These are 2009 Rates.

Price includes:

Round-trip transfers from/to Los Notros, hotel accommodation including buffet breakfast, lunch and dinner, tea and Happy Hour (including non-alcoholic drinks), and entrance tickets to Los Glaciares National Park. Neither airfare nor airport taxes are included.

Excursions Menu: Perito Moreno Glacier walkways, Nautical Safari, Moreno Fiesta, Minitrekking, Big-Ice, Horseback riding (Short ride-Long ride) and El Galpon del Glaciar Ranch.

Special rates apply for the following dates. Please request if interested.

Easter Week: April 9th to 12th 2009

Yampu only offers the Los Notros program as an add-on to a highlight program. Booking fee may apply otherwise.

Visits to the Perito Moreno Glacier: 2 hours. Difficulty: low. Departure from Los Notros in one of our vans to the viewpoints in front of the Perito Moreno Glacier. There are seven balconies or viewpoints, located at different heights and distances from the glacier, connected by paths and stairs. From the highest balcony, you will see the amazing surface of the glacier, the northern and southern face. As you go down, you will find the second balcony, closer to the ice. This is the place where on occasions the ice dam is formed. The lower balcony is the closest you can get to the glacier. We will then return to Los Notros in one of our vans. Alternative: The walkways are only 7 Km. away from the lodge. Therefore, you may also walk back. The way will take you about one hour and fifteen minutes. Departure: In the morning and in the afternoon.

Nautical Safari: 1 hour and a half. Difficulty: low. Departure from Los Notros, in one of our vans to the pier Bajo de Las Sombras, located only 1 km from the Hostería. This excursion takes you on a cruise across Brazo Rico, passing beside icebergs, which have calved off the south front of the Perito Moreno Glacier. Reaching the Icebergs Channel, the boat will stop at a safe distance from the glacier, continuing to sail down its entire front, allowing a spectacular view of the high wall of ice. The excursion lasts approximately one hour and provides a totally different perspective of the Perito Moreno Glacier, with almost constant falling walls of ice from its front. Unique opportunity for photographers and nature lovers alike. We will then return to Los Notros in one of our vans. Departure: Daily

Moreno Fiesta

Duration: 1 hour and a half

Difficulty: Low

Description: Departure from Los Notros, in one of our vans to the pier located only 6 km from the hostería. This excursion takes you on a cruise across Canal de Los Tempanos (Icebergs Channel) passing beside icebergs, which have calved off the north front of the Perito Moreno Glacier. The boat will stop at a safe distance from the glacier, continuingto sail down its entire front, allowing spectacular view of the high wall of ice. Theexcursion lasts approximately one hour and provides a totally different perspective of the other face of the Perito Moreno Glacier, with almost constant falling walls of ice. This is an other special opportunity for photographers and nature lovers alike. We will then return to Los Notros in one of our vans.

Departure: Daily.

Minitrekking: Between 4 and 5 hours. Difficulty: medium. Only for people between 10 and 65 years of age. Not advisable for pregnant women or people with heart, respiratory or mobility disorders. Departure from Los Notros, in one of our vans to the pier Bajo de Las Sombras, located only 1 km from the Hostería. A 20 minute sail across the Rico Arm with breathtaking views of the glacier’s front walls, will take you to the opposite shore. Specialized mountain guides welcome you and lead you to small shelter. Small groups follow their guides along the lake’s shore towards the edge of the glacier. Once on the ice, they will hand out crampons and explain how to use them. The two hour circuit that follows introduces you to the fascinating landscape of the glaciers: small lagoons, gullies, crevasses and plenty of ice formations of the most incredible blues. The trekking is moderate. The ice surface over which you walk is irregular, but firm and safe. You will receive explanations about general glaciology of the region and also about the Perito Moreno Glacier. After the walk, a stroll through the forest brings you back to the shelter. Our vans will take you back to the Hostería. We suggest you bring sunglasses, sunscreen, gloves, and comfortable shoes and outwear, and a warm jacket. Changes and cancellations can be made until 5 p. m. of the previous day. Remember to choose the available meals for the lunch box the previous day. Lunch will not be provided for the afternoon group. Departure: Daily

Big-Ice: 8 hours. Difficulty: high. Only for people between 18 and 45 years of age. Not advisable for pregnant women or people with heart, respiratory or mobility disorders. Departure from Los Notros, in one of our vans to the pier Bajo de Las Sombras, located only 1 km from the Hostería. A 10 minute sail across the Rico Arm from Argentino Lake, will take you to the opposite shore. Mountain guides will welcome you at the shelter, very close to the Perito Moreno Glacier. After checking the gear, you will be ready to pick up the crampons and walk following the lateral moraine towards the centre of the glacier. After an hour’s walk the point where the ice trek start will be reach. During the walk you will be introduced to a number of features within the ice, huge moulins, crevasses, caves, the glacier’s deep blue color, the freezing little lakes on the surface, etc. You will hike for about 3 hours, and spend some time having lunch somewhere on the middle of the Glacier. Expert mountain guides will always lead you, looking after you safety. Back on the moraine the descent start to catch the boat. Our vans will take you back to the Hostería. We suggest you to bring sunglasses, sunscreen, gloves, hiking boots, hat, and waterproof outwear. Changes and cancellations can be made until 5 p.m. of the previous day. Remember to choose the available meals for the lunch box the previous day. Departure: Daily

Horseback Riding

Short Ride: 5 hours. Difficulty: medium. About 2 ˝ hours of horse riding in the flat terrain of the steppe. Departure from Los Notros, in one of our vans to the mouth of the Mitre River with the Branch Rico, 40 minutes from here. The excursion begins in the Ranch Mitre, where the specialized guides will assign you horses, depending on the experience you have. Then the exploration begins, riding for about 2 ˝ hours through the steppe, with the Cervantes Glacier, the Moreno Hill, and the Hills of the Estancias as the landscape, visiting the old ranches of the pioneers’ families in the shore of the Branch Rico. In the ride is possible to see hares, foxes, birds, and the admirable condor and flora of the southern Patagonia. After this experience, you will be back to the Ranch Mitre for lunch: a delicious lamb roasted in the Argentinean way. At last our van will take you back to the Hostería. Departure: Daily

Long Ride: 5 hours. Difficulty: Medium, about 4 hours of horse riding in the flat terrain of the steppe. This excursion is similar to the short option, but this one continues the trial up to the mouth of a little river call Chorillo Malo, in the shore of Branch Rico, giving you a lasting experience. The lunch will be in the nature, rib eye steak, roasted in a share, a typical way to roast a steak in some ranches of Argentina. Once you are ready, the riding continues to the country Ranch Mitre, where our van will be waiting for you to take you back to the Hostería. Departure: Daily.