Itinerary
Day 1: El Chalten - Mount Fitz Roy - Camp Poincenot
Pass By: Cerro Fitz Roy, El Chalten Argentina
We start at 12 pm with a transfer to El Pilar where the, 1 hour, trek to the viewpoint of the Glaciar Piedras Blancas, bigins. From there, we continue until the Ro Blanco where the ascent to Laguna de los Tres begins, this ascent will take approximately 2 hours.
Once there we can enjoy, a more than deserved, rest admiring one of the most beautiful views.
Once we have rested, we will begin to descend, 2 hours later we will arrive at the Ro Blanco. From there we have only 15 minutes to walk that will take us to our camping area.
We will spend the night in Camp Poincenot area, Fitz Roy base, where we will have dinner and breakfast. The camp is located in a wild area without services. It has tents for 2 people with sleeping bag and insulation mat; and a dining dome with bench and crockery. The bathroom is a latrine.
The dinner includes appetizers that are usually hot soups, main dishes such as risotto with chicken and champignones or Ternerita with rosemary potatoes or vegetable panache, dessert like chocolate mousse and coffee .
On day 1, we will walk about 15 km.
Meals included:
Dinner
Accommodation included: Camp Full Poincenot
Day 2: Cerro Torre - El Chalten
Pass By: Cerro Torre, Southern Patagonian Ice Field, between Argentina and Chile Argentina
Breakfast consists of infusions, bread, cookies, sweet jams and scrambled eggs.
After breakfast, we start our trek through the path of the Lagunas Madre e Hija, to arrive at Laguna Torre near noon. There we will can appreciate, if the clouds allow us, the legendary Cerro Torre with its needles Eger and Stanghard. Finally we arrive at El Chaltn about at 5:00 pm (20 km approx.)
On day 2, we will walk about 20 km.
Includes transfer to El Pilar, bilingual mountain guide, camping service with dinner and breakfast.
Does not include: Box lunch days 1 and 2.
Meals included:
Breakfast
Accommodation included: Camp Full Poincenot