The city of El Chaltén is a small tourist villa, founded in 1985, declared The National Capital of the Trekking. It is located in Rio De las Vueltas valley, in the Southwest of the province of Santa Cruz, 213 km away from the city of El Calafate. The main attractions of this beautiful villa are Torre and Fitz Roy Hills or Chalten, the impressive granites needles that constitute a permanent challenge for all the mountaineers of the world.