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Only the Corredor Mitre–Moreno has fixed hours: from 1 September to 30 April entry 8:00 to 18:00, stay until 20:00; from 1 May to 31 August 9:00 to 16:00, stay until 18:00.
Six trails on walkways and balconies lead to the glacier front, between 150 metres and 1,117 metres long according to the park authority's map. The Sendero Accesible (565 m) is wheelchair accessible.
How to get there: fly to El Calafate, bus to El Chaltén
To the glacier: 80 kilometres
From El Calafate it is about 80 km (50 mi) on the paved RP 11 to the walkways. Scheduled buses leave from the bus station; alternatives are hire cars, remises (private cars with driver) and guided tours.
According to the park authority, the ice treks on the Perito Moreno are run by the concessionaire Hielo y Aventura. On the Minitrekking you spend about one hour on the ice in crampons; it is open to ages 8 to 65, the longer Big Ice to ages 18 to 50.
Arrival · Fee-paying entrance at Punta Bandera harbour
Punta Bandera ticket office
Boats to Upsala and Spegazzini leave from here.
Activities: walkways, ice, boats and trails
Boats to Upsala and Spegazzini
From Punta Bandera, boats sail through the Brazo Norte of Lago Argentino to the Upsala and Spegazzini glaciers. According to the park authority, the concessionaires are Solo Patagonia, Cruceros Marpatag and Southern Spirit.
Visiting Los Glaciares: ice field, glaciers and granite
Contact
The park administration is in El Calafate, Av. Libertador 1302; in the north, the Ceferino Fonzo visitor centre at the entrance to El Chaltén is the place to go.
Los Glaciares fees: 50,000 pesos, second day at half price
El Chaltén charges entry too
The park authority's fee annex lists the North Zone with the El Chaltén portal as a separate line, with the same amounts as the south. According to the park authority, the checkpoints are Los Cóndores, Cerro Torre/Base Fitz Roy and Río Eléctrico.
How to get there: fly to El Calafate, bus to El Chaltén
Buses from Argentina and Chile
Bus stations in El Calafate and El Chaltén are served by routes from across the country and from southern Chile, from Punta Arenas and Puerto Natales. Buses run daily between the two towns.
The best-known trail in the north runs from El Chaltén to the viewpoint below Fitz Roy: 10 km (6.2 mi) and 5 hours each way, 750 m (2,461 ft) of elevation gain, the last part very steep.
Through the Río Fitz Roy valley to the lake below Cerro Torre: 10 km (6.2 mi) each way, about 3.5 hours, only 250 m of climbing. Mirador Maestri is 12 km (7.5 mi) out.
