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LOS GLACIARES NATIONAL PARK
CALAFATE
PATAGONIA
ARGENTINA
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Enjoy Patagonia
Enjoy Patagonia
BARILOCHE
Lake Perito Moreno
TORRES DEL PAINE
Puerto Natales | Business Hours: Monday to Friday: 09:00 am - 6:00 pm Argentinian Time Zone: GMT -3 hours |
We inform you that during the high season (from October to the end of March) the reservations have to be done 30 days in advance.
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CALAFATEFLORA AND FAUNA Apart from the mountains and glaciers, the Sub-Antarctic forests with colorful-flowered trees such as the lenga, the coihue, the shrub-like notro or ciruelillo and the calafate are well worth seeing. The forest is home to the huemul which goes down from the higher prairies in search of food and shelter in winter time. The Magellanic Woodpecker, the Austral Parakeet, the Green-backed Firecrown, the Lesser Rhea (choique) and the Andean condor are some of the bird species in this area. There is a wide variety of aquatic birds such as the Black-necked Swan, and also ducks such as the Andean Ruddy Duck and the Torrent Duck. Toward the east, the Andes develop into the Patagonian plateau and the forest into the steppe. The steppe is home to guanacos, gray foxes and Patagonian skunks. Among the birds, the Lesser Rhea is the great runner in the area. PREHISTORICAL PERIOD For the last 3000 years, the Lake Argentino area was inhabited by groups of skillful collector-hunters who were able to make the most of the land and space in the steppes and in the forests at heights varying from 200 to 1100 mt above sea level. The economy, which was mainly based on guanaco raising, was complemented by other produce according to the time year. Diggings and research in archaeological sites have revealed the presence of material coming from the Pacific Ocean, which would indicate a connection between both areas in the past. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. The National Park's "Intendencia" is in El Calafate, which together with El Chalten, provides accommodations in inns, lodgings and cabins. There are camping grounds near Lake Viedma and Lake Argentino in El Chalten area. Sailing tours on Lake Argentino leave from Punta Bandera toward Onelli Bay and Upsala Glacier, being the paths over Perito Moreno Glacier the most relevant points: walk over one of the glacier's edges. Lake Onelli, full of small icebergs from three glaciers, can be reached by the 800 mt path from the catamaran wharf. Land trip to Lake Roca: leaving early in the morning when plenty of eagles, Caracaras and condors can be seen. Trekking in the park and excursion to Lake Del Desierto (outside the park) from El Chalten. Sport-fishing of different species introduced in Lake Roca, Lake Viedma, Lake Argentino and Las Vueltas River is another popular attraction. Other options in the area:
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