In Patagonia Part II

After El Chalten, our next stop in Patagonia was El Calafate. If I'm being honest, El Calafate is a fairly unremarkable little town. However, it acts as the gateway to the incredible Perito Moreno glacier 80kms away in a different part of Los Glaciares National Park.

The Perito Moreno glacier is one of a small handful of glaciers in the world which is still advancing. The infrastructure around the glacier is pretty impressive and thanks to the help of the extremely handy Magallanes Peninsula, the National Park have been able to build a pretty good network of boardwalks really close to the face.

Put quite simply, it's a natural wonder. You could sit for hours and watch pieces of ice the size of houses calve from the face and drop smashing down into the lake below.