Boat Tour in at Parque Nacional Los Glaciares

Today I would do a boat tour back at Parque Nacional Los Glaciares, where we would go deeper into the lake, see some bigger glaciers and ride by some impressive icebergs that broke off.

Lining up to start the boat tour

The waters before we encountered the icebergs

Iceberg (storming in the background)

One of the larger icebergs that broke off from the glaciers

Splash

So pretty, so blue!

Awesome mountains as we were approaching one of the biggest glaciers

Tour boat approaching the glacier

The glacier stretches into the mountain range

Big

We then went back toward Glacier Perito Moreno, the one that I hiked on the other day.

Boatmates seeing the famous glacier

Dan + Glacier

General guide for planning trip: I like being on boats

Looking back towards Perito Moreno

January 22nd, 2011

I spent the last day hanging out with a friend I made, Tatianna from Hong Kong, who is doing a bit of world traveling. We first headed to a neat little museum that showed some of the history of the area around El Calafate and the glaciers.

I think they are extinct

After we stopped for some chocolate cake (for her) and some hot chocolate (for me, probably my 9th delicious hot chocolate of the trip), we headed to the water on the edge of the city to see some flamingos that, apparently, live there.

Crazy flamingo

Flamingo fight!

And finally, some random pictures from around El Calafate.

What the heck is this?

Pretty flowers on the lake's edge

View from the window of my room at the hostel

Another beautiful day in El Calafate well spent. I headed back to the hostel with Tatianna to hang out with everyone I met at the hostel and waited for my bus to take me to my next stop.