.: Did you know that ?

… after being working for two seasons, in May 1992 an uninterrupted 3 hours fire ended up with the restaurant building and the other hotel areas. Nothing could be rescued, but we gain spiritual strenght instead.



…one month later, iron foundation rafters were bought in an old market’s demolition in Capital Federal, after being adapted to the new project, permitted to rebuild in three months the actual restaurant.



… most of our furniture and objects that are part of the lodge’s structure were bought in a second hand store in Buenos Aires and were then restored in a handicapped home?



… that our heating, hot water and kitchen systems used to work with 198 tubes of gas that were brought from Río Gallegos?


… that in December 1995, the first three Gas Zeppelin were brought from Santa Fe, 3400 km. away from here, … and that the hostería uses today 6 Gas Zeppelin that have to be recharged every 45 days?



… that the outside walls of the building are covered with cipres wood were brought from El Bolsón 1200 km. away from El Calafate?



…the water supply to the hole lodge comes from the waterfall “Velo de Novia” that you can contemplate though the bridge or the interpretation path?
… we have to control the consumption of water from our fall specially during summer time when the flow decreases and also in winter when it freezes?



… the phone connection arrived in 1999 after 10 years of no communication, thanks to the acquisition of a last generation satellite antenna?



… before march 1999 all the hotel information had to be sent daily through email from our office in Buenos Aires to El Calafate and from there to the hostería in a floppy disk the night before?


… hotel management, gastronomy and tourism students from different universities do internships every season to practice with us, and they usually come back as stable staff?



… that Biquard couple received in 1998 the ‘Koonex’ reward that prices every decade personalities from small and medium enterprises in the country as an example for young generations?



…the chairs at the dinning room have the names of those who helped to build up the hotel?



…we are around 80 people from all over the country working here for 9 months, some of us live in Calafate but the rest live here at the hotel?


…the average of age of the hotel  staff is less than 30 years old?



…before 1999 the access route was all gravel and it was necessary to drive for 2 hours from town to arrive to the hostería?



…that the ceiling braces, window and door frames were made of pine wood, bought in auction stores in Buenos Aires by the owners?



… while finishing the restaurant, between October and December 1992, our guests would stay at Cascada’s rooms, while the construction of the current restaurant was finished., …room number 6 was the dinning room?



… we welcome our first guests in November 20th. 1990, inaugurating our 12 rooms in Cascada Area?



… that we have a Sewage Treatment Plant specially designed for us in 1999, unique in its type for a private institution, now readapted to our needs?



… Los Notros project was started by a group of Friends in October 5th. 1989, building a small restaurant, supplying itself every day from town?



…Calafate airport was inaugurated in December 2000, before that our drivers would drive up to 380 km from Río Gallegos daily to pick up our guests?



… that we are deeply envolved with the environment and we develop a sustented system. Environmental managment system acording to ISO 14000. that is why we are orienting all our activities towards the ecoeficiency throught the constant improvement.