Hotel Cerro Calafate

Day 181: February 12, 2008 Puerto Natales to El Calafate, Argentina We checked out of the hospedaje soon after getting up. Since we knew we could get coffee in Cerro Castillo, we decided to drive up there to cross the border, at Cancha Carrera. We went ...

We drove back to calafate from chalten at noon.  The view of Fitz Roy was fabulous.  Checked into hotel and john returned rental car.  chilled out in hotel....room service and movie...tomorrow morning we take the bus to Chile...6 hours to ...

... camp and stops to say hello. Unsuccessful in coming upon a pre-city camp, we head into the oasis in the desert – El Calafate’s endless food and free wifi are treat for us. As Yannick catches up on email, Shirley goes on a shopping ...

... the world. El Calafate, its name comes from a little bush with yellow flowers and dark blue berries very common in Patagonia, 'calafate' (Berberis buxifolia). The LAN flight takes us within 1 1/2 hour from Ushuaia to El Calafate. The soon as we arrive ...

... Buenos Aires waar we nog even genoten van een wandelingetje in de zon aan 't water. Rond 19u kwamen we aan in El Calafate. We hadden alweer niets gereserveerd op voorhand maar we hadden gelezen dat er hostels zijn waar je ook kan kamperen. We besloten ...

... mas hoje na hora do almoco mudou e agora o ceu estah todo coberto. Passei a manha no centro da cidade. El Calafate, fundada em 1927, tem aproximadamente 6000 habitantes. Eh simpatica, mas gostei mais de Ushuaia. Minha procura por tours foi pouco ...

Day 127: December 19, 2007 Río Gallegos to El Calafate After eating breakfast at the hotel and loading up the car, we headed out of town toward El Calafate. We made a stop at the airport to see if Will's bags had arrived; there seemed to be some ...

... ; We figured that although we had made a silly mistake we would recoup the £1 by walking back to the station when we left Calafate (which was now downhill) rather than taking a cab as we had originally planned, so it all worked out somehow...   When ...

... of building going on and dirt tracks - well one section of the main road had some tarmac on it...!! Our hotel had a lot less frills than El Calafate and Marcelo advised us that we might want to visit the supermarket as the breakfast "wasn´t that ...

... a nasty surprise when people use the showers at midnight, and we realise how noisy our room is. Fri 28th Nov El Calafate (Perito Moreno Glacier) Despite everything, had a reasonable sleep. Woken at 6am by early risers, and then by Helen and Robin ...

... our bus tickets to Puerto Natales which is the gateway to Torres Del Paine. A bit more perusing of the streets of El Calafate and we headed back to the hotel for a siesta, the whole town closes between the hours of 13.00 and 16.00 so not really much else ...

... were now with a drink in their hand on a Caribbean island, low season was once again against us. We celebrated the last two days in Patagonia doing nothing but relaxing in a good hotel, eating grilled meat and drinking expensive wine in El ...

... were waiting for us in two towns in southern Argentina. Our plan was to catch a bus north from Puerto Natales to El Calafate and, if time permitted, continue north to El Chalten. El Calafate is named for the peculiar bluish berry that is rumored to ...

... all their cash on paper that doesnt work in their atms! After a few days here we drove to the bigger town of El Calafate where we are currently relaxing in a cosy hostel. Yesterday we spent the whole day at the Puerto Moreno glaceir, the 3rd biggest ...

... exploring the variety of mate designs. Had a very cold beer in the square, met a German guy who intended to spend two weeks in El Calafate (!), had pasta for lunch. We were refreshed to leave such a dry land, and yet, on our way to the airport, we had to ...

... beg for food, and who run around in groups like teenagers, playing and sniffing out cool stuff. The area around El Calafate consisted of windswept bluffs and small shrubs, not that scenic, but the cloud formations from the mountains were fantastic! ...

... alcancar os objetivos de viagem: - Navegar no Canal Beagle em Ushuaia; - Visitar o Parque Omora em Puerto Williams; - Ver os glaciares em El Calafate; Fica faltando ver o Cerro Fitz Roy em El Chalten, acho que vai dar. Preciso dormir. []s. Andre ...

... que eh quase um deserto. A volta sai de El Chalten as 18:00hs, chegndo aqui por volta das 21:30hs. O pessoal do hotel ligou para El Chalten e disseram que lah nevou muito mas eh possivel fazer duas caminhadas. Estou com a expectativa de que serah um dia ...

... there in the evening. From Bariloche we then took a 33hr bus ride (yes thirty three hours!!) via Rio Gallegos to El Calafate - a long bleak journey with little scenery but the only alternative to an expensive flight south. In El Calafate we found a ...

... a bit whiter today…or perhaps I am just imagining that. The final pictures on this posting are those from my flight to El Calafate.  The green of Río and Lago Frías is nothing compared to the green of the river and lake in these ...