Travel to El Calafate
Every way to reach El Calafate: 1 mode compared, with fares.
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El Calafate is reachable from 4 places across 2 countries by 1 mode, on services run by 3 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €79.20 and the fastest takes 4h 19m door to door. The nearest origin is 564 km away.
How people reach El Calafate
| Mode | Origins | From | Fastest | Reach | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 6 | €79.20 | 4h 19m | 2,080 km | 3 |
- 4Places you can arrive from
- 2Countries
- 3Operators
The flight gets you into El Calafate. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in El Calafate for the night the flight gets in
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How far people travel to get here
| Distance | Routes | Share | Nearest of them |
|---|---|---|---|
| 200 to 600 km | 2 | 33% | Ushuaia, 564 km |
| 600 to 1,500 km | 1 | 17% | San Carlos de Bariloche, 1025 km |
| Over 1,500 km | 3 | 50% | Santiago, 1882 km |
Which countries you can arrive from
Stations, airports and ports in El Calafate
El Calafate
- Terminal de ómnibus de El Calafate
- FTE
The fare from FTE into El Calafate is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in El Calafate
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The cheapest journeys into El Calafate
| Route | From | Fastest | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ushuaia to El Calafate flight | €79.20 | 4h 19m | 564 km |
| Bariloche to El Calafate flight | €137.02 | 4h 58m | 1,025 km |
| Santiago to El Calafate flight | €186.58 | 6h 6m | 1,882 km |
| Buenos Aires to El Calafate flight | €236.14 | 6h 17m | 2,080 km |
El Calafate is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
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Popular journeys to El Calafate
Common questions about Travel to El Calafate
How can I get to El Calafate?
El Calafate is reachable by 1 mode on our network, from 4 places, across 2 countries, on services run by 3 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.
What is the cheapest way to get to El Calafate?
The cheapest way into El Calafate is by flight, from €79.20 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 4 origins we sell into El Calafate over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.
What is the fastest way to get to El Calafate?
The fastest journey into El Calafate is by flight, at 4h 19m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 564 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.
Which stations and airports does El Calafate have?
El Calafate has 2 named terminals on our network, including 0 rail stations and 1 airports. Among them are FTE. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
Where else can I go from El Calafate in Argentina?
El Calafate connects to 4 places on our network across 2 countries the furthest of them 2,080 km away in a straight line. Argentina routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances
Elsewhere in Argentina
The wider region
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Day trips out of El Calafate and across Argentina
Day trips that leave El Calafate in the morning and cover a good part of Argentina by evening.
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