Puerto Natales to El Calafate via Perito Moreno

Hi guys,

In the LP Argentina guide it mentions it is possible to do a long day tour from Puerto Natales to El Calafate via the Perito Moreno glaciar. We have drawn a blank trying to find any information - can anyone help us? Does it exist, if so who with?

Thanks

I don't believe it. From Puerto Natales to El Calafate it is a long way, you will travel in a road near Torres del Paine N Park, not Perito Moreno glacier, cross the border Chile-Argentina, then more road to El Calafate. I think now it is all paved. You will travel northwest, then north, then west to El Calafate. From El Calafate there is a road, west, about 60-80 km, to Perito Moreno glacier.

To see Perito Moreno glacier, the best way is a full day tour, it is called "minitrekking", you leave your hotel early in the morning, take a bus to the boat, see the glacier at a distance, walk between trees in front of the glacier, wear crampons to walk for about 1 hour in the ice, return walking near the glacier, return to the boat and see the glacier again from the slow boat nearer the glacier, go to platforms at different levels in front of the glacier. It is an excellent tour, you can buy from any travel agency or from your hotel in El Calafate at fixed price. Don't miss it.

no definitively, there are some rare authorized crossings by agreements with Frontier police (climbers, adventure races or 4x4 tours) by paso Zamora or Verlika, workables but unauthorized passes for public
LP refers (i guess) to buses of the firm Turismo Zaahj (www.turismozaahj.co.cl ) they do day visits to Calafate and glacier from Natales, but doing the long and boring U turn described by Jaloisio, it is partially paved

Hi guys, thanks very much for that - it makes our decision for us! Appreciate the advice.