El Chaltén

El Chaltén is Argentina's trekking capital, set beneath the dramatic spires of Mount Fitz Roy.

Did you know El Chaltén's name comes from a Tehuelche word meaning "smoking mountain," because locals once saw what they thought was smoke rising from Mount Fitz Roy?

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