El Chaltén offers a great variety of excursions, the best-known being the walks within the National Park.

There are also some guided and more difficult excursions, as navigation or walks on the area's glaciers.

Walks

In order to do these free excursions within the National Park, you must first visit the Park's Administration Office, where you'll be given a map of the area, and all the information needed to enjoy the place. The most visited sites are the following (approximate time to reach them):

• Chorrillo del Salto (1 hs)
• Laguna Capri (2 hs)
• Río Blanco (3 hs)
• Laguna de los Tres (4 hs)
• Laguna Torre (3 hs)
• Piedra del Fraile (8 hs)
• Glaciar Piedras Blancas (4 hs)

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Conventional Excursions

Lago del Desierto

Many companies take you through the 37 kilometres from El Chaltén to Lago del Desierto. Once there, you can walk for one tour until finding Huemul Glacier.

Estancia Madsen

You can visit this pioneer estancia, which has a museum with all the Madsen family's belongings, and the history of the place, and of this first inhabitant of the area.

Navigations

Nowadays, there are two different excursions to visit glaciers in this zone, both of them by ship, as navigation is the only way to reach that area:

Viedma Lake Navigation

From Bahía Tunel Port, through Viedma Lake, reaching the glacier's front side (the biggest glacier in the province).

Del Desierto Lake Navigation

One-hour-long navigations, along the lake until its northern bank.

Adventure Excursions

Viedma Glacier - Ice Trekking

From El Chaltén to Bahía Tunel, take the ship through Viedma Lake, to set sail in front of Viedma Glacier, trekking on the glacier, and coming back to the port. Leaving El Chaltén at 9am, coming back to the port at 3.30pm.

Cerro Torre - Ice Trekking

Whole-day-long walk through Fitz Roy River's valley, until Torre Glacier. This excursion offers professional climbing guides, and includes ice climbing techniques practice. You don't need any climbing equipment, since the company provides you with everything you need, nor any previous experience.

Horseback Riding

El Relincho

From the camping place (which has the same name) you can set off to riding through the National Park' paths. By this means you can reach Capri Lagoon, Piedras Blancas Glacier and Blanco River.

Gauchito

Sightseeing rides and cargo transport up to Piedra del Fraile and Lago del Desierto camping places.