Our flight, leaving Buenos Aires at noon, should
leave us
at El Calafate around 3:15 PM. Our only aim for the rest of this day is
get some knowledge of the environment we’re going to live the next four
days.
The spots marked at map are:
0- Hostería Posada Karut Josh
1- Laguna Nímez Natural Reserve
2- Glaciarium Museum of Patagonic Ice
3- El Calfate International Airport Comandante Armando Tola
After
Since we went to bed early yesterday, we’re awaken
already
at 6 AM. We leave the hotel to Aeroparque Jorge Newbey before 9 AM
because there is nothing else to do there and that resulted to be for
good because, when we’re in the desk for checking in, we’re told our
flight to El Calafate is in airport Ezeiza, the one far from the city
where we arrived yesterday. So, after 450$ we paid for the taxi here we
need to add 1200$ for the ride to Ezeiza, where we arrive 1.5 hours
before the flight.
Aerolineas Argentinas checks in our big bag for
which we
have to pay 1700$ in a desk they have for this. The flight takes off on
time, 12 PM, and reach El Calafate at 3 PM. In the way we could have a
glimpse of the vast semi-desert plains of Patagonia.
In the small El Calafate airport we pay 350$ per person for a transfer
to the hotel and finally arrive at Karut Josh Inn, where we’re welcomed
with lots of kindness and amazing views to Lago Argentino (Argentinian
Lake).
We leave the place to the town center since there
is no
place to eat nearby. We finally choose restaurant Le Lechuzita, where
we share a “plancheta de ternera” (grill of beef) for two and a couple
of submarines as dessert (chocolate bars melt in hot milk) by 1500$.
When we try to hire our tours we’re told there are
no places
for “Rios de Hielo Express” until Friday, the day we’re leaving, so we
must choose between “Rios de Hielo Gourmet” or nothing. We take it by
7000$ each. It’s more expensive but it’s longer too since it includes
sailing by Perito Moreno and a disembark. The lunch is included too.
After our tasks are done, we’re exploring the
shops until
it is dark. Then we walk back to the hotel to rest for an amazing day
tomorrow.
