El Chalten Complete Experience Full Day Tour from El Calafate

Posted By : Carol_G
Great guide . Trip did not live up to expectations. Walks were brief and El Chaten was bland. Food in restaurant was substantial ant tasty. Too much time on bus - could it have been split into walks on journey.
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Posted On : 2024-04-28

Posted By : heatherk999075
Our guide Sandra spoke both Spanish and English and would translate quickly to keep us interested and up to date. Fantastic information given. Absolutely incredible views throughout the day and we took lots of photos. Huge and delicious lunch! Driver was excellent too
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Posted On : 2024-04-26

Posted By : Donna_F
Sandra was an excellent guide and was good at communicating in both English and Spanish. We enjoyed the history, views, and trying to spot wild animals. The hike up the mountain to view Fitz Roy was amazing. The lamb stew and large portion of mashed potatoes for lunch were so good. It was a long day with a lot of riding in the bus but it was definitely worth it.
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Posted On : 2024-04-23

Posted By : Rakesh_B
The long trip was a bit disappointing as the only activity at El Chalten was a short hike to a look out point over the city and a small waterfall. And over 2 hours to explore the city!
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Posted On : 2024-04-06

Posted By : daniel_u
prelude of what one can expect in hiking chalten area, picuturesque sceniek,majesstic beauty of patagonia
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Posted On : 2024-04-05

Posted By : Wendy_S
Sandra was our tour guide, and she was amazing, told us lots of information about El Chalten along with funny stories. We had great weather, so the views were amazing, saw so many condors. Lunch was lovely and we had time to walk around town and buy alfajores! Great trip, highly recommended, thank you.
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Posted On : 2024-04-03

Posted By : William_L
No clouds on Mt. Fitz Roy. Took too long to leave el Calafate after pickup at 7:30 am Bus not on road until 8:45 am. English translation of critical information-where to meet again, what we were going to do - a long hike- could have been better.
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Posted On : 2024-04-01

Posted By : Lee_A
A long drive to El Chalten and a short walk up the mountain to a view point. Unfortunately it was cloudy and raining ⛈️ so nothing really to see apart from the town. Then into town for lunch which was good food. After lunch a short drive and walk to a waterfall, very unimpressive. Then a wasted hour in the town doing nothing. Was really hoping it was going to be good, but fell short.
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Posted On : 2024-03-23

Posted By : Yang_S
Investable trip but little too hurry. We had boat tour, after boat only 1 hour to walk on trails. Not enough time to enjoy the glacier.
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Posted On : 2024-03-10

Posted By : Jennifer_N
This was a complete waste of time. The tour guide (blonde lady named Lusimilla or something) failed to translate everything into English. I know enough Spanish but my husband does not. I could understand what she said in Spanish (many minutes) and then her English version was mere seconds and a brief summary of what she said. I asked her what she said in Spanish twice, and politely pointed out privately she was not translating that into English. She demanded she said everything in English. She also did not manage people well. She should have helped people understand times we needed to be back - but instead people wasted time and came back whenever they wanted. Horrible tour guide. The hikes. First was the Cóndores. Big hike for a viewpoint…of the town we had just seen from the bus stop. And the view about 2/3 way up is same as the top. So why?? Then lunch. Milanesa was dry. Server tried to make me pay for table mates extra drinks. No one who spoke English knew what drinks were included or not - bc tour guide failed once again to explain it in English!! Waterfall hike was flat and easy and waterfall is pretty. But crammed with too many people. Then we were dropped off at the same restaurant in Chalten (I’m sure they’re getting a kickback for putting us at the end of town next to the same restaurant again). And had to walk down the Main Street to see a town devoid of anything interesting. Walk and walk, for one ice cream store, one souvenir store without power (and more like a flea store); and many beer places. This is a low budget hiking backpackers place - not mainstream traveler. All you have is hostels, beer places, and low restaurants. All far away from each other. And the tour guide gave us 2 hours in the town. Why?? There is nothing to do and a complete waste of time. Another couple asked why we were here. I should have paid for a taxi back to Calafate instead of being kept prisoner on this horrible tour in a horrible town. Oh and Fitz Roy, the entire reason I wanted to come, we could not see. Sure they can’t control the weather and I understand. However, your guide said most days you can’t see fitz Roy and it’s very unlikely. What? That should be explained in the trip information. Do yourself a favor and do not take this tour.
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Posted On : 2024-02-26