This picturesque village located on the Argentino lakeside, constitutes the tourist centre of higher hierarchy in Santa Cruz. El Calafate offers a benign microclimate that turns the place into an oasis that marvels the tourist who reaches it after travelling across the arid landscape of the Patagonic plateaux.
Calafate is the nearest city to visit The Glaciers National Park and its famous Perito Moreno Glacier, which was declared Natural Patrimony of the Humanity by the UNESCO. El Calafate was created in 1927 and was named after the thorny shrub with strongly tinted fruits that extends over the whole South Andean Patagonia.
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