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El Calafate
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El Calafate

The gateway town to Los Glaciares National Park, where the mighty Perito Moreno glacier calves into milky-blue water.

Notable spots

  • Perito Moreno Glacier

    Nature

    A vast advancing glacier that thunders as ice walls collapse.

  • Los Glaciares National Park

    Nature

  • Glaciarium

    Museum

  • Laguna Nimez Reserve

    Nature

El Calafate weather & best time to visit

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Best months: Jan, Feb, Mar and Dec

👕 El Calafate in Oct: A warm coat over a sweater, plus a scarf.

Photo: Perito Moreno Glacier — Fernando (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Wikimedia