Los Glaciers National Park

Los Glaciers National park is located in the Santa Cruz Province in Argentina. This park stretches from the wind-blown steppe in the east to the Andes Mountains in the west. Built in 1937, this park has been stated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1981. This is the second largest in Argentina. The name of the park connotes to the huge ice cap in the Andes range which is infact, the biggest outside Antarctica. This huge ice cap feeds nearly 47 glaciers which are the major attraction in the park like Marconi, Viedma, Moyano, Upsala, Onelli, Mayo, etc all lying in the Atlantic Basin. Moreover there are 200 glaciers independent of this ice field. Though these glaciers give a wrong notion of immobility they are constantly moving resulting in the ice in the front edge to break into huge balls. These chunks finally fall into the water and float away as icebergs.

More than 30% of the park is covered with ice. The park's effort to harmonize with nature is unparallel in the world. The main attraction of this park besides the scenic beauty and wildlife is the Perito Moreno Glacier which empties into Lake Argentino. You can have picturesque views of the spectacular glaciers along with jaunts to lakes and rivers, through forests and over hills, as well as treks and boat trips along with. You can also climb the Fitz Roy Mountain where you can enjoy the extensive fauna and wildlife along with the periled species such as pudu pudu, the southern river otter and the pumas which are severely chased by local cattle raisers. The forest comprises lenga, false beech, other trees of the northfagus family and Cypress from Guaitecas.

The park is the second largest in Argentina, extending some 170 km along the Chilean frontier and covering some 759,000 hectares. It was declared a World Heritage region by UNESCO in 1987. Some 40% of the park is covered by giant ice fields, with 47 major glaciers of which 13 flow east descending into the park to feed the two big lakes, Lake Viedma in the north and Lago Argentino in the south. There are also about 190 smaller glaciers that are not connected to the ice fields.

Just east of the ice fields are areas of southern beech forest and further east still the Patagonia steppe with shrub vegetation. There are over a hundred species of birds inhabiting the forest and steppe.

The best time to visit the park is between October and March. While the visiting season is being extended each year by touristic demand, September still represents a sleepy opening and Easter seems to be the magical date for closing up.

• When to Go

A trip to this beautiful park can be taken all year long.

• How to get there

To reach this park it is essential to go to the Intendencia del parquet (Park Management), found in El Calafate, which has opened up in the airport with links to the rest of the country. The second way is from the north through the Gallegos River. From there you can proceed until El Calfate, a town located 50 km from the park. From there you can easily arrive at the town of El Chalten which is within the safeguarded area of the park.

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