Monte Fitz Roy at Sunrise

El Chalten

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February 6th 2007
Hola We are presently back in El Calafate just for the day. The last few days we have been in the town of El Chalten in the northern section of the Los Glaciares National Park. This is the premiere trekking destination in Argentina. The mountains are the main attraction, Monte Fitz Roy is the tallest in the park at 3405 meters and there are several others over 3000 meters. They are spectacula ... read more

South America » Argentina » Santa Cruz » El Chaltén

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Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more