Car Hire in Argentina – Visiting Buenos Aires to the Glacier’s National Capital the El Calafate

Argentina is the second largest country in South America with abundant rainforest, mountain ranges, and wild animals with Buenos Aires as its capital city.

Argentina

The city of Buenos Aires, in Argentina is the great place to hang out among travelers for this holiday season. It is one of the most important cities in Latin America which most people say is similar to Paris. It is surrounded by beautiful streets, big and small cities, downtowns and barrios with lots of bars and restaurants around. Being one of the most modern cities Buenos Aires have kept its traditional value for hundreds of years.

Buenos Aires

But if you want to see some of Argentina’s tourist attractions, you can hire a car and drive through the known national capital of glaciers, the El Calafate.

El Calafate is known as the national capital of glaciers because it is where you can find enormous blocks of ice. Many national parks have been developed as well as hotels and restaurants to cater the needs of the visiting tourists for the whole year round.


El Calafate is about 3000km’s distance away from Buenos Aires. Many international airports have offered comfortable commodities to cater tourists. There are many different ways to arrive in El Calafate. By plane they have regular flights from Buenos Aires Ezeiza Airport to El Calafate International Airport, by bus, and also by car.

For travel lovers and for those who loved roaming and strolling far places, hiring a car to drive from Buenos Aires to El Calafate is the best way to do. From Buenos Aires you may follow the seaside of Mar Argentino, visiting major cities of Bahia Blanca, Trelew o Comodoro Rivadavia. From there on you may take the North-South direction towards Lago Argentino to El Calafate. It takes for about 36-48 hours to reach El Calafate.

El Calafate

Once you have park your hire car in El Calafate, you can wander around visiting the one of the natural wonders of the world: Perito Moreno glacier. This realm treasure of the place invites every travelers and visitors to explore the wonderful work of nature.

El Calafate is the starting place for all the possibilities of the area. Enjoy a fishing day, flying in an aerostatic balloon, horse back riding, biking, rafting, and visiting the touristic places. It really invites perfect leisure and adventure.

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