Tag: Calafate
Visit the Calafate in Patagonia Argentina
by Cristian on Aug.06, 2009, under Gay Travel Argentina, Gay vacations, gay patagonia
The Perito Moreno Glacier
One of the most interesting glaciers of the world is The Perito Moreno in Argentina. This famous glacier is located in a small town called El Calafate in the southwest of Santa Cruz Province (Patagonia).
Its name comes from a little bush with yellow flowers very common in Patagonia, with dark blue berries: the “calafate”. According to tradition, whoever eats calafate will return for more.
El Calafate is an important tourist destination as the hub to visit different parts of the Los Glaciares National Park, including the Perito Moreno Glacier (one of the most visited in the world) and the Cerro Chaltén and Cerro Torre.
The Upsala Glacier
El Calafate presents a dry climate, with an average maximum temperature of 19ºC, and an average minimum of -2º in winter. The length of the day changes according to season. In summer, the sun rises at 5.30am and sets at 11pm. In winter the day is shorter as there are only 8 hours of daylight.
If you take a trip to Calafate you could spend a gorgelous vacation doing a lot of thing as well as ice trakking (walking on this impressive ice mass), or sailing around the glacier walls.
Also we recomended you to visit the Speghazzini and the Upsala glaciers.
At El Calafate you will find yourself at the gateway to the majestic world of glaciers. Come to Argentina and enjoy El Calafate and the Perito Moreno glacier!
Argentina’s Patagonia, gay vacations
by argentina gay on Jul.08, 2009, under Gay Travel Argentina, Gay vacations, gay patagonia
We invite you to get to know the wonderful Argentine Patagonia, starting in Ushuaia, the most southern city in the world, with its fantastic view of the south seas as well as its unique Fagnano and Escondido Lakes, its lengas forest, and the End of the World Prison. If you want to, you can also ride the End of the World Train.
In this trip we will visit Calafate, the city where we will lodge to be able to visit one of the most impressive world’s wonders: the Perito Moreno Glacier. As well as the excursion we offer you, you can chose minitrekking on this ice mass and sailing round the glacier’s walls.
As always, our folks from Buenos Aires Gay Travel have chosen the hotels we relieve are the most significant in their category: Del Glaciar Hotel, an excellent five-star hotel overlooking the Martial Glacier, together with the classic Los Álamos Hotel, a symbol of El Calafate city.
At Buenos Aires Gay Travel website you’ll find package details. Hurry! Next departure is Aug 14!
