The town of El Calafate, located on the southern shore of Lago Argentino in the province of Santa Cruz, is 312 km away from Rio Gallegos airport and 60 km from the National Park "Los Glaciares". This National Park covers 600,000 hectares including 22,000 square km of continental ice. The main attractions are both the Perito Moreno Glacier, the most
spectacular on earth due to its fast advance and the Upsala Glacier, the biggest in the area. El Calafate is also a departure point of excursions to the Fitz Roy and the Paine National Park in Chile.