National Park Los Glaciares National Park is located along the border with Chile, and covers an area of ​​about 446 hectares Los Glaciares National Park is one of the largest environmental facilities in Argentina. National Park, this area became in April 1945. And in 1981 he was included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Translated from Spanish Los Glaciares National Park means "glacier". And indeed in the area of ​​the Southern Hemisphere nowhere else continental land and that kind of favorable conditions for the development of modern glaciation. More than forty percent of the western territory of Los Glaciares National Park is covered with eternal ice and snow Patagonian Andes. The conservation area was found the largest ice cap outside Antarctica, consisting of 47 glaciers.

Perito Moreno glacier in the most famous park of Los Glaciares National Park. Its height is about 50 m, length - 4 km. Age glacier has 30,000 years. Perito Moreno is one of the few remaining in the world "living" glaciers. It is named in honor of the Argentine scientist Francisco Moreno, translated from Spanish Perito Moreno means "scientist Moreno." The dress itself is the world's third largest reserve of fresh water. According to scientists, the glacier has a special ability to maintain balance and not to succumb to global warming.

Perito Moreno - Glacier also unique because of its arrays begin to form at an altitude of 1500 meters above sea level, and then descend from the mountains and falling into the lake of Argentina. Thousands of tourists come to the National Park for what to see this spectacle. UNESCO declared the Perito Moreno Glacier World Heritage Site.

Especially for tourists held minitreking to the unique walls of the glacier. Visitors are given special shoes for walking on ice. During the walk you can see a variety of ice formations - small lagoon, cracks, drains, as well as place the collapse of the glacier. In addition, a walk along the lake. The boat of tourists driving up to a distance of 200 meters from the glacier, so that they could appreciate the full beauty of the Perito Moreno Glacier.

At the foot of the Andes, on the banks of the lake is the town of El Calafate. It is named for Patagonian berries. From it the locals cook jam and do all sorts of alcoholic liqueurs. The city is a transit point for all tourists on the way to the glacier.

Due to the melting of glaciers within the park, it formed a complex system of lakes. In total there are about a hundred, most famous of which are - Lago Argentino and Viedma.

As for the flora and fauna in the park area is occupied by the main sub-Antarctic forests and Patagonian Patagonian steppe. In the forests of the protected area is home to over a hundred species of birds, the most notable of which are dlinnoklyuvy rheas, Andean condor, black-necked duck finch and African clawed. Among the animals can distinguish the Andean deer, guanacos, llamas, condors, Patagonian hares, gray foxes, cougars.

The park in the town of Puerta del Canyon, scientists have discovered the remains of ancient settlements of people, and in line with the local river, which had long since dried up - the fossilized remains of dinosaurs.

Every year the protected area of ​​Los Glaciares National Park is visited by thousands of tourists from around the world. The best time to explore the park is from October to March, as in the Southern Hemisphere, it accounts for the summer.