if you are too late to reserve the free camping sites on the W-trek you might be looking for alternatives. Since organized tours are pretty expensive (3 days around 290US$ p.P.) renting a car is a comparably cheap alternative.
We booked the car at Sunny Rental in El Calafate for:
1250 ARS per day including 200 km per day
700 ARS for the paper work to cross the border to Chile
2 ARS for every additional kilometer
If you combine the TDP tour with the Perito Moreno Glacier you end up saving money eventually.
Don't forget to refuel in Esperanza when driving to the border at Cerro Castillo. After crossing the border to Chile (it's not allowed to bring any fresh food into Chile) you will pay around 50 US$ p.P entry fee for the National Park TDP.
Since the Torres Central Camping site is normally booked out at high season a good and cheap alternative is to camp next to the Nash Patagonia. The Grandfather rents his lawn with a nice view on the Torres for only 6000 CLP p.P.
The hike to the Torres takes about 8 hours from the Parking lot. Afterwards we were heading to Pehoé lake to camp for another night for 10.000 CLP p.P. Here you can hike up to the Condor Mirador to see the lakes and if you are lucky some Condors.
Pataginia hike guide: [ Ссылка ]
music: ES - Dazed Summer
facebook: [ Ссылка ]
