Published on Dec, 2017
This is an all day trip that we would repeat. You get picked up at your hotel in El Calafate and transferred to a dock for a 3 hour boat ride that includes circling icebergs from the Upsala glacier. Then, you dock at Estancia Cristina, get in a 4 wheel drive, and go to an upper view point of the Upsala glacier. After pictures and an introduction to the wind, you hike down a canyon with vibrant colors, fossils, small fresh water ponds, condors flying around, etc. After descending to the valley, you walk through alpine type meadows and return to the ranch and the boat for a trip back. They provide lunch that you eat on the trail. An active walk requiring balance and moderate stamina.