Created by South America’s true connoisseurs of intrepid landscapes, Explora El Chalten offers an opportunity to explore a privileged slice of Argentina’s finest trekking country from a supremely comfortable base. Strategically situated in the 14,000-acre Los Huemules Reserve, this isolated location – a 45-minute rugged transfer north of El Chalten village - proves no hardship when the scenery is this spectacular. Fronting a meandering river and swathes of ñirre forest, its remarkable setting allows access to Los Glaciares National Park and its commanding blankets of ice.
It’s hard to imagine the logistics that went into constructing a hotel here, but the pioneering architecture expected of Explora effortlessly camouflages itself into the surrounding mountains, the aim as always to divert and disconnect from the modern world. The on-site team entice you with all-inclusive adventures that roll from one day to the next; trekking, of course, with various degrees of intensity, rock climbing and expeditions to the Perito Moreno, South America’s most famous, breath-stealing glacier are amongst the many adventures on offer.
