This place seems like a dream. Turquoise blue waters with mountains set behind it. A group of flamingos standing there and my hostel looking out over all of it. This is a special place where people are super friendly and really laid back. This is also the current residence of the Perito Moreno Glacier. I took a tour to go check out this beast of ice and snow and it did not disappoint.
I went with a tour, which is unusual for me, but I'm glad I did because the guide loved what she was doing. She visited Calafate 10 years ago from northern Argentina and never left. I can understand the magnetism this place possesses. She took us on a long forgotten hiking path that to the lake across from the glacier. It was amazing. Just us and the group on this abandoned trail. It's like we had the glacier to ourselves.
We then got to the proper visitors center and area where they have pathways and balconies running everywhere. They span the length of the glacier and you can get various view of the ice. But it's not the view that's the most stunning part. It's hearing the sound of the glacier cracking and breaking in the hot sun and watching chunks falling off and making huge splashes and sounds as they land in the icy waters below. The ice is so blue. It's not like the ice we're used to. It's because it is such compacted snow that it absorbs every colour on the spectrum except blue.
After the viewing balconies, there was a boat that got within 200m of the glacier. It is so massive! At least 50m tall. Just puts everything into perspective looking at a massive sheet of ice and snow that has been around for a few millennia and will likely be around a lot longer.
It was a great visit to an amazing place. This trip has rocked my world.
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| Taking the long way to the glacier |
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| View from our nature hike on the forgotten trail |
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| Perito Moreno Glacier |
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| Sea, Sky, Ice, Earth |
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| Panoramic from the boat |
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| Lifting glaciers is hard work! |
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