The bus however wasn't made by the Swiss and turned up over 2 hours later. By this time we'd at least grabbed some breakf http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Perito-Moreno-Glacier/blog-272501.html El Calafate the town where carrier bags are banned Adds an extra challenge to carrying your shopping homeFrom here though we went on a full day excursion to the Moreno glacier which I have always wanted to see and it did not disappoint. I was very excited and the tour guide built the tension as we rounded the corner in the coach for our first glimpse of the glacier. First we went on a boat to http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Perito-Moreno-Glacier/blog-257110.html Fresh from finishing the W trek on Monday afternoon and happy to have managed to shower and clean some clothes before leaving I bid farewell to Chile and left for El Calafate Argentina at 7am on Tuesday morning.El Calafate is really just a base for trips out to see the glacier Perito Moreno which until recently was one of the world's last advancing glaciers. Unfortunately global warming has http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Perito-Moreno-Glacier/blog-256372.html So today was the day we headed to Perito Moreno Glacier and try not to crash the rental car it was decided yesterday that it would be easier to rent a car between me sorenkjell and aisia and Soren nominated himself as nominated driver. If the car was crashed fault or not it would be 4000 pesos and if it was rolled 8000 pesos so i really hoped nothing would happen as paying a share of the crash http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Perito-Moreno-Glacier/blog-256179.html Een epische tocht van 36 uren door de leegte die Patagoni heet brengt ons in El Calafate. We rijden door een heel erg ontoegankelijke en monotone streek. Uren verstrijken zonder dat het landschap verandert. Indommelen terug wakker worden en geen idee hebben hoe lang je weg geweest bent. Buiten is er niets veranderd. Nog steeds dezelfde vegetatie wat stug gras en doornige struikjes. Geen bomen i http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Perito-Moreno-Glacier/blog-255928.html After our trekk we cooked a huge meal at our hostel of chicken and veggies with wine and chocolate ice cream and watched The Power of One. it was a perfect ending. The next day we were up early and headed back to Argentina to El Calafate. We met up with our American Friend Gina and had dinner with her and a bunch of other people that we met at Torres del Paine. El Calafate is a very expensive http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Perito-Moreno-Glacier/blog-251602.html Letadlem jsem se presunul pres nekonecnou plan argentinsky pampy dal na jih do Calafate abych usetril 2 dny cesty pustinou v autobuse. Hned na letisti se me zeptala jedna pani jestli se nechci podelit o taxika do mesta a tak jsem poznal moje 3 spolubydlici na dalsi 3 noci. Viviana 47 leta z Buenos Aires Gaby od tamtez a Miriam z Izraele.El Calafate je zastrceny predrazeny mestecko uprostred pu http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Perito-Moreno-Glacier/blog-246226.html Perito Moreno GlacierThe highlight around El Calafate this windswept part of Argentina is the Perito Moreno Glacier. Its located in the Los Glaciares National Park and its an arm from the Southern Patagonian Ice Field. This Icefield is the third largest extension of continental ice after Antarctica and Greenland Its 350 km long and has an area of 16 800 km2. Boerge Ousland crossed this ice http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Perito-Moreno-Glacier/blog-245652.html Peak season so it was proving to be very difficult to find accommodation here. The 4 of us Paul Pauline and us desperately phoned around different places and checking out hostels etc on the internet from Puerto Natales to get somewhere to stay for a couple of nights. Eventually we found a place quite pricey but a roof over our heads so we werent complaining.Only a 5hr bus ride from Puerto http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Perito-Moreno-Glacier/blog-244845.html Unsere Reise ging weiter von Puerto Natales nach ElCalafate zurueck nach Argentinien. Heute war ich im Nationalpark Los Glaciares und habe mir Gletscher angeschaut. Es war hier ziemlich windig und es treibt einem immer wieder die Traenen in die Augen. Nicht durch die Sonne und die tolle Aussicht sondern durch den aufgewirbelten Sand und Staub. Die Gletscher sind schon echt riesig. Sie schieben http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Perito-Moreno-Glacier/blog-231734.html Today was even cooler than yesterday. We set off for the minitrek in a large tour bus and headed towards the Perito Moreno Glacier. We had read that this was the crown jewel of the National Glacier Park but it was hard to believe it could be more spectacular than the glaciers we saw on our boat trip. But it was more beautiful and just more impressive all the way around. First we got out whe http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Perito-Moreno-Glacier/blog-229919.html We arrived in El Calafate on a mission to see some ice the bigger the betterAfter traipsing around town and coming to a realisation that this is truly an expensive place we settled on a one day tour to the main attraction in town the Perito Moreno Glacier.The Perito Moreno Glacier is located in the Los Glaciares National Park and is one of 48 glaciers fed by the Southern Patagonian Ice Field http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Perito-Moreno-Glacier/blog-228144.html Heres a riddle Whats three times the size of Buenos Aires sounds like thunder and is surrounded by wild cows and pink flamingosThe answer of course is ice.Thats it James you may be thinking. Youve taken way too many busrides and youve finally snapped. And while you may be right about the bus rides you havent truly learned Spanish until youve attempted to translate four Char http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Perito-Moreno-Glacier/blog-219596.html El Calafate 21st 24th October 2007WOW.......is really all I can say about Perito Moreno Glacier....The scenery was amazing from the plane window the lake is massive and the mountains huge....El Calafate is an interesting town no town planning seems to have taken place and there are buildings dotted about the landscape with lots more being developed. But its a nice town..rather more expensive http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Perito-Moreno-Glacier/blog-215279.html Once we arrived in Calafate we were again impressed by the grace of the airport which only used one terminal and I think my bag was the first one out which has never happened to me. We took the bus to our hostel America del Sur which was a great place to stay. The moment we walked in they kissed us on the cheek and asked our nameshellipand actually remembered them for our entire stay. We had http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Perito-Moreno-Glacier/blog-212358.html Bye Bye whales We are now in El Calafate home to the Perito Moreno Glacier. It moves forward 2 metres per day. Incredible Especially when you hear about all the global warming problems. The icefield where this glacier comes from produces 1 third of the whole worlds fresh water.A lot of people who we met along the way told us about the sight and we were rally excited to see it but its only http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Perito-Moreno-Glacier/blog-208270.html We finally arrived in El Calafate after a 23 hour bus journey that wasnrsquot that bad managed to sleep most of the way and when awake the views were amazing so had lots to keep me occupied..We ended up staying at the America Del Sur hostel all very nice with under floor heating which made the place feel like a sauna but cosy when coming out of the freezing cold. The hostel was built on a hills http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Perito-Moreno-Glacier/blog-196685.html Following BA we ventured south into Patagonia. First stop after another marathon bus ride 27 hours was Bariloche to hit the slopes of Cerro Catedral the southern hemispheres largest ski center. Chris was keen to re ignite his passion for the snowboard while Kirsty wanted to try skiing. Bariloche itself was a great little town surrounded by snowcapped mountains and with some of the best chocol http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Perito-Moreno-Glacier/blog-181996.html We got to El Calafate and it was a tourist town again everyone comes here to see the Perito Moreno Glacier one of the closest ones you can get to see it really well. It took two hours to get to it and when we got here we could see why people come here. It had awesome blue colourings and we were fortunate enough to see a few chunks break off. Have a look at the photos attached. From here we took http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Perito-Moreno-Glacier/blog-179343.html Glacier Spotting in Ushuaia and El Calafate South America Argentina El Calafate Perito Moreno Glacier By The SmilesJune 16th 2007 We wrapped up warm the following day and thought we make a trip to see the martial glacier. It was absolutely freezing and apparently you can walk to it from our hostel in a few hours but we copped out of that one and hopped in a taxi to the chairlift. According http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Perito-Moreno-Glacier/blog-169929.html It was obvious as soon as we had arrived into El Calafate that we had found one of the those super tacky touristy places that we try to avoid and we immediately wanted to go back to the cosy little mountain village of El Chalten. Unlike in El Chalten where tourists have to hike to see the glaciers here in El Calafate you are driven to the glacier it is 80km away so hiking is a little out of the http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Perito-Moreno-Glacier/blog-166852.html Moreno GlaciernbspSouth America raquonbspArgentina raquonbspEl Calafate raquonbspPerito Moreno Glacier By Long awaited journeyMay 17th 2007 Hired a car for the day and trooped of to see the Perito Moreno glacier. The Patagonian ice fields are the worlds 3rd largest store of fresh water and the Perito Moreno glacier is one of 48 glaciers... httpen.wikipedia.orgwikiPeritomoreno http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Perito-Moreno-Glacier/blog-164986.html I reluctantly left EL Chaltan and moved on to EL Calafate...homeof GLacier Perito Moreno. Truly fascinating to see such a massive amount of ice Itseven better to see big chunks of the glacier fall off into the water....wish i could have caught that on camera but i always missed it by just a few seconds http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Perito-Moreno-Glacier/blog-162785.html We took a bus from Ushuia to El Calafate and arrived at 10 clock in the morning after another 18 hour bus ride. At the bus station we met a danish girl and an australian guy called Micheal who we shared a dorm with in America Del Sur. The hostel was really nice and even had underfloor heating. We woke up really late and wondered into town. There were gangs of dogs everywhere every time a car pas http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Perito-Moreno-Glacier/blog-162199.html Route to Bariloche April 14th 19th El Calafate Well we made it back to Argentina after only a 6 hour bus ride between Puerto Natales to El Calafate. Kyla Hayley and I all proceed to a recommended hostel America del Sur. Fortunately Vicky had just arrived we were supposed to meet up again here and I thought it would be hard to stay at the same hostel but things worked out flawlessly. Any http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Perito-Moreno-Glacier/blog-161211.html ....written by Andrew We're finally heading for Patagonia I'd been dreaming about this place since the start of our planning. The word patagonia has always brought up thoughts of mountain landscapes in a far off place. I didn't actually know much of anything about it as I had never thought that I would be able to come here myself. I always pictured it as an innacessible vast and treacherous lan http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Perito-Moreno-Glacier/blog-158667.html On a bus heading south were not talking just a little bus ride but one that involves 26 hours on the same damned bus. Luckily Argentina possess some of the nicest buses on the earth so it makes travelling a little more pleasant. We leave El Bolson and arrive in Rio Gallegos 26 hours later and too late at night to catch a connecting bus so that night is spent in a family run hostel where I fi http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Perito-Moreno-Glacier/blog-156584.html Just to give a quick background on what this glacier thing really is since I didnt understand all of it before I got there From Wikipedia httpen.wikipedia.orgwikiPeritoMorenoGlacier The Perito Moreno Glacier is one of only three Patagonian glaciers that are not retreating. Periodically the glacier advances over the Lshaped Lago Argentino Argentine Lake forming a natural dam w http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Perito-Moreno-Glacier/blog-152228.html HUGE ice cubesnbspSouth America raquonbspArgentina raquonbspEl Calafate raquonbspPerito Moreno Glacier By lisalisasfApril 10th 2007Lisa Englert After getting our fill of the big city Vicky and I hopped on a plane and headed to El Calafate which is at the southern tip of Patagonia in Argentina. Not the furthest you can go but close to it. People go there to see glaciers but not mu http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Perito-Moreno-Glacier/blog-150953.html Hi Blog ReadersUs again. You might think that we have better things to do than hang out in internet cafes like maybe wrestling lamas but we have 7 hours until our boat leaves for Puerto Montt and it is about 5 degrees outside.Weve spent the past three days in Argentina which we werent totally aware of when we left Puerto Natales but that was due to ignorance rather than a mistake. We headed http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Perito-Moreno-Glacier/blog-147951.html