El Chalten, Anreise

With just 600 inhabitants, one should not believe that El Chalten is one of the most visited destinations Argentina and thus fixed point on my world trip. Squire 3.5 hours by bus from El Calafate, due to the unique landscape and belonging to the family of llamas guanacos (standing on the side of the road) go by very fast, you then arrives in the capital hikers.

Fitz Roy

The best view of the Cerro Fitz Roy, who is the highest mountain in the area of ​​3405 m, we got on Ankuftstag from the village, because after that we had to get used to the stormy clouds and polluted air of the Parque Nacional Los Glaciares.

The National Park and its routes

In the National Park Los Glaciares There are about 8 Haupttreckingrouten, all of which consist of about 1 meter wide roads, making it impossible to get lost and no guide is necessary.

DC in the afternoon we went despite the extremely high wind force on the 1,5 hours Laguna Capri to get a better look at the Fitz Roy massif. Even the way out from the observable landscape around the Rio de las Vueltas is breathtaking.

Unfortunately, thick clouds have covered the summit of Fitz Roy then in Laguna, but the hike was worth in any case.

The next day we went on to the Lago del Pliege Tumbado to have from there the only panoramic views of all the surrounding mountains. Strenuous 3.5 hours later, passing viewpoints of the Lago Viedma, it was done: Although somewhat cloudy and very windy again, the view of the Cerro Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre and Cerro Solo was second to none! You could also see the Laguna Torre of the glacier.

Even though you should be prepared for all weather conditions, El Chalten is undoubtedly the Treckinghauptstadt Argentina.