Los Glaciares National Park Entrance Fee

The entrance fee for Los Glaciares National Park is ARS 50,000 a day on the general rate, in force from 1 June 2026 for both the Perito Moreno sector and El Chaltén (Administración de Parques Nacionales, APN). The APN prints no separate rate for foreigners. Its other categories are defined by an Argentine ID, so our reading is that a visitor without one pays the general rate. No tour sold on this site includes the fee: you pay it at the gate, by card or in Argentine pesos, or buy it online beforehand.

The rates from 1 June 2026

Source: APN tariff pages for Los Glaciares and for all national parks, read 8 November 2026. “Valores vigentes a partir del 1º de junio de 2026”, for the South Zone and the North Zone alike.

You show your ID or passport at the ticket office or the gate, and that decides your category. A second day in the same park costs half, if you go back within 72 hours of the first entry.

For more days there is the Flexipass: three days for the price of two, ARS 100,000 on the general rate, or seven days for ARS 175,500. Both can be used on any days within six months, in the same park. The APN’s legal annex prints ARS 175,000 for the seven-day pass, so the web page and the annex differ by ARS 500. An annual pass for every national park costs ARS 300,000.

How to pay at each gate

The rules differ between the two sectors (APN, read November 2026):

• South sector, Perito Moreno and Puerto Punta Bandera: at the gate by Visa or Mastercard credit card, Electron debit card or cash in Argentine pesos, or online.
• North sector, El Chaltén: online only, on the web or by scanning the QR code on the spot, and only by credit or debit card. No cash.

The online ticket is sold through the APN’s own pages; the link is on its Los Glaciares tariff page. For the glacier, Hielo y Aventura’s own pages tell its trekkers to choose the “Acceso Corredor Río Mitre y Glaciar Perito Moreno” ticket.

The tours leave it out

Every guided day on this site excludes the fee. Info de Ushuaia’s walkways day excludes the “Admission ticket to the National Park (AR$50,000)”. On Patagonia Dreams’ day you buy the ticket online before the day, choosing the Río Mitre access. Hielo y Aventura’s ice treks, the El Chaltén day and the boat trips leave it out too.

So add ARS 50,000 a person to any tour price. Info de Ushuaia’s Guided Tour of the National Park + Perito Moreno Glacier + Boat Cruise (optional), the cheapest guided walkways day on this site, is from US$48 on promotion, usually US$60 a person (checked November 2026) for the walkways without the boat.

The calendar shows the two options: the walkways day and the day with a one-hour boat trip. You can reserve now, pay later and cancel free until 24 hours before.

Children, students and a second day

Children up to 6 go free whatever their nationality (APN tariff annex). The annex is not quite consistent about a child who is exactly 6, so check at the ticket office if yours is. The student rate needs an Argentine ID with proof of study, so a foreign student pays the general rate on our reading.

If you see the glacier one day and take a boat from Puerto Punta Bandera the next, the second day is half price within 72 hours. Keep the first ticket to show.

Is the fee the same at El Chaltén?

Yes. The APN prints the same ARS 50,000 general rate for the El Chaltén portals (Los Cóndores, Cerro Torre and Base Fitz Roy, and Río Eléctrico) as for the Perito Moreno corridor. People who live in El Chaltén are exempt. The difference is in how you pay: card only, online or by QR code. The El Chaltén day trip covers the rest of that day.

Before you go

• Bring pesos or a card. At the glacier gate, cash in Argentine pesos and Visa or Mastercard both work; at El Chaltén, card only.
• Bring your passport. It decides your category.
• Check the rate. The APN changed the fees on 1 June 2026; look at its tariff page before you travel.