El Calafate Sights

  1. Laguna Nimez

    Alongside the lakeshore, north of town, Laguna Nimez is prime avian habitat, but watching birds from El Calafate's shoreline on Lago Argentino can be just as good.

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  2. Laguna Nimez

    Alongside the lakeshore, north of town, Laguna Nimez is a prime bird-watching habitat. The region supports many birds, including condors, rheas, flamingos, black-necked swans, cauquén (upland geese) and caranchos (crested caracaras).

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  3. Museo de El Calafate

    In shuffled disrepair, Museo de El Calafate displays arrowheads, stuffed birds and early photographs.

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  4. Parque Nacional Los Glaciares

    The centerpiece of the southern sector of Parque Nacional Los Glaciares is, without a doubt, the breathtaking Glaciar Perito Moreno, one of earth's most dynamic and accessible ice fields. A low gap in the Andes allows moisture-laden Pacific storms to drop their loads east of the divide, where they accumulate as snow. Over millennia, under tremendous weight, this snow has recrystallized into ice and flowed slowly eastward.

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