Trekking Navigation Viedma Light and ice (SIB)

We depart from Bahía Túnel Port to Viedma Glacier. At 15 km northwards from El Chaltén we find the small Bahía Túnel port which is located at a sheltered natural bay a few hundred metres away from the delta that forms the homonymous river.We sail the first 15 minutes in this sheltered bay southwards by a modern ship HUEMUL (55 passengers). The lake depth allows a comfortable sailing near the shore so that we can observe Fitz Roy Hill massif and Huemul Hill from the ship. On arriving in Cabo de Hornos (south-eastern end in Campo Ventisqueros), we turn westwards and suddenly, we have a sensational view: Viedma Glacier. Only a 25-minute sailing is left to arrive at the rocky promontory that emerges like a peninsula from the glacier snout.We arrive and disembark at the rocky promontory opposite Viedma Glacier. Once we have disembarked at the natural port, passengers are invited to descend and start a short hike on a surface left by the glacier some years ago. This area with an amusing view is the proper place for the information talks on glaciers and glaciations given by our highly-trained guide. Once the talk is over, another short hike takes us to the glacier snout at its support place on the promontory (ablation zone) where we can observe its erosive traces and visit the ice caves together with the guide; this is not very likely to be seen and visited in the other big glaciers. Then we arrive at the crampon place to put them on and start a 2-hour trek on the homonymous glacier (optional). We depart from the promontory, have lunch (passengers pay for the meal) and sail along the glacier snout in its breaking zone. Once the excursion by land is finished, we embark again to sail opposite the glacier snout (about 55 km high). From the ship we can observe a wide range of blue colours (due to the different strong pressures the ice undergoes on its descent to Viedma Lake by going through a natural funnel created by Huemul and Mascarelo Hills).We arrive in Túnel Bay. We return to El Chaltén and arrive there at about 16:00 h.
Operation: Every Day - 7 Hs
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