El Chaltén.

a magical place in Patagonia✨


  • Santa Cruz, Argentina.

  • Small town.

  • Argentina's Trekking Capital.

  • Windy & cold.

If you're into hiking, climbing, or landscape photography, don't forget to include El Chaltén on your travel bucket list 📝


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El Chaltén is a small mountain village in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. It is on the Rio de Las Vueltas riverside, within Los Glaciares National Park - 220 km north of El Calafate.

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"Chaltén" is a Tehuelche word that means smoking mountain.

It is a popular base for hiking many trails, such as Laguna Torre and Laguna de los Tres. Cerro Chaltén or Cerro Fitz Roy is the predominant figure of the landscape.

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