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Day Trip to the spectacular Petrified Forest La Leona

By Gray Line Argentina
Free cancellation available
Price is P 12,974 per adult
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 8h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
Overview
  • Enjoy a beautiful panoramic view of the Andes
  • Cerro Fitz Roy
  • Visit the Hotel La Leona historical site
  • Visit the Estancia Santa Teresita
  • Walk scanning the Petrified Forest
Activity location
  • El Calafate
    • Lago Argentino
    • La Leóna, Santa Cruz, Argentina
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • El Calafate
    • El Calafate, Argentina

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Bosque Petrificado
  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h
    8h
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 9:00
Price details
P 12,973.84 x 2 AdultsP 25,947.68

Total
Price is P 25,947.68

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Box Lunch
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Round trip transfers from your lodging in El Calafate
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Guide in Spanish and English
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Optional Gratuities
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Other services not especified

Know before you book

  • Please note that there are some hotels in the city that are not included in our pickup routes. If your hotel is not included, we will contact you to inform you of the closest pick up location. We ask that you wait for the guide in the lobby of the hotel indicated.

What you can expect

An ideal tour for people who enjoy the outdoor and Adventure, ready to discover new places. Average fitness is required because the tour includes a hike of 3 hours. Traveling from El Calafate through Provincial Route N 5 and then the National Route 40. You arrive to The Argentino Lake, the Santa Cruz river and the beautiful valley of La Leona River with the most impressive view of the Andes including the Cerro Fitz Roy. Then you visit the historical site of Hotel La Leona, and continue 10 km along the southern shore of Lake Viedma until Cerro Los Hornos (Estancia Santa Teresita). You start to explore the Petrified Forest, along the Great Depression and began your exploration walk among fossils. Halfway you stop for lunch. Throughout the walk you will see a lots of petrified logs lying on the surface, some with a diameter of 1.20 meters. Testimony to ancient times where the climate was very different from today and allowed the support of abundant flora and large dimensions. Occasionally fossils of different types of dinosaurs are exposed.

Location

Activity location
  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIES
    El Calafate
    • Lago Argentino
    • La Leóna, Santa Cruz, Argentina
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    El Calafate
    • El Calafate, Argentina