Los Glaciares National Park

Travel and Trekking Guide

Argentina's Los Glaciares National Park receives 380,000 visitors. Owned by both Argentina and Chile, its bad weather and harsh surroundings make it one of the least densely populated places on earth. Los Glaciares National Park is a world heritage site and offers something for almost everybody.

Patagonia is the generic name given to this land bounded by the pacific ocean to the west and the atlantic ocean to the east. 800,000km2 of land at the tip of South America.

Los Glaciares National Park Highlights
Trekking below the world famour Fitz Roy and Torre mountains.
Day trips to the perito Moreno Glacier, one of the world's most spectacular tourist attractions.
Boat trips on Lage Argentino, past the Upsala, Onelli and Spegazzine Glaciers.
Supervised glacier ice-trekking
Adventurous expecitions onto the southern Patagonian ice cap.


Author : Colin Henderson
Colin Henderson is a 35-year old internet consultant with a passion for the outdoors. He has visited Patagonia twice, for a total of 9 weeks, during which he researched the field information for this book. He lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, with his wife Adele and their 3 year old border collie, Marley.