Perito Moreno Glacier, Patagonia

The Perito Moreno Glacier lies 80 km from the town El Calafate and is one of nature´s wonders or as we say in German "Naturspektakel"!
It is 250km² of eternal icemass and is 60m high. It is not even the biggest of this region, the Upsala glacier is even bigger, but less easy to access.
Perito Moreno is now stable in size, but is moving all the time and hence decreases and grows every year about the same amount. Big chunks of ice are falling off every few minutes to every tourist´s delight and causing huge waves of icewater. It is incredible how much this glacier draws you in, I wanted to look at it all day. Took also a boat tour in order to see it upfront and from the same level. The boats cannot go that close (only up to 300m) since it is dangerous if chunks are falling off. Definitely a wonderful experience I can recommend to anyone!

If you want to know more about it, check out this website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perito_Moreno_Glacier

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