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El Chaltén · Los Glaciares National Park · from El Calafate
Fitz Roy Tours from El Calafate and El Chaltén
A private car and driver from El Calafate for up to three: the road north with Fitz Roy ahead, an hour in El Chaltén, the waterfall and the condor viewpoint, or the Laguna Capri trail instead. A drive to see the mountain, not a climb.
Pick your kind of tour
Drive, Hike or Coach?
A Fitz Roy tour is one of three things: a drive to see the mountain, a guided hike to its foot, or a coach day to the village below it. VIENTO BLANCO.’s private day from El Calafate is the first kind: a car and driver for up to three people, two short walks or the Laguna Capri trail, and Fitz Roy from the road and the viewpoints, from US$529 for the group (checked November 2026). It does not climb the mountain or walk to Laguna de los Tres. For that you need a guided hike, and for the lowest price per head, the coach day.
El Chaltén/Mount Fitz Roy: Private full-day excursion at a great price
Your own vehicle from El Calafate for up to three, about 10 hours: viewpoint stops, an hour in El Chaltén, the waterfall and the condor viewpoint, or the Laguna Capri trail instead. A guide only on the guided option.
Check dates →Chalten full day Trekking - Laguna de los Tres Experience
Azul Latina Travel's guided hike from El Calafate to Laguna de los Tres, the lagoon under the mountain: two guides, a packed lunch, crampons if needed. At least two per booking; non-refundable.
See the hike →From El Calafate: Full-Day Tour to El Chaltén
Patagonia Dreams' shared day from El Calafate: 2.5 hours each way by coach, a stop at Parador La Leona, then the Mirador de los Cóndores and the Chorrillo del Salto waterfall with a guide.
See the day →Prices, ratings and review counts from the listings (GetYourGuide checked November 2026). Operators price by date and season, so treat the figures as the shape of the market, not a quote.
None of the three includes the national park fee, and none can promise a clear mountain.
- 4.9 / 5 23+ Reviews
- 3,405 m The height of Fitz Roy on the national park's North Zone trail leaflet; the hiking tours stop at its foot, at Laguna de los Tres
- Up to 3 People in the private day's group for its one price; the park fee is extra
- Free Cancellation
The Experience
The Private Day, Line by Line
A vehicle of your own from El Calafate; a bilingual guide only on the option with a guide; the park fee and meals on top.
VIENTO BLANCO.'s own highlights, inclusions and notes, as listed on GetYourGuide in November 2026.
Highlights
- You'll discover the vastness of southern Patagonia, traveling along scenic routes
- You'll discover mountains, glaciers, rivers, wildlife, history, and fun facts
- You'll enjoy the nature, the air, and the tranquility of Patagonia
- You'll visit the magical town of El Chaltén, Argentina's trekking capital
What's Included
- Private round-trip vehicle from El Calafate
- Bilingual tour guide (only if the option with a guide is chosen)
- Wi-Fi on board (Starlink)
- Trekking poles
Good to know: First and last names of all passengers · Age of each passenger · Not Included: Los Glaciares National Park entrance fee, Meal, Tips and Gratuities
From El Calafate to El Chaltén and Back
Stops on the road, an hour in the village, two short walks or one longer one, and the drive home.
Pickup in El Calafate
The private vehicle collects your group in El Calafate. A guide rides along only if you booked the option with one.
Stops on the Road
Two short viewpoint stops and about 15 minutes at La Leona on the way north, with Fitz Roy ahead as you near El Chaltén.
El Chaltén and Two Walks
An hour in the village, about 30 minutes at the Chorrillo del Salto waterfall and time at the Mirador de los Cóndores. Or swap both walks for the Laguna Capri trail, about 8 km there and back.
Back to Your Door
The drive back to El Calafate and a drop-off at your accommodation. The day takes about 10 hours.
Photo Gallery
The Road North and the Granite Spires
The steppe, the lakes and the Fitz Roy massif above El Chaltén.
Book Your Experience
Check Availability & Prices
VIENTO BLANCO.'s private day from El Calafate. The price is for the vehicle and up to three people; a bilingual guide comes with the guided option. The park fee and meals are not included. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
Plan Your Fitz Roy Day
Fitz Roy, Question by Question
Where to see it from, the tours that do not hike, the guided hikes, the weather, Fitz Roy or Cerro Torre, and where the mountain is.
More Fitz Roy questions
Prices are each page's featured tour: GetYourGuide checked November 2026. Prices on GetYourGuide and Viator are in US dollars, per person or per private group as each card says; the national park fee is paid in Argentine pesos.
Four Fitz Roy Days Side by Side
The private day, its sunrise version, a guided hike to the mountain's foot and the coach day: who sells each, what it walks, the unit of the price and the refund terms, with the month checked.
| Feature | THIS PAGE Private day | Private sunrise day | Guided hike to Laguna de los Tres | Coach day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What You Pay | From US$529 per group up to 3 (the vehicle and day for up to three; checked November 2026) | From US$590 per group up to 3 (checked November 2026) | From US$395 per person (at least two per booking, non-refundable; checked November 2026) | From US$130 per person (the option without lunch; checked November 2026) |
| Sold By | VIENTO BLANCO. | VIENTO BLANCO. | Azul Latina Travel | Patagonia Dreams |
| Walking | Two short self-guided walks, or the Laguna Capri trail (about 8 km there and back) | Chorrillo del Salto and the Mirador de los Cóndores | The full trail to Laguna de los Tres, with a Laguna Capri option | Guided visits to the Mirador de los Cóndores and Chorrillo del Salto |
| Reaches the Foot of Fitz Roy | No | No | Yes | No |
| Guide | Only on the option with a guide | Only on the option with a guide | Two guides | Bilingual guide |
| The Day | About 10 hours | About 11 hours, timed for sunrise | Pickup at 6:00 AM, back from El Chaltén at 7:00 PM | 2.5 hours by coach each way |
| Refund | Free cancellation up to 24 hours before | Free cancellation up to 24 hours before | Non-refundable; at least two per booking | Free cancellation up to 24 hours before |
| Best For | Up to three who want the views at their own pace | Photographers betting on a clear dawn | Fit hikers who want to stand under the mountain | One or two travellers on a budget |
| Check dates | See the day | See the hike | See the day |
Other Fitz Roy Tours
Guided Hikes, a Sunrise Drive and Longer Trips
Days that walk to the mountain with a guide, the private sunrise variant, and a two-day private trip that adds the Perito Moreno Glacier.
PRIVATE, FREE CANCELLATIONExplore El Chaltén in a Day – Private Tour and good price
Traslados Viento Blanco's private El Chaltén day on Viator: a private transfer from El Calafate, a bilingual guide, Wi-Fi and trekking poles, two self-guided short walks or the Laguna Capri trail instead, 8 to 10 hours. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
SUNRISE, PRIVATEFrom El Calafate: Sunrise in El Chaltén and unique views of Mount Fitz Roy
VIENTO BLANCO.'s private sunrise day from El Calafate for up to three: Fitz Roy at first light, then Chorrillo del Salto, the Mirador de los Cóndores and free time, with photo stops at Lago Viedma and Lago Argentino on the way back, about 11 hours. A guide only on the option with one; park fee and meals not included.
GUIDED, LAGUNA CAPRIEl Chaltén: Capri Hike with Guide and Patagonian Picnic from El Calafate
Info de Ushuaia's guided picnic hike from El Calafate to Laguna Capri: about 8 km and 400 m of climbing, moderate, a picnic facing Fitz Roy, trekking poles and a poncho, 13 hours door to door. Minimum age 12; park entrance not included.
GUIDED, FROM EL CHALTÉNEl Chalten: Full Day Trekking to Laguna de los Tres and Mount Fitz Roy
Say Hueque Travel's guided trek on Viator: a transfer from El Chaltén to the Río Eléctrico bridge, then about 20.6 km on foot past Laguna de los Tres back to El Chaltén, 8 to 9 hours, with a mountain guide in English and Spanish. Lunch and the park fee not included; all sales are final.
TWO DAYS, WITH PERITO MORENO2-Day Private Tour: Perito Moreno Glacier and El Chaltén from El Calafate
VIENTO BLANCO.'s two-day private trip for up to three: the Perito Moreno Glacier walkways on day one (the one-hour boat trip optional, at extra cost), then a private El Chaltén day with the short walks or the Laguna Capri trail. Park fee and meals not included.
COACH DAY, TWO SHORT WALKSEl Chalten Complete Experience Full Day Tour from El Calafate
SOUTHROAD's El Chaltén day from El Calafate on Viator: hotel pickup, viewpoint stops and two guided walks of low difficulty, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, 12 hours. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
Mount Fitz Roy, Argentina
What a Fitz Roy Tour Can and Cannot Do
The private day explained, the three price levels, where the mountain shows, the park fee, and why the weather has the last word.
The private day, plainly
The day starts with a pickup in El Calafate. On the road north VIENTO BLANCO.’s itinerary has two short viewpoint stops and about 15 minutes at La Leona, the old roadside stop halfway. In El Chaltén it gives an hour for the village, about 30 minutes at the Chorrillo del Salto waterfall, and time at the Mirador de los Cóndores. The description offers two versions of the walking part:
- Relaxed: two short walks on your own, the Mirador de los Cóndores (3 km there and back) and Chorrillo del Salto (800 m there and back through the forest to a 20 m waterfall).
- More active: the trail to Laguna Capri instead, about 8 km there and back, with Fitz Roy across the water.
The walks are self-guided. No mountain guide comes on the trail; on the option with a guide, the local guide rides with you and comes to the stops and viewpoints. The vehicle has Wi-Fi, trekking poles are supplied, and the park fee, meals and tips are extra. You get back to your accommodation after about 10 hours.
That makes it the right day for a couple or a small family who want the mountain without a 25 km hike, and the wrong one for anyone who came to stand at Laguna de los Tres.
Check dates for the private day
Three kinds of tour, three price levels
| Kind | Example | From | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Private drive, short walks | Private full-day excursion (VIENTO BLANCO.) | US$529 | per group up to 3 |
| Private drive at sunrise | Sunrise in El Chaltén (VIENTO BLANCO.) | US$590 | per group up to 3 |
| Guided hike from El Chaltén | Full Day Trekking to Laguna de los Tres (Say Hueque Travel) | US$198 | per person |
| Guided hike from El Calafate | Laguna de los Tres Experience (Azul Latina Travel) | US$395 | per person, at least two |
| Guided picnic hike to Laguna Capri | Capri Hike with Guide and Patagonian Picnic (Info de Ushuaia) | US$130 | per person |
| Coach day | Full-Day Tour to El Chaltén (Patagonia Dreams) | US$130 | per person, without lunch |
| Coach day with a short hike | El Chalten Full-Day Tour and Short Hike (Gray Line Argentina) | US$99 | per person |
Prices from the listings (GetYourGuide checked November 2026; Viator checked November 2026). Operators price by date and season.
Shared by three, the private day costs less per head than either guided hike. For one or two travellers the coach day is far cheaper; for three who want their own pace, the private car is the better buy.
Where Fitz Roy shows
Fitz Roy stands about 13 km from the village in a straight line, and on a clear day it shows from the road in and from the viewpoints around the village. What changes is how close you get. The Mirador de los Cóndores, at the south edge of the village, shows it beside the Torre range and above El Chaltén. Laguna Capri puts a lake in front of it. Laguna de los Tres, the park’s closest viewpoint, sits at its foot. The viewpoints guide takes them one by one.
The park fee
Every tour here leaves out the national park entrance. The Administración de Parques Nacionales charges a general day pass of ARS 50,000 from 1 June 2026, and at the El Chaltén portals it is sold online only, by card (APN tariffs, read November 2026). The APN prints no separate rate for foreign visitors; on our reading of its categories, a visitor without an Argentine ID pays the general rate.
The weather has the last word
No tour can order the mountain out of the cloud. Cloud over the mountain is a repeated complaint in the low reviews of the El Chaltén day trips, and one three-star review of the Capri picnic hike (October 2026) puts it plainly: a long drive for a short hike, and Fitz Roy covered. If the view matters most, a private day lets you choose the date late, and free cancellation up to 24 hours before helps; a night in El Chaltén helps more. Fitz Roy weather has the season and the planning.
What travellers say
VIENTO BLANCO.’s private day has 23 reviews on GetYourGuide, the oldest from April 2026: as of 11 November 2026, 22 give five stars and one gives four. The same company sells the day on Viator as Explore El Chaltén in a Day, from US$529 per group (checked November 2026), with 4.8 from 71 reviews there.
See Fitz Roy at Your Own Pace
VIENTO BLANCO.'s private day from El Calafate for up to three: stops on the road, the village, the waterfall and the condor viewpoint, or the Laguna Capri trail. The park fee and meals are extra. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before. Starting from US$529 per group up to 3 (the vehicle and day for up to three; checked November 2026).
Check datesMore from El Calafate and El Chaltén
Tours around Fitz Roy with Open Dates
Hikes, day trips and private days in the north of the park with live availability. What is included and the cancellation terms show before you book.
Fitz Roy Tour: Questions
What the private day includes, whether a tour climbs the mountain, the hikes, the park fee, the weather and getting there.
It depends on how much you want to walk. For the views without a long hike, VIENTO BLANCO.'s private day from El Calafate is from US$529 for up to three (checked November 2026). To stand at the mountain's foot, a guided hike to Laguna de los Tres such as Azul Latina Travel's day from El Calafate (from US$395 a person, at least two, non-refundable). For the lowest price per head, Patagonia Dreams' coach day (from US$130, checked November 2026).
No. The tours either drive to viewpoints with short walks or hike to Laguna de los Tres, the lagoon at the mountain's foot, which the national park's leaflet calls the nearest view of the Fitz Roy range. Climbing the peak itself is mountaineering, not a tour.
A private vehicle from El Calafate for up to three, Wi-Fi and trekking poles. The day has viewpoint stops, about 15 minutes at La Leona, an hour in El Chaltén, about 30 minutes at Chorrillo del Salto and time at the Mirador de los Cóndores, or the Laguna Capri trail instead. The walks are self-guided; a bilingual guide comes only on the option with one. The park fee, meals and tips are not included.
25 km there and back, 8 to 9 hours, on the national park's figures for the walk to Laguna de los Tres, rated medium-high. The park's trail leaflet gives about 5 hours one way from the trailhead and calls the last section very steep and dangerous in wind and rain. See guided Fitz Roy hikes.
Yes, if the sky is clear. El Chaltén is about 220 km from El Calafate on a paved road (APN), and the day trips stop at viewpoints on the way and at the Mirador de los Cóndores at the edge of the village. Cloud can hide the peak on any day. See Fitz Roy without hiking.
No, on every tour on this site. The Administración de Parques Nacionales charges a general day pass of ARS 50,000 from 1 June 2026; at the El Chaltén portals it is sold online only and paid by card (APN tariffs, read November 2026).
September to April, the season the national park recommends; summer brings strong wind, and May to October is cold with heavy snow. The peak can be in cloud in any month, so a tour with free cancellation or a spare day in El Chaltén is the safer plan. See Fitz Roy weather.
Yes, on the park's figures. Laguna Torre is 18 km there and back, 3 to 4 hours each way, with 250 m in the leaflet's height column; Laguna de los Tres is 25 km and 8 to 9 hours with 750 m. See Fitz Roy or Cerro Torre.
In Santa Cruz province, Argentina, in the north of Los Glaciares National Park, about 13 km in a straight line from the village of El Chaltén. El Chaltén has no airport; the nearest is El Calafate's, about 200 km away. See where is Mount Fitz Roy.
3,405 m on the national park's North Zone trail leaflet; Cerro Torre, in the next valley, is 3,102 m on the same leaflet.
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