Hosteria Kelta
Check rates and availability for this hotel
Find the best prices for Hosteria Kelta from our 6 partners. Show all partners
Travel Blogs from El Calafate
Iceberg straight ahead!!
... hostel, not much going on. Either people are antisocial or I look like a serial killer....no new friends today. Had some dinner chatting. Happy to try and catch up on sleep eventually. Another morning of repacking, to airport to fly to Buenos Aires. Will be a change, 30 degrees warmer and a crazy city!! Plus, Melissa comes in two days!!! Very much looking forward to that, let the next part of my journey begin. Flying by too fast though, will be on my back to Canada before I know it! ...
Patagonian Ninja vs Gail Force Kins
... for the Perito Moreno Glaciar of Doom trip in the morning.
By the morning, I had somehow managed to lose all our bus tickets, which greatly offended/****** off the bus company guy, probably because he actually had to do some work, but did eventually manage to get it sorted before heading off to the Glaciar. Pretty annoyed that foreigners had to pay about 5 times more than locals for the park entry, but had to be done, and to be fair was worth it.
...
All this ice and no G&T!!!
... and we were gifted 360 degree views
that will never be forgotten, words cannot explain this alien landscape.
The walk back was ...
So here we are in the land of Argentinian glaciers
... almost as long as the 50m vessel and by my judgement peaking at 5 metres. They were virtually right on the nose as we staggered away from the coast with lots of crashing from up in the flat bows of the vessel as she smacked into the bigger swells all of which were breaking. The wind was tearing the spray away and soon dumping it all over the cars, bikes and commercial vehicles lined up on the completely exposed vehicle deck. The crew had gone through the motions of idly chucking ...
Heavy stuff
... area, the glacier advances. When there is more melting or evaporation the glacier recedes. Since 1980, global warming has contributed greatly to widespread glacial retreat. But Perito Moreno doesn't! It is advancing! Massive and alive, it advances several meters everyday! It throws regularly large icebergs in its lagoon and shines of a strange blue colour. No wonder that people love ...