El Calafate is often called the gateway to Argentina’s Los Glaciares National Park, as it is located at the southern edge of the massive ice field. Visitors can easily use El Calafate as a base for exploring the park, where they can hike and sightsee to find the Perito Moreno Glacier, and if they are lucky, may even see it calve. There are also many other glaciers in the park as well as some jagged and beautiful mountains. In El Calafate itself, tourists can visit the Glaciarium, an educational museum that will teach its guests about glaciers and the history of the Patagonian Ice Fields.

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