While the Perito Moreno glacier gets all the glory, the town of El Calafate is also very charming and deserves at least one day to explore. I spent two days in El Calafate.

PERITO MORENO GLACIER, Argentina, May 15 (Reuters) - The deep cracking sound bursting from within the ice signals the dramatic fall about to happen. Seconds later, a block of ice some 70 meters ...

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STORY: A deep rumble… and then a crash. For years, visitors have watched in awe as blocks of ice - some the size of a 20-story building - collapse from Argentina’s Perito Moreno glacier.

Tourists walk on Perito Moreno Glacier at Los Glaciares National Park, near El Calafate, Argentina, Nov. 2, 2021. Credit: AP/Natacha Pisarenko By The Associated PressMarch 21, 2025 ...

A state-backed 2024 report, co-authored by Ruiz and presented to Argentina’s Congress, showed that while Perito Moreno’s mass has been overall stable for half a century, the period since 2015 ...

World Glacier Day: Trekking the blue ice of Perito Moreno in Argentina FILE - Tourists walk on Perito Moreno Glacier at Los Glaciares National Park, near El Calafate, Argentina, Nov. 2, 2021.

EL CALAFATE, Argentina (AP) — A creak, a thunderous roar, and then the plunge: Argentina’s Perito Moreno Glacier calves several times a day, as hundreds of visitors strain to see which side it ...

A creak, a thunderous roar, and then the plunge: Argentina’s Perito Moreno Glacier calves several times a day, as hundreds of visitors strain to see which side it will break off and capture the ...