If the glaciers are your objetive, you should arrive to this small town. Calafate is the main supplying center of services of the whole zone: it has an important bus fleet for trips, comfortable and modern crafts to navigate the Argentinean lake, bilingual specialized guides, a wide offer of lodgings and travel agencies, many trips like walks and visit the Perito Moreno Glacier in the Los Glaciares National Park, until audacious expeditions that cross the glaciers.

El Calafate takes the name of the bush 'calafate', which is very abundant in the Patagonia The new airport of El Calafate to alone 15 km. from the city, permit direct flights from Buenos Aires and other tourist centers of the Patagonia.