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About El Calafate

El Calafate is a city in Patagonia, Argentina. It is situated on the southern border of Lake Argentino, in the southwest part of the Santa Cruz Province, about 320 km Northwest of Río Gallegos. The name of the city is derived from a little bush with yellow flowers and dark blue berries that is very common in Patagonia: the calafate (Berberis buxifolia); the word comes from the word "calafate", which is Spanish for "caulk".

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It is currently 7:26 PM in El Calafate. El Calafate uses Argentina Standard Time and also supports Argentina Daylight Time.

Trips to El Calafate

Puerto Natales to El Calafate Mendoza to El Calafate Buenos Aires to El Calafate Ushuaia to El Calafate Puerto Natales Station to El Calafate Montevideo to El Calafate Puerto Varas to El Calafate Puerto Natales Airport PNT to El Calafate Cerro Fitzroy to El Calafate Rosario to El Calafate Comandante Luis Piedrabuena to El Calafate Los Antiguos to El Calafate Valdivia to El Calafate Puerto San Julián to El Calafate Cerro Castillo Magallanes Chile to El Calafate Santa Cruz de la Sierra to El Calafate Guayaquil to El Calafate Grey Lake Chile to El Calafate Trevelin to El Calafate Atacama Region to El Calafate La Paz to El Calafate St Louis to El Calafate Montreal to El Calafate Santa Rosa to El Calafate Valparaíso to El Calafate Rochester to El Calafate Magallanes Chile to El Calafate Manila Airport MNL to El Calafate Denver Airport DEN to El Calafate Corrientes to El Calafate Punta del Este to El Calafate Brussels Airport BRU to El Calafate Cairo to El Calafate Sevastopol to El Calafate Marrakesh to El Calafate Caracas to El Calafate Tacna to El Calafate Iguassu Flats Hotel Foz do Iguaçu to El Calafate Villa Gesell to El Calafate Cerro Paine Grande to El Calafate Santa Marta to El Calafate San Salvador de Jujuy to El Calafate Petaling Jaya to El Calafate Cartagena to El Calafate Foz do Iguacu Airport IGU to El Calafate Santiago del Estero to El Calafate Cuzco Airport CUZ to El Calafate Johannesburg to El Calafate San Antonio de Areco to El Calafate London Victoria Station to El Calafate

Trips from El Calafate

El Calafate to Buenos Aires El Calafate to Torres del Paine National Park El Calafate to Cusco El Calafate to Punta Arenas Airport PUQ El Calafate to Río Serrano Hotel Spa Torres del Paine El Calafate to Gobernador Gregores El Calafate to Cueva de las Manos El Calafate to Ultra Trail Torres del Paine El Calafate to Tortel El Calafate to El Chante El Calafate to Hotel Península Valdés Puerto Madryn El Calafate to Vienna El Calafate to Balmaceda Airport El Calafate to Magdalena Island Aysén Region El Calafate to Huilo Huilo Biological Reserve El Calafate to Puerto Río Tranquilo Station El Calafate to Denver El Calafate to Los Angeles El Calafate to Alaska El Calafate to Ezhou El Calafate to São Paulo El Calafate to Mexico City El Calafate to Colombia El Calafate to Hostel Iguazu Falls Puerto Iguazú El Calafate to Machupicchu Guest House Machu Picchu El Calafate to Siachen Glacier El Calafate to Cochrane El Calafate to Río Turbio El Calafate to Northern Lights Tromso El Calafate to La Florida El Calafate to Santa Rosa El Calafate to Punta del Este El Calafate to Archipiélago de Chiloé El Calafate to Queenstown South Africa El Calafate to Moreno Buenos Aires Argentina El Calafate to Quito Airport UIO El Calafate to Villa Cerro Castillo El Calafate to Salar de Uyuni Landmark El Calafate to Hotel Torres del Sol Merlo El Calafate to San Francisco El Calafate to Torrevieja El Calafate to Santiago de Compostela El Calafate to Foz do Iguacu Airport IGU El Calafate to Cubo de Bureba El Calafate to Santiago del Estero El Calafate to Dubai El Calafate to Taebaek El Calafate to Los Flamencos National Reserve El Calafate to St John s El Calafate to Southern Patagonian Ice Field