Breakfast at El Pilar – ham and cheese.

Augustino from El Pilar gave us a ride back to the Hostel where we caught the bus back to El Calafate.

From the bus station, we walked around a little on the main street of El Calafate before heading to the taxi stand to get a ride to the hotel. We ate dinner at all you can eat meat place.

Just as the sun was setting, the full moon started to rise.

Breakfast at El Pilar was again ham and cheese. This must be the national food.

After the hike yesterday, our legs were feeling a little tired but being in such an amazing place we couldn’t just sit around. From El Pilar, a short hike up the road will put you on the trail to Laguna de los Tres. If you make it all the way to the end, the owner will ask you to pay a fee of 20 pesos per person. We turned around before that point because it started raining.

Another delicious dinner and bottle of wine at El Pilar.

Breakfast at El Pilar was typical Argentinian – bread and butter with rolls of ham and cheese. The hotel packed box lunches for us to take on our hike – more ham and cheese.

At 9:30am we started off on the hike to Fitz Roy. The wind was whipping along the river and we were wearing winter hats and windbreakers. The first part of the hike is along the shore of the river through forest and over rolling hills. The trees provide shelter from the wind and made for a comfortable and much warmer hike. Then the trail crosses a flat plain in the central valley between mountains. Between the plain and the river lies a campground. After crossing the river via a small bridge, we the trail turned up. At the top, we were treated to an amazing view of Fitz Roy, the glacier, and a beautiful glacial lake.

We were very happy when dinner time came at El Pilar. We had a great 3 course meal and bottle of wine.