We slept at Complejo Kalenshen Hosteria in a comfortable cabin with kitchen, in the enjoyable frontier tourist town of El Chaltén, in the southern Andes mountains, Argentina, South America. Enjoy exciting hikes to view Mount Fitz Roy, glaciers, rivers, and lakes. El Chaltén was built in 1985 by Argentina to help secure the disputed border with Chile. The nearest airport is 220 km south at El Calafate. Chaltén comes from a Tehuelche (Aonikenk) word meaning "smoking mountain" (explained by frequent orographic clouds). The foot of South America is known as Patagonia, a name derived from coastal giants, Patagão or Patagoni, who were reported by Magellan's 1520s voyage circumnavigating the world and were actually Tehuelche native people who averaged 25 cm (or 10 inches) taller than the Spaniards.
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