El Chalten Mountain Escape

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El Chalten Mountain Escape

duration: 5 days

difficulty: Moderate

group size: 6

experience: Beginner

Overview

The variety of views from steppe to the forest, from huge glacier moraines to colourful lakes and the view from Agachonas pass and del Viento pass makes this itinerary a unique and fantastic way to explore the best of the National park.

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Trip host

Diego A

Diego De Angelis graduated from University in Buenos Aires as a tourism professional and mountain guide in Mendoza province. He started working guiding horseback riding and mountain ascents. Then moved to Patagonia, his dream home. With 15 years of experience working in the mountains and numerous trips around the world looking for adventures and experience, Diego has organized trips for thousands of people and personally guided hundreds of them in diverse and remote places in Patagonia, Chile, Peru and Bolivia. His passion is guiding and organizing trips for people who enjoy exploring in nature and at the same time push their limits. His ideal is to provide a safe trip, spend a good time together with his clients and be flexible to provide a great experience and memories. To enable this he works with a group of guides that share his ideals and way of working.

Itinerary

Day 1: El Chalten, Laguna de los Tres – Fitz Roy. Poincenot campsite

Distance: 15 km +650m.

Duration: 7 hrs.

Physical Intensity: medium – high.

We leave early in the morning to the starting point of the trek located 20 kms away from town in our private vehicle to Hosteria El Pilar. Once arrived, we start to walk on the trail to Poincenot camp thru a forest of “Lengas”, typical Patagonic tree, having the Blanco River on our right. Here, we may leave our gear before continuing through Lenga (Southern Beech) forest and ascend to the Laguna de los Tres. At this lagoon we enjoy the closest, and best, views of the massif before returning to camp.

Day 2: After breakfast we begin our descent into the Valley of the Madre and Hija lagoons to Laguna Torre. Thorwood campsite

Day 3: From Laguna Torre we cross the River Fitz-Roy on the zip line hiking up Agachonas Pass. Toro campsite

Day 4: Zip line crossing for Tunel river to reach Paso del Viento. Toro campsite

Day 5: Return to El Chalten

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Accommodations

On day 1, for 1 day

Organized camp with sleeping gear, all meals, snacks and wine if desired (B, L, D)

On day 2, for 1 day

On day 3, for 2 days

Pricing

Included:

All meals

Accommodation

Admission fees

Guide fees

Luggage transfers

Excluded:

Alcoholic beverages

Gratuities

Transfers

Flights

Porter

Visas

Travel insurance

Personal gear

Airport transfer

International flights

Domestic flights

Local guide

Some meals

Do not forget to arrange for the requisite passport, visa and travel insurance, if you are booking an international trip.

We try our best to ensure accurate and up-to-date guide information, but in some cases this may change due to emergencies or other unforeseen guide scheduling challenges. In any case, another highly-rated, certified guide with similar experience would lead your trip and you will be kept informed of any such case.