There are 5 ways to get from Washington to El Chaltén by plane, bus, train, shuttle, or subway
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to El Calafate, bus
best- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to El Calafate (FTE)plane DCA - FTE
- Take the bus from El Calafate Airport to El Chalténbus
20h 37m$1,105,638–3,782,578Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to El Calafate, bus
cheapest- Take the subway from McPherson Square, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to El Calafate (FTE)plane IAD - FTE
- Take the bus from El Calafate Airport to El Chalténbus
31h 29m$723,716–2,573,983Train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly to El Calafate, bus
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshalltrain
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to El Calafate (FTE)plane BWI - FTE
- Take the bus from El Calafate Airport to El Chalténbus
27h 55m$823,050–3,801,462Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Puerto Natales, bus, Tour
- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Puerto Natales (PNT)plane DCA - PNT
- Take the bus from Terminal Rodoviario to Cerro Castillobus
- Take a shuttle bus from Cerro Castillo to El Calafate
- Take the bus from El Calafate to El Chalténbus
25h 29mTrain to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to El Calafate, bus
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to El Calafate (FTE)plane JFK - FTE
- Take the bus from El Calafate Airport to El Chalténbus
31h 22m$879,589–2,686,131
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to El Calafate (FTE) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Washington to El Chaltén is to subway and fly and bus which costs $700000 - $2600000 and takes 31h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Washington to El Chaltén is to fly and bus which takes 20h 37m and costs $1100000 - $3800000.
The distance between Washington and El Chaltén is 10124 km.
It takes approximately 20h 37m to get from Washington to El Chaltén, including transfers.
El Chaltén is 1h ahead of Washington. It is currently 5:22 PM in Washington and 6:22 PM in El Chaltén.
There are 206+ hotels available in El Chaltén.
What companies run services between Washington, DC, USA and El Chaltén, Santa Cruz, Argentina?
There is no direct connection from Washington to El Chaltén. However, you can fly to El Calafate (FTE), walk to El Calafate Airport, then take the bus to El Chaltén. Alternatively, you can take the train to BWI Thurgood Marshall, walk to BWI Amtrak Station, take the bus to Upper Level Terminal - Concourses B & C, walk to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) airport, fly to El Calafate (FTE), walk to El Calafate Airport, then take the bus to El Chaltén.
- Website
- skyairline.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to El Calafate via Atlanta, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 24m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100,000–3,900,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to El Calafate via Miami, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 27m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000,000–3,800,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to El Calafate via Houston, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 16m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200,000–4,200,000
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to El Calafate via Miami, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 52m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800,000–2,900,000
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to El Calafate via Atlanta, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 19m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850,000–3,000,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to El Calafate via Bogota, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100,000–3,200,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to El Calafate via Panama City, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700,000–2,500,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to El Calafate via Punta Cana, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900,000–2,600,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to El Calafate via Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900,000–2,600,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to El Calafate via Bogota, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950,000–2,900,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to El Calafate via Lima, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900,000–2,600,000
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to El Calafate via Atlanta, Ezeiza
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100,000–4,100,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to El Calafate via Miami, Ezeiza
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 17m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,100,000–3,900,000
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to El Calafate via Atlanta, Ezeiza
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900,000–3,100,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Puerto Natales via Atlanta, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 4m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200,000–4,200,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Puerto Natales via Miami, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 36m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,700,000–4,700,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Puerto Natales via John F. Kennedy International Airport, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,800,000–4,900,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Puerto Natales via Houston, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 36m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300,000–4,500,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Puerto Natales via Miami, Santiago, Puerto Montt
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 34m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,700,000–4,800,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to El Calafate via Ezeiza
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650,000–2,300,000
- Website
- voegol.com.br
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to El Calafate via Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800,000–2,800,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to El Calafate via Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700,000–2,500,000
- Website
- aerolineas.com.ar
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to El Calafate via Miami, Ezeiza
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 23m
- When
- Tuesday and Monday
- Estimated price
- $1,100,000–5,500,000
- Website
- jetsmart.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to El Calafate via Ezeiza
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 29m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650,000–2,300,000
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $25,000–39,000
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Washington Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $180,000–290,000
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- 1-866-743-3682
- Website
- Maryland Transit
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3,000–14,000
- Website
- Maryland Transit
- Standard Fare
- $3,000–14,000
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10,000–850,000
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $10,000–700,000
- First Class
- $150,000–850,000
Train from Washington Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $75,000–1,100,000
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $75,000–750,000
- First Class
- $300,000–1,100,000
Subway from McPherson Square, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $3,700–4,000
- Website
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $3,700–4,000
- Phone
- 0800-3331188
- [email protected]
- Website
- taqsa.com.ar
Bus from El Calafate Airport to El Chaltén
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $20,000–60,000
- Schedules at
- taqsa.com.ar
- Semibed
- $20,000–29,000
- Bed
- $21,000–31,000
Bus from El Calafate Airport to El Chaltén
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $20,000–60,000
- Schedules at
- taqsa.com.ar
- Semibed
- $20,000–29,000
- Bed
- $21,000–31,000
Bus from El Calafate Airport to El Chaltén
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $20,000–60,000
- Schedules at
- taqsa.com.ar
- Semibed
- $20,000–29,000
- Bed
- $21,000–31,000
Bus from El Calafate Airport to El Chaltén
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $20,000–60,000
- Schedules at
- taqsa.com.ar
- Semibed
- $20,000–29,000
- Bed
- $21,000–31,000
- [email protected]
- Website
- Transporte Don Atilio
Bus from El Calafate Airport to El Chaltén
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60,000
- Schedules at
- Transporte Don Atilio
Bus from El Calafate Airport to El Chaltén
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60,000
- Schedules at
- Transporte Don Atilio
Bus from El Calafate Airport to El Chaltén
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60,000
- Schedules at
- Transporte Don Atilio
Bus from El Calafate Airport to El Chaltén
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60,000
- Schedules at
- Transporte Don Atilio
- Phone
- +54 9 11 2150 3372
- [email protected]
- Website
- Calafate Excursiones
Bus from El Calafate Airport to El Chaltén
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50,000–70,000
- Website
- Calafate Excursiones
- Cama
- $50,000–70,000
Bus from El Calafate Airport to El Chaltén
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50,000–70,000
- Website
- Calafate Excursiones
- Cama
- $50,000–70,000
Bus from El Calafate to El Chaltén
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55,000–75,000
- Website
- Calafate Excursiones
- Cama
- $55,000–75,000
Bus from El Calafate Airport to El Chaltén
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50,000–70,000
- Website
- Calafate Excursiones
- Cama
- $50,000–70,000
Bus from El Calafate Airport to El Chaltén
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50,000–70,000
- Website
- Calafate Excursiones
- Cama
- $50,000–70,000
- Phone
- +54 2902 491 368
- Website
- caltur.com.ar
Bus from El Calafate Airport to El Chaltén
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $60,000
- Schedules at
- caltur.com.ar
Bus from El Calafate Airport to El Chaltén
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $60,000
- Schedules at
- caltur.com.ar
Bus from El Calafate to El Chaltén
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $60,000
- Schedules at
- caltur.com.ar
Bus from El Calafate Airport to El Chaltén
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $60,000
- Schedules at
- caltur.com.ar
Bus from El Calafate Airport to El Chaltén
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $60,000
- Schedules at
- caltur.com.ar
- Phone
- +56 9 9343 0037
- [email protected]
- Website
- Servitur
Bus from Terminal Rodoviario to Cerro Castillo
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Servitur
- [email protected]
- Website
- Southroad
Shuttle from Cerro Castillo to El Calafate
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $130,000
- Schedules at
- Southroad
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