ESTANCIA HELSINGFORS
EL CHALTEN & FITZ ROY AREA

Helsingfors is located 180 km North of El Calafate. The lodge is surrounded by a stunning landscape, sheltered by coniferous woods that make way to a panoramic view of the lake and the Andes Mountains.
It has 8 comfortable rooms each with private bathrooms, a dining room and a cosy living room; all exquisitely decorated with amazing simplicity, combining warm colours and different textures that harmonize and blend in with the natural environment.
A refined cellar with select Argentine and Chilean wines accompany the delicacies of a remarkable gourmet cuisine.
A total of 18 guests will therefore be able to live and enjoy a personalised service that involves only part of the unique “Helsingfors experience”.

ACTIVITIES

TREK AND HORSEBACK RIDING TO LAGUNA AZUL
This activity leaves the magnificent Mt. Fitz Roy behind to enter the Patagonian Andean Forest. After a steep climb, either by foot or horseback, the most splendorous landscape unveils, framed by ever-snowed mountain peaks and a river of ice that ends in the waters of the Blue Lagoon. A good opportunity for spotting local fauna.

LAGUNA DEL MORRO
After a brief navigation along one of lake Viedma’s branches and a short trek, a crystal patch of emerald green water is revealed: the Morro Lagoon. A quiet and peaceful natural paradise, the ideal place to enjoy trout fishing and local wild fauna.

NAVIGATION AND TREKKING TO ENJOY VIEDMA GLACIER
It takes the Zodiac a 40-minute trip from the lodge’s pier to Viedma Glacier, where visitors may witness large pieces of ice cracking and roaring as they break and fall into the water creating icebergs. Once disembarked, the glacier presents Helsingfors’ visitors with a unique experience: to enter and explore the caves that the very rim of the glacier creates upon land.

GOURMET CUISINE
Part of what makes Helsingfors a unique experience is found in its cooking, where our Chef delights our guests with a truly remarkable gourmand cuisine.
Helsingfors has its own vegetable garden and a refined cellar with a variety of Argentine and Chilean selected vintage wines that accompany the delicacies of our regional cuisine, where some of the typical local dishes such as the Patagonian lamb or the exquisite trout can be enjoyed.

RECOMMENDATIONS
Packing List:

Basic Pack should include:

• Day Pack
• Trekking shoes (that have been broken)
• Comfortable gym shoes for resting
• Warm parka and windbreaker
• Polar wear / warm sweater
• Light pullover / sweatshirt
• Gloves, hat / cap, bandanna, sunglasses
• Sun screen / Sun block
• Camera and lots of film
• Binoculars

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