Perito Moreno Glacier

Being the third largest fresh water reserve in the world, the Perito Moreno glacier is pretty big. It stretches thirty kilometers into the Andes and, to the delight tourists like us, it stretches all the way to the main road! This means it is very easy to view the massive five kilometer face of the glacier from one of the many viewing decks.

The glacier was definitely one of the more impressive natural phenomena that I have seen. Standing on the decks, you can hear it move. Every now and then, massive chunks of ice crash into the lake below, like someone just hit the jackpot in the largest game of coin pusher. We stood for hours staring at the glacier, waiting and watching it calve. When the clouds would periodically break and the sun would come out, the glacier changed from a bright blue to a solid white and the surrounding mountains loomed above the glacier. Standing on that deck, we experienced every weather type, but even the bitter cold was worth the views. Definitely one to recommend.Read more