Estancia Cristina Lodge

Estancia Cristina has a unique position in the Parque Nacional Los Glaciares. A luxury stay in the middle of nowhere. Not cheap, but you pay for what you get: pickup at your hotel of origen, boat trip with a VIP deck for people staying at the lodge. A warm welcome by the team and a superb 3-course lunch to start with. Food quality: excellent. The rooms are spacious and modern. All rooms are connected to sattelite WiFi these days (no cellular signal during your stay). The guides to the excursions are skilled and friendly - obviously don’t miss the Cañadón de los Fósiles trip with the Uppsala glacier lookout point. All-in-all a great experience.

This place is one of those movies you see and always wanted to go. There is a history, there is a place, there is a service, and there will always be a memory with you linked to this place! This trip begins with an impeccable "Catamaran" ship. The boat is super clean and the serve a nice coffee or tea. The trip is about 1.5 hour, but before you land at the Estancia, they take you to see the Upsala Glaciar. Magnifique! Beautiul! The sailing continues to the farm with a great history (i won´t tell you here), and once at the Estancia, they serve you a great lunch with "Argentinian Cordeiro" (lamp) and wines......some rest, and the activity you choose will begin! Please go see this place. It´s like a movie!

We have had a beautiful time at Estancia Cristina. This is definitely the highlight of our trip to Argentina. The hospitality and care for the guests is tremendous. The meals are world class dining, the activities (hikes (guided and self guided) and horseback riding) are fantastic and the rooms and common areas are so relaxing and welcoming. The staff care for the history of the inn and the ecology of the National Park. We cannot imagine that there is any room for improvement. If we could rate this experience 10 out of 5, we would!

It is a great place. You go there by boat - separate seating area - not together with the day visitors. Nice views from the boat. Very spacious and clean rooms with a nice view. Food is very good. Nice activities : we did a relaxing horse back ride in the valley crossing rivers (no experience needed) and a half day trek to Cerro Carnero with a nice guide. However , we booked two nights to be able to have a full day to do the fossil canyon walk. We had plenty of time, only one other guest with us, so no reason to rush. Unfortunately we had Speedy Gonzalez as guide: rushing all the time, walking 10 meters in front of us , not waiting when we stopped to make pictures, there are only a few places with nice fossils but she stopped only 2 minutes. So she spoiled our day ; the only reason I could imagine to be in such a hurry, was to be back to watch Argentina playing in the afternoon in the second round of the World Cup.

This estancia was amazing. We were expecting something out of the way, and we certainly found it. From the landing, we were 3 hours heading to the property, but only because we toured the ice bergs and went fairly close to the ice cap…amazing! The property had modern rooms, a central area for gathering, pretty good wifi, an very excellent food.