The Marble Caves

These marble caves over General Carrera Lake (morbidly, the same ones the founder of The

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North Face passed away in earlier this year) are what made the town of Puerto Río Tranquilo famous.They’ve been carved out by the clear blue lake water, and some of them are big enough to take a boat through, giving you a chance to check out the swirling formations and the marble’s yellow, white, and gray colors. The boat tour lasts about an hour and costs roughly $20 per person.When I asked the local guide how long tours of the Exploradores glacier have been going on, he said it has only been a few years. Then he told me that, even though he grew up right near it his whole life, he only found out about the glacier five years ago. That’s what makes this glacier such a cool one to explore: it’s still being discovered. Each month or so, a new wave or cave forms in the ice as the glacier melts.The tour departs from Puerto Río Tranquilo (the same town with the aforementioned marble caves), and it takes about two hours to drive to the trailhead. From there, it’s a 2- to 3-hour walk to the glacier moraine and eventually to the ice. The tour only costs $60, about 1/3 of the cost of the more famous glaciers down south, though it requires a bit more fitness due to the long hike in.