Is the All Glaciers Cruise Worth It?

It is worth it if you want a day out on the lake itself: icebergs in the Upsala channel, the hanging glaciers of the Spegazzini channel and time ashore opposite the Spegazzini front. It is not worth it if the Upsala Glacier is the reason you are going, because the boats keep well away from it, or if seven hours on a boat for a few hundred dollars feels like too much. For the lake day, Solo Patagonia’s cruise is from US$285 a person (checked November 2026) for the entry ticket.

Free cancellation runs until 24 hours before.

What the day gives you

Seven hours on the water, from 8:30 to 16:00, about ten with the transfer. The boat crosses the Boca del Diablo into the north arm, sails up the Upsala channel among the icebergs that come off the glacier, then turns into the Spegazzini channel past the Seco, Heim Sur and Peineta glaciers to the front of the Spegazzini. The landing at Base Spegazzini gives you the refuge, the paths and the walkways to the Agostini viewpoint. Most of what you see, you see from the decks and the cabin windows.

What reviewers complain about

Solo Patagonia’s listing has 327 reviews on GetYourGuide, which we read in full, dated February 2020 to November 2026. 227 give five stars; 32 give three or fewer. The complaints that come back:

• The price. At least 8 call it expensive for what it is; a reviewer writing in French in March 2025 counted 310 euros each with the park fee and felt half a day of the holiday had been lost.
• Crowds. At least 6 mention a full boat or a crowded deck, and one a crowded Captains Club.
• The Upsala. At least 6 say it was seen only from very far away or that access to it was closed. “Unfortunately you cannot see the Upsala Glacier”, a reviewer wrote in Italian in January 2026, in a five-star review.
• The language. At least 3 found the commentary mostly in Spanish, with a few sentences in English after it (December 2022, April 2024, March 2026). The live guide speaks Spanish and English.

What reviewers praise is just as consistent: the Spegazzini Glacier, the scale of the ice, the staff and, for those who paid for it, the Captains Club.

Why the Upsala is seen from afar

The park administration restricted commercial navigation in the Upsala arm in 2016 and extended the limit in 2017 to the mouth of the Onelli channel, because the stretch from the glacier front to Bahia Onelli was found unstable (Decree 46/2019 records both resolutions). No cruise goes beyond it, so the Upsala is a distant wall at the end of an ice-filled channel. If you mainly want to see it closer, Estancia Cristina runs what it calls the only land-based lookout over the Upsala, reached by boat and then 4x4.

Who should pick something else

• Upsala first. Estancia Cristina's Mirador del Glaciar Upsala sails to the estancia and climbs by 4x4 to the viewpoint, from US$370 with hotel transfer and lunch.
• Perito Moreno first. A full day on the lake that does not include Perito Moreno may feel long if you have not yet seen it. Cruceros Marpatag's Glaciers Gourmet day ends at its north face, from US$235.
• Short of time. With only one day in El Calafate, we would spend it at Perito Moreno and keep the all glaciers cruise for a second day.

Who it suits

Prices, ratings and review counts from the listings (GetYourGuide checked November 2026). Operators price by date and season, so treat the figures as the shape of the market, not a quote.