Where Is Los Glaciares National Park?
Where Los Glaciares National Park is: Santa Cruz, Argentina, on the Chilean border; the south sector from El Calafate (Perito Moreno) and the north at El Chaltén, with the roads and distances.
Los Glaciares National Park is in the province of Santa Cruz, in Argentine Patagonia, along the Andes and the border with Chile. You visit it in two sectors. The south sector holds the Perito Moreno Glacier and is reached from El Calafate, 76.6 km by road from the glacier walkways. The north sector begins at the village of El Chaltén, under Fitz Roy, 213.7 km by road north of El Calafate. The two are not linked inside the park: you drive round by the main road.
The south sector: El Calafate and the glaciers
El Calafate sits on the south shore of Lago Argentino, outside the park. From town the provincial road RP 11 runs west along the lake to the park gate and on to the Perito Moreno Glacier. On our routing it is 76.6 km from the centre of El Calafate to the walkways car park, about 1 hour 32 minutes by car. The APN gives 80 km to the glacier. It also gives 47 km, by RP 11 and RP 8, to Puerto Punta Bandera, where the boat trips to the other glaciers on the lake start.
The APN’s facts for the glacier: about 30 km long, with a front of 4 to 5 km where it meets the lake. The walkways face that front. They are open for entry from 8:00 to 18:00 from 1 September to 30 April, with visitors allowed to stay until 20:00, and from 9:00 to 16:00 in winter.
Most people see it on a guided day. Info de Ushuaia’s Guided Tour of the National Park + Perito Moreno Glacier + Boat Cruise (optional) collects you in El Calafate and is from US$48 on promotion, usually US$60 a person (checked November 2026) for the walkways without the boat. The park fee is extra.
The calendar shows the walkways day and the option with a one-hour boat trip. You can reserve now, pay later and cancel free until 24 hours before.
The north sector: El Chaltén and Fitz Roy
In the north sector the APN charges at its portals in El Chaltén, where the trails start: Los Cóndores, Cerro Torre and Base Fitz Roy, and Río Eléctrico. From El Calafate the road goes east to the national Ruta 40, north past the eastern end of Lago Viedma, and west on RP 41 for the last 95 km to the village (APN). The APN puts the whole drive at 220 km, all paved; our routing gives 213.7 km, about 3 hours 55 minutes by car.
From the village the APN describes the Fitz Roy walk to the Laguna de los Tres as 25 km and 8 to 9 hours, and the walk to the Laguna Torre as 18 km there and back. That is why a day trip from El Calafate only reaches the short viewpoints. The El Chaltén day trip compares the day with a night in the village.
How the sectors fit a trip
| From El Calafate | By road | What is there |
|---|---|---|
| Perito Moreno Glacier walkways | 76.6 km (APN: 80 km) | The walkways facing the glacier front; the boats and the ice treks start nearby |
| Puerto Punta Bandera | APN: 47 km | The port for the boat trips to the other glaciers on Lago Argentino |
| El Chaltén | 213.7 km (APN: 220 km) | The village and the trails to Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre |
Our figures are routed by road from the centre of El Calafate; the APN’s are from its “how to get there” page, read November 2026.
Torres del Paine, often joined to the same trip, is not in this park. It is in Chile, across the border south-west of El Calafate. Torres del Paine from El Calafate has the border and the day tours.
The fee covers both sectors
One APN tariff applies to the whole park: ARS 50,000 a day on the general rate from 1 June 2026, at the glacier gate and at the El Chaltén portals alike. A second day within 72 hours costs half. The entrance fee has the categories and how to pay at each.
More from El Calafate
Tours from El Calafate with Open Dates
Glacier days, boats and treks from El Calafate with live availability. What is included and the cancellation terms show before you book.
Start in the South Sector
Info de Ushuaia's guided day from El Calafate to the Perito Moreno Glacier walkways, about an hour each way by van. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
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