Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Departament | Lago Argentino |
Location | ![]() |
Altitude | 450 m |
Area | n/a |
Foundation | October 12, 1985 |
Population Density | 324 inhabitants (2001) |
CPA Base | + 690,2 % (1991, 2001) % |
Postcode | 9301 |
DDN | 02962 |
DDI | 0054 2962 |
Official Language | Spanish. |
Currency | Peso. |
Passport | valid for at least 6 months. |
Visa | not required (Permission to stay: 90 days). |
Vaccinations | not required. |
Electricity | 220V / 50Hz. |
Com. Fom. President | Sr. Luís Alberto Guevara |
How to arrived By air, the nearest airports are in El Calafate and Río Gallegos. During the winter, airlines usually change their flights and times, therefore, we suggest contacting them before planning your trip.
From there, you can travel by land, several companies offer this transfer. See transport companies.
By land, El Chalten is accessible through Route 40 from the south, from El Calafate, or from the north, through Esquel, Perito Moreno, Bajo Caracoles ...
![]() DISTANCES TO CHALTEN |
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LOCATIONS IN THE PROVINCE | |
El Calafate | 220 km |
Piedra Buena | 344 km |
Perito Moreno | 303 km |
San Julian | 470 km |
Rio Turbio | 517 km |
Torres del Paine | 579 km |
Gobernador Gregores | 297 km |
Puerto Natales | 530 km |
Punta Arenas | 770 km |
Porvenir | 765 km |
Rio Gallegos | 458 km |
Rio Grande | 750 km |
Ushuaia | 1060 km |
IMPORTANT PLACES IN THE AREA | |
Aeropuerto El Calafate | 242 km |
Cuevas del Gualicho | 231 km |
Río Gallegos | 539 km |
Lago Roca | 285 km |
Glaciar Perito Moreno | 300 km |
LOCATIONS IN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY | |
Buenos Aires | 3200 km |
Comodoro Rivadavia | 959 km |
Córdoba | 2836 km |
Corrientes | 3579 km |
Esquel | 1108 km |
Formosa | 3725 km |
Gobernador Gregores | 335 km |
La Plata | 3100 km |
La Rioja | 3289 km |
Mendoza | 2981 km |
Neuquén | 2127 km |
Paraná | 3056 km |
Porvenir | 561 km |
Posadas | 3729 km |
Puerto Madryn | 1388 km |
Puerto Natales | 362 km |
Punta Arenas | 605 km |
Rawson | 1413 km |
Resistencia | 3559 km |
Río Gallegos | 306 km |
Río Grande | 645 km |
Salta | 3686 km |
San Julian | 406 km |
Santa Cruz | 306 km |
S.F.V.Catamarca | 3268 km |
San Juan | 3052 km |
San Luis | 2728 km |
S.M.Tucumán | 3382 km |
S.S.Jujuy | 3714 km |
Santa Fe | 3026 km |
Santa Rosa | 2226 km |
Sgo. del Estero | 3250 km |
Trelew | 1326 km |
Ushuaia | 889 km |
Viedma | 1893 km |
Services
Available locally
- Internet (cyber).
- ATM.
- Post Office .
NOT available locally
- Banks.
- Exchange Bureaus.
- Mobile telephony.
- Car rental (Rent-a-car).
Primitive Inhabitants
Tehuelches
The Tehuelche (Indians who lived in southern Patagonia) meaning of the word Chaltén is "blue mountain" or "smoking mountain". This was what the original inhabitants of this land called Mount Fitz Roy since it is not difficult to confuse it with a volcano as viewed from a distance.