La Leona Petrified Forest Tours and Tickets

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Discover La Leona Petrified Forest: Guided Hiking Tour

Spend an afternoon hiking and exploring outside of El Calafate on a visit to La Leona Petrified Forest. Along the way you’ll stop at Hotel La Leona, an old roadhouse that once housed Butch Cassidy, and travel past some of Patagonia’s most alluring scenery, including Mt Fitz Roy and Argentino Lake. Then enjoy an easy guided trek through La Leona’s moon-like forest, keeping an eye out for fossilized dinosaur bones and petrified trees. Your day-long tour includes round-trip air-conditioned transport and a boxed lunch.

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Discover La Leona Petrified Forest: Guided Hiking Tour

8 hoursFree Cancellation

from $211

Price varies by group size

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La Lioness Petrified Forest

9 to 17 hoursFree Cancellation

from $215

El Calafate: Day Trip to the spectacular Petrified Forest La Leona

Discover one of Argentina’s top natural attractions during a small-group day trip to La Leona Petrified Forest from El Calafate. Depart from El Calafate on an air-conditioned coach and admire panoramic views of the Andes. On arrival, visit the La Leona historical site and go for a guided stroll through the petrified forest. Learn about the history and significance of the petrified forest throughout the tour.

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El Calafate: Day Trip to the spectacular Petrified Forest La Leona

8 hoursFree Cancellation

from $234

Let yourself be amazed by this spectacular adventure to a natural paradise like El Chaltén. Do you like nature and the mountains? Then, this experience is for you. I discovered one of the hidden natural treasures of Argentina. We will pick you up at your hotel, and we will travel along National Route 40 until we reach the town of El Chaltén. City tour, walks (low intensity and for the whole family), nature and a lot of amazement is what awaits us on this day full of emotion Take with you the best memories, the most beautiful photos and a unique experience that you will remember for a long time from your visit to Argentine Patagonia.

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Full Day Tour in El Chalten with lunch

8 hoursFree Cancellation

from $100

What are people saying about La Leona Petrified Forest

La Lioness Petrified Forest

Oana_D, Jan 2026

Absolutely amazing experience!

Our visit to La Leona Petrified Forest with our guide Paul was unforgettable. Paul was fantastic—knowledgeable, friendly, and passionate about the area. We truly couldn't have asked for a better guide. The landscape itself is surreal. I felt like we were walking on the moon… only with oxygen, gravity, and a bright blue Patagonian sky above us. 😄 The petrified trees, the dinosaur fossils, and the silence of the desert made the whole experience feel otherworldly. Seeing the ancient wood and real dinosaur bones up close was something we’ll never forget. Highly recommended—this was one of the highlights of our trip!

Discover La Leona Petrified Forest: Guided Hiking Tour

Karyn_K, Mar 2026

Moderate hike in a scenic area

This hike is rated as a moderate hike and it is challenging for someone who doesn’t do a lot of hiking but wants to challenge themselves. The hike is over 3 hours and 3 km long, we stopped for lunch along the trail. There are spots where there are steps dug into the trail and ropes to hold onto. I would recommend using hiking poles if you’re not a hiker. The scenery was amazing and I couldn’t believe the amount of petrified trees and bones we saw. The last part of the hike is the most difficult because you go down into the canyon then pretty much straight up to get out. The guide did not push us to go too fast and was careful to not get ahead of any of us, she did a great job.

Discover La Leona Petrified Forest: Guided Hiking Tour

Carol_G, Apr 2024

Magical experience

Outstanding views! The long journey was made bearable by the excellent driver of our car. In addition he drew our attention to a variety of wildlife we had never seen before.

El Calafate: Day Trip to the spectacular Petrified Forest La Leona

Janwillem_B, Jan 2024

Beautiful learning experience

The drive to the park alongside the lakes and the hike thru the park with a very knowledgeable guide

La Lioness Petrified Forest

Chelsea_Z, Dec 2023

Must do experience while in Calafate or during transfer from Chalten to Calafate

What a fantastic tour!!! Our guide, Leo was so friendly and knowledgeable. He really made the trekk through the forest interesting! All of that is to say that he was a great accompaniment to one of the most unique landscapes you'll ever experience! This forest has existed for well over 60 million years and is complete with dinosaur bonus, petrified tree logs, natural rock formations and things you just don't see everyday and can't see everywhere. We also arranged to have this tour as a transfer between El Chalten to El Calafate and it was seamless. We booked the tour and then reached out to add on the transfer from El Chalten to La Leona where we met up with the rest of the group. It was simple and very cost effective. Perfect way to spend a transfer day between Chalten and Calafate!! Highly recommend taking this one!!

La Leona Petrified Forest

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El Calafate

Know before you go

Make sure you’re wearing sturdy hiking boots to tackle the uneven and rocky surfaces you’ll be covering.
Aside from La Leona hotel and a small shop, there aren’t any other places to buy drinks or snacks during the hike, so take plenty with you.
The area is completely unshaded, so wearing sunscreen and a hat comes highly recommended.
You can book an overnight stay at La Leona hotel.

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