Patagonia - El Chalten

The final destination of our Patagonia trip was to El Chalten, two hours north of El Calafate. El Chalten is also part of Los Glaciares National Park and was named a "World Heritage Site of Humanity" by UNESCO in 1981. After looking at the weather for the upcoming days, we saw the best day for hiking would be our first day in the park. With that in mind, we woke up at 4:30am in El Calafate, checked out of the hotel, and drove directly to El Chalten. The hotel in El Chalten was nice enough to store our luggage for the day and even let us have breakfast and coffee from the buffet! After a quick bite, we drove the the start of the Laguna de Los Tres Hike. This 14-mile out and back hiking trails leads you to the base of Mount Fitz Roy, Laguna de los Tres, Glacier de los Tres, and Lago Sucia.

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