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El Chaltén (El Chalten) is the village in Argentina, located some 350 km to the north from Puerto Natales. The capital city Buenos Aires is in 2,630 km to the north-east. The population of El Chaltén is 900 people (as of 2009). People mostly visit El Chaltén to see its mountains.

The closest airport Lago Argentino Airport (IATA: ING) is about 160 km away.

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1. Monte Fitz Roy
Monte Fitz Roy, is a mountain located near the El Chaltén village, in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, in Patagonia, on the border between Argentina and Chile. The mountain is also known as Cerro Chaltén, Cerro Fitz Roy, or simply Mount Fitz Roy. Cerro is a Spanish word meaning mountain, while Chaltén comes from a Tehuelche (Aonikenk) word meaning " smoking mountain" due to a cloud that usually forms around the mountain's peak. Fitz Roy, however, was only one of a number of peaks the Tehuelche…

2. Cerro Torre
Cerro Torre is one of the mountains of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in South America. It is located in a region which is disputed between Argentina and Chile, west of Cerro Chalten (also known as Fitz Roy). The peak is the highest in a four mountain chain: the other peaks are Torre Egger (2, 685 m), Punta Herron, and Cerro Stanhardt. The top of the mountain often has a mushroom of rime ice, formed by the constant strong winds, increasing the difficulty of reaching the actual summit.

If you have already seen El Chaltén, there are still plenty of things to do on the outskirts of the city. Are you fancy to travel around a bit? Here is our list:

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Don Los Cerros Boutique Hotel And Spa

starting $510

Destino Sur

starting $150

Hotel Lunajuim

starting $112

Hosteria Senderos

starting $120

Hotel Poincenot

starting $7568

Kalenshen

starting $45

Hosteria Fitz Roy Inn

starting $50

Hosteria El Paraiso

starting $54

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