must-visit in Perito MorenoNational Park & Nature

Glaciar Perito Moreno

📍 Perito Moreno Glacier, Los Glaciares NP, Argentina

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Introduction

Perito Moreno Glacier is the most famous glacier in Argentina's Los Glaciares National Park (World Heritage). This active glacier of ~250 sq km, with a 30 km x 5 km ice wall 60 m above the lake, periodic spectacular calving into Lago Argentino, and easy close viewing from walkways and boats, is Patagonia's most stunning natural wonder and one of the world's most accessible large glaciers. Perito Moreno is at the west end of Lago Argentino, the most famous of the park's 39 glaciers — 30 km long, 5 km wide, 60 m above the lake, ~250 sq km total. It is one of the few advancing glaciers — periodic calving creates a natural ice dam; when it collapses, massive ice thunders into the lake, Patagonia's most spectacular natural scene. Viewing walkways (Pasarelas) offer close views from multiple heights and angles. Boat trips approach the ice wall. Minitrekking lets adventurers strap on crampons and walk on the ice. Visiting to feel the grandeur of a blue-white ice wall and the awe of calving in Patagonia is a humbling natural wonder experience.

✨ Highlights

60 m ice wall

30 km long, 5 km wide, 60 m above the lake — spectacular ice wall.

Calving

Periodic collapse into Lago Argentino — Patagonia's most spectacular natural scene.

Walkways

Close views from multiple heights and angles.

Ice trekking

Minitrekking with crampons on the glacier surface.

🛈 Practical Info

→Ticket：~ARS 5,000+, includes walkways.

→Best time：Morning light is best; calving is random but worth waiting.

→Boat：Boat trips approach the ice wall.

→Transit：~80 km by bus from El Calafate.

💡 Tips

• Walkways are the best way to view the ice wall up close.

• Calving is random — patient waiting is rewarded.

• Boat trips or ice trekking offer closer experience.

• Day trip from El Calafate.

FAQ

Any practical tips for visiting Glaciar Perito Moreno?

Walkways are the best way to view the ice wall up close. Calving is random — patient waiting is rewarded.

Information on this page is compiled from public sources. Opening hours, ticket prices and other details may change — please verify with official sources before your visit.