El Calafate is home to the Perito Moreno glacier. One of the most accessible and impressive glaciers in Patagonia, it has a surface area larger than Buenos Aires and is one of the few glaciers that is not receding.
After taking some advice I decided to do the one day mini trek to explore the glacier, which was expensive but worth it. The tour included a couple of hours of free time to explore the various built walkways around the glacier in the morning, followed by a short boat ride and about 1.5 hours walking on the glacier itself.
Following the walkways around the front face of the glacier was pretty impressive and the sound of chunks of ice falling into the waters below was incredible.
But walking on the glacier itself with crampons was fun and gave you a chance to see beautiful blue pools and crevices in the glacier. And having a whisky on the rocks with glacier ice at the end of the day was an added bonus!
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