Glacier Front
The most direct route to the heart of the glacier: one kilometre of trail through streams and moraine until you stand in front of the ice.
Cochrane · Aysén · Chilean Patagonia
Calluqueo Glacier
Pioneers in glacier tours. We sail to a river of ice coming down from Monte San Lorenzo, with local guides and an almost zero carbon footprint.
The place
A river of ice coming down from Monte San Lorenzo
From the slopes of Monte San Lorenzo, at 3,706 metres the second highest summit in the Patagonian Andes, the Calluqueo glacier comes down. It is an ancient river of ice that ends in a milky-white lagoon ringed by mountains and native forest.
Here the landscape speaks for itself: the silence of Patagonia, the wind and the shine of the glacier will be your only company. At the ice front the route opens into two options, so you can take it at your own pace.
We leave Cochrane in the morning and return the same day. In between there is gravel road, Andean Patagonian forest, a boat crossing and ice.
Registered with SERNATUR Certified mountain guide Almost zero carbon footprint Pioneers since 2010
Two routes, one glacier
The tours
Both leave from Cochrane and share the same way in to the glacier front. From there they split: a short walk to the ice, or the long traverse up to the Andean Lagoon.
Andean Lagoon
The long traverse: a mountain trail up to the Andean Lagoon, then down into the periglacial zone for a stop to touch the ice.
2026 rates per person, VAT included. Each tour has its own minimum number of travellers and two options: with transport from Cochrane, or without transport.
How we operate
An almost zero carbon footprint
We cross Lake Calluqueo in a boat built for minimum fuel use. That choice keeps our footprint almost nil, and it keeps something just as valuable: the silence of the place.
What you hear out on the water is the wind and the ice at work. We take small groups, return the same day, and leave no installations behind in the valley.
People who have been
Every review, five stars
We did not write these: they are published on the Google listing of Turismo Onix Patagonia, with name and date.
Richard is a well-prepared guide, knows first aid, and is very careful and friendly. The place is a dream.
We went with a 5-year-old and a 2-year-old, and he was very patient and kind throughout. You can tell he has experience and loves what he does.
You can see several peaks of Mount San Lorenzo, an emerald-green lagoon, and you even get right up to the glacier, touching the ice.
Reviews published on Google, translated by Google from Spanish. See the listing on Google
About us
Pioneers in glacier tours
Turismo Onix Patagonia has been operating out of Cochrane since 2010. We know this valley in all its versions: in sun, in wind and in rain.
Richard Almonacid Baeza, founder
Qualified tourism technician, certified mountain guide and ski instructor trained at Chile's national ski and snowboard school.
Bookings
Tell us how many you are and the day you want to go
We answer on WhatsApp and Instagram. If you already have a date we can hold it; if you are still deciding, we will help you pick the route.