Laguna Esmeralda | Tourist Attraction

February 21st, 2024 by annelien.rijmen

Very nice and free hike. Prettier than any hike in the Tierra del Fuego park imo. Mostly flat. Very pretty lake and surroundings.

January 10th, 2024 by kn

Really nice laguna with epic mountains in the background. Hike time of 4 hours is probably meant for old / non-sporty people. We did roundtrip with photo breaks in 1h20min with fast pace and a little running in between.

January 3rd, 2024 by instagram.com/almarikaa

Good hike, a bit crowded but we started at 4pm and only saw a lot of people coming down, at the top it was kinda quiet. Nice view, beautiful and easy hike, and must the weather be with you :)

November 25th, 2023 by on.vagabonde

Start the hike early around 7-8am and you will be alone. And definitely wear some hiking boots because it’s really muddy (even with the sidewalk). The trail is almost all flat except some part in the forest.

February 18th, 2023 by piaksiemer

Can get very crowded, best to start early.

January 29th, 2023 by lyssa0404

Great hike! They’ve installed several new boardwalks, so mud is no longer much of an issue. Mostly flat, with only a short section of a moderately uphill hike in the middle. Great scenery through the forest and along the river. It took us 70 minutes to get to the lake, then we spent about 45 minutes casually walking around the perimeter of the lake, and another 70 minutes back to the parking lot.
According to the info sign at the start of the hike today, dogs ARE allowed!

January 9th, 2023 by xtgfamily

car park at the start of the walk to Laguna Esmeralda. the round trip is estimated at 5 hours, we did it in 3h30 with children. you can enjoy the beach at the edge of the lagoon, very touristy. on the way we see a beaver dam. the lagoon has a beautiful light green color.

parking du départ de la marche vers la Laguna Esmeralda. l’aller-retour est estimé à 5 h, nous l’avons fait en 3h30 avec des enfants. vous pouvez profiter de la plage au bord de la lagune, très touristique. sur le chemin on voit un barrage de castor. la lagune a une couleur vert claire magnifique.

February 4th, 2022 by Jimmy travels around

the walk is muddy, but not really muddy. we did it after two days of rain and walked there with our normal sneakers.no problem because there are stones or would wherever needed to cross the muddy parts. as it was the first nice day it was really crowded

March 5th, 2020 by judithmigura

We really enjoyed the hike next to the beautiful river up to the lake! just really muddy in between, keep you eyes open for stones or wood to pass in the middle area

February 23rd, 2020 by vincent_geffroy

Nice walk to the lake. Really really muddy nearly the whole way.

December 2nd, 2019 by massi94

Beautyful hike! Took us 3.5h and no problem with a dog. (He only gets really dirty 😂)

December 1st, 2019 by whatridley

Spectacular place. Easy trail although as others have said very muddy after rain, you have to cross a few peat bogs. Dogs not allowed in theory, but I saw plenty on the trail so if seems people are ignoring this. Wild camping is allowed at the lake, incredible place to sleep. I was able to get there with my loaded bicycle (bikepacking setup) but a fair bit of pushing required. Definitely wouldn't recommend taking a heavy bike with panniers through.

December 1st, 2019 by facebook.com/swiatjestksiazka

10 km return hike. very easy and nice if there was no rain. After rainy night be prepared for a lot of mud. Beautiful view in the end and it's free.
On weekends a lot of locals.

November 4th, 2019 by adventureisupthere.com

This is a 10km hike that can be nice but when it has rained before it is just mud, mud, mud. The path becomes a nightmare and you can easily fall down so be prepared.

October 22nd, 2019 by b.chaski

Beautiful hike. Pretty easy, it's 10km round trip, pretty flat most of the time, it took us 3h to go there have lunch and come back.

The start is at the left side of the parking.
At this season the track is mud, snow and nice (most difficult part of the trail is that) and the Laguna was still mostly under ice but nevertheless it totally worth it to do.
Apparently from the Laguna you can also go to a glaciar it's 5km more one way (path on the left side of the laguna)

Enjoy !

April 8th, 2019 by Gran Viaje

dogs are no longer allowed on the trail. .....

January 31st, 2019 by jeff

Busy hike to beautiful lake. Not difficult, but sections can be quite muddy. Come prepared.

January 22nd, 2019 by nicaundmoritzreisen.de

Nice walk, good view with sunny weather. But lots of people! During the weekend they parked along the street because the parking lot wasn’t enough. So we decided to try again few days later. It was better but still many people..

February 19th, 2018 by deuxevades.com

10kms round trip to see the laguna Esmeralda. Easy path but can be tricky if it rained the past few day. There was a lot of mud when we did it.
A lot of space to park at the beginning, but very close to the road. Not so suitable to sleep here.

February 11th, 2018 by pppeetra

Nice light walk to glacier lagun. Togheter 3hours- there and back. You past also big beaver construction. For free. No problem with dogs ;)