El Chaltén, Santa Cruz, Argentina

About 230km north of El Calafate, and deep inside the National Park Los Glaciares, lies El Chaltén, a tiny village (population 350 in off-season), recently named National Centre for Trekking in Argentina.

The main attractions to be seen are Mt. Fitzroy, Cerro Torre, and ice-trekking over glaciars and the continental ice field. After several days trekking previous to arriving here, I decided to take it fairly easy for a couple of days, and just did some day-treks up to Laguna Torre, about 3 hours walk from the village.