Great, greater, Glaciar Perito Moreno

After the Torres del Paine Nationalpark we travelled again over the border to El Calafate. On the campground in El Calafate we met again a Dutch couple that we met a couple of days ago: Ynska and Bas. So we decided to have dinner together and cooked spaghetti bolognese. Bas was struggling with the big amount of pasta sauce. 

Ynska, Jo and Bas.

Together with our two Dutch friends we visited the next day the Glaciar Perito Moreno. One of the most fascinating glaciers and one of the last expanding glaciers in the world.

And we were lucky again and saw a rainbow over the glacier.

The height above the waterlevel of the Lago Argentina is around 70m and below the waterlevel the thickness of the ice is another 100m. In total the glacier covers an area of 250km².

Only three days ago the "icebridge" colapsed. That happens on average only every 5 years. In wintertime the glacier will expand and possibly built a new "bridge",

We decided to join a hiking tour over the glacier. That was pretty touristy but it was worth to join the crowd!

The 400 year old ice tasted very good!

We can´t find any words for the following pics... So just enjoy it.