Further South and Perito Moreno Glacier

Our travel plans hit a slight bus schedule/border crossing issue that called a halt to our plans to go rafting for a day in Chile.  Instead we had a spare 3-4 days to fill – what to do?

Southern Patagonia was calling to us, so we decided to head south a little earlier.  The last 24hr bus ride was uneventful and we arrived into El Calafate on time.  The big draw for El Calafate is its location; near the border to Chile to get to Torres del Paine, near El Chalten for trekking and close to Perito Moreno Glacier.

Perito Moreno  Glacier is huge and one of the few glaciers in the area that isn't retreating.  It covers the same area as Buenos Aires!

Approaching the glacier on a boat

The imposing front of the glacier

Striking spires in the ice

For exhorbitant sums you can walk on the edge of the glacier . . . not something we wanted to pay for

The glacier meeting the land

A fresh perspective - the far side of the glacier from land

Bombs away!  It was great fun waiting for enormous, building-sized pieces to crash into the water . . .

. . . creating tremendous noise and splash.

The obligatory tourist shot

The colours and textures and sheer size of the glacier were impressive