El Calafate and Perito Moreno Glacier

Situated on the shores of Lago Argentino, Calafate has the ideal location to visit the Perito Moreno Glacier, 80 km away. Perito Moreno is one of only advancing glaciers in South America and it moves up to 2 meters every day, calving huge iceblocks into the lake. 30 tourists died because they went too close to the glacier. Therefore, we can now only see it from one of the many metal platforms and catwalks constructed at a safe distance. Impressive! A blanket of ice that carves its way between the mountains, digging out valleys and leaving polished rock behind. The blue of the ice is so blue and we are lucky, the sun decides to show up as well.

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