Discovery - Upsala Glacier & Estancia Cristina
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This boat excursion (13 hours) leaves El Calafate early in the morning. The first stretch is to Puerto Bandera. There you board the catamaran, crossing the north inlet of lake Argentino to the Upsala glacier, which is the biggest of all the glaciers in the national park. While sailing, you can see strange shaped icebergs floating in the lake. They have a beautiful variety of colours, which go from brilliant white to deep turquoise and sapphire blues. After approximately 2.5 hours, the boat stops about 600 metres from the edge of the glacier. The glacier is 50km long and 9km wide and at the edge of the lake, large chunks of ice crash into the water, surfacing to become icebergs. This is the moment when you can enjoy and be impressed by the immensity of the surroundings in the area and hear the far off creaking of the falling blocks of ice. What you see is only a part of the giant glacier, whose bottom lies down to 300m under the waterline on the ground. Guides on board explain all about the different kinds of glaciers you see on the trip. After crossing the lake, the intrepid explorers are welcomed by the guides at the estancia Cristina. The estancia is still synonymous for unspoilt natural beauty. |
