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Unexpected spots,
imposing landscapes…
nature in one of its top artistic creations…
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Victoria Island
and Arrayanes Forest |
The excursion begins
in Puerto Pañuelo, located at
15 miles from the city, in front of
Llao Llao village. You can get there
by bus or by car.
After a 40 minutes ride by boat through
Lake Nahuel Huapi, you disembark in
Puerto Anchorena, located in the center
of the Island.
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Blest Port
and Cántaros Waterfall – Lake
Frías |
| Leaving from Puerto Pañuelo
and sailing through Lake Nahuel Huapi,
when you enter into the Blest channel,
you can see Centinela Island, the place
where Perito Francisco P. Moreno, the
creator of the National Parks, is buried. |
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Tronador by
Mascardi Lake |
By route 258, skirting
round lakes Gutiérrez and Mascardi,
you reach to the Mascardi Village quay.
The boat sails through the green and
crystal-clear waters of Mascardi Lake
up to the Tronador channel. You go to
hotel Tronador to have lunch with a
view of the mountain. |
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International
crossing of Lakes |
The crossing starts sailing
through Lake Nahuel Huapi up to Puerto
Blest in National Park Nahuel Huapi.
Then you go by 2 miles by bus up to
Puerto Alegre and then sail through
Lake Frías up to Puerto Frías
where you will have to do the migration
procedure and then go through customs.
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Short Circuit |
The beauty of the landscape
is always present in this tour, hugging
the south shore of the lake Nahuel Huapi,
especially from the natural viewpoints
of Bahía López or the
Viewpoint, places where even the most
experienced observer can feel simply
small. Among the most outstanding attractions
that this peculiar trip offers, it is
worth mentioning the traditional Llao
Llao hotel, Puerto Pañuelo, which
is the most important port of Lake Nahuel
Huapi and San Eduardo chapel; the surroundings
give a stunning panoramic view of mounts
Tronador and López. Besides,
the chapel has in its interior a work
of art by the famous painter Raúl
Soldi.
At 10 miles from the center of Bariloche,
mount Campanario is found, and you can
climb it by a chairlift. From the viewpoint
and the cafeteria which is located on
the summit, you get an incredible general
view of the area. There are many tea
houses and restaurants that add flavour
to the trip with tasty morsels that
will delight your palate.
The short circuit, besides being a beautiful
landscape, it offers: knitted material,
candles and all types of handicrafts.
Also the smooth paths of Llano Park
give the possibility to walk around
through the woods. |
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Mount Catedral |
| Mountain huts strategically
located, ski schools, restaurants and
cafeterias, hotels and a transport service
that connects you with the city at any
time make the largest ski resort of
South America famous. |
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Seven Lakes
(Siete Lagos) |
By national route 237
going to the North, skirting round Nahuel
Huapi Lake, you get to Villa La Angostura,
from where the trip continues through
the “Route of the Seven Lakes”.
There you will admire the series of
lakes: Espejo, Correntoso, Escondido,
Villarino, Falkner and Machónico
up to Lacar Lake, where the city San
Martín de los Andres is situated.
Here you can visit the tourist development
Chapelco, Quila Quina and Catrite beaches
and the Arrayanes circuit from where
you get a beautiful view of the lake
and city.
The return is by Lake Meliquina, Cordoba
pass and skirting round river Traful
up to its confluence with river Limay,
where Valle Encantado (Enchanted Valley)
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Mount Tronador
and Alerces Waterfall |
At 22 miles to the south,
through national route 258, after skirting
round lakes Gutiérrez and Mascardi,
to the west begins a road that takes
you to the bridge over river Manso.
Following the same road up to the base
of mount Tronador and going through
Pampa Linda, you get to the glacier
viewpoint that gives birth to river
Manso, known as the “Ventisquero
Negro” (Black Snowdrift).
The Alerces waterfall is a variant of
this trip. On the same latitude as the
bridge over river Manso, you have to
take the road that skirts round Lake
Los Moscos up to Lake Hess.
Further on, the road for vehicles ends
and a path starts to go on foot up to
the viewpoint of the Alerces waterfall.
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El Bolsón
and Lake Puelo |
Traveling to the south
and after 80 miles, you get to the city
of El Bolsón. The route, completely
asphalted, borders lakes Gutiérrez,
Mascardi and Guillermo, crosses rivers
Villegas, Foyel and after the Quemquentreu
enters the city.
On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
you can visit the craft fair and the
small farms that produce fine fruits
and jellies. The cheeses and craft beer
are very famous.
At 4 miles, Cabeza de Indio and the
viewpoint Río Azul offer a breathless
vista of one of the most beautiful landscapes
of the place.
From El Bolsón, you can visit
National Park Lago Puelo and El Maitén
station, from where "La Trochita"
departs, an old steam train that now
is a tourist relic. |
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Villa la Angostura |
Going to the east, after
crossing river Limay, take the detour
to Villa la Angostura. Going past Huemul
channel and Manzano Bay, the cypress
forest appears and slowly gives way
to the humid forest.
Once in Villa La Angostura, over the
north coast of Lake Nahuel Huapi, you
can visit port El Messidor, pool Selva
Triste and the chapel La Asunción.
Going on with the trip and going back
to Bariloche, you can climb up mount
Bayo, which is the ski resort of the
Villa. |
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Big Circuit |
Going to the northeast,
you skirt round Limay river up to the
Anfiteatro (Amphitheater), Valle Encantado
(enchanted valley) and after bordering
rivers Traful, Cuyín Manzano
and Minero, you get to the viewpoint
of lake Traful.
Further on, and bordering rivers Cuyín
Manzano and Minero, and through the
cohiue forest, you get to the viewpoint
of Lake Traful, a steep of more than
70 meters height and then you get to
Villa Traful.
Going on with the trip, you get to port
Arrayán, the Portezuelo and return
by the Road of the Seven Lakes and Villa
La Angostura. |
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Mount Otto |
In this mount, that is
a few miles away from the city, the
winter complex Piedras Blancas is located,
as well as the ski runs of the Cross-country
Ski Center, the Berghoff shelter and
the Otto Meiling museum.
In its summit, you will find the famous
Confitería Giratoria (revolving
coffee shop), the only one in the country,
and you can get there though a modern
cableway. |
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Mount Leones |
This majestic rocky bastion
with caverns is located at only 9 miles
from Bariloche. In its interior, a spring
emerges, which forms a little pool.
It’s a majestic rocky bastion
with caverns that were inhabited during
more than 8,000 years by the first habitants
of the region.
In the interior of the mountain a spring
emerges, which forms a little pool.
There’s an enigma to discover
inside the caverns, with cave paintings
in its exterior and climbing up to the
summit among rock bridges and footbridges.
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Historic Steam
Train |
| The boarding to the Patagonia
Train is at the Railway Station of the
city of San Carlos de Bariloche. Traveling
along with Lake Nahuel Huapi, it crosses
the bridge that passes river Ñirihuau,
where it stops so as to take pictures
of a fantastic and unique steppe landscape. |
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Mount Viejo |
Over the slope of mount
Runge, located at a short distance from
the center of the city, there is an
interesting viewpoint which you can
access through a comfortable cableway.
You can descend by a typical mountain
path enjoying a nice walk, interpreting
the native flora, which finishes in
the centenary Arrayanes Forest. |
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Snow &
Ski |
Thanks to the wide variety
of landscapes that Bariloche offers,
the winter season allows choosing among
games in the snow, alpine skiing, ski
touring, ridings in snow cats, ridings
in sleighs, snowboarding, paragliding,
etc.; and other activities such as trekking
and horse rides in the low areas of
the region.
Mount
Catedral
The area of Mount Catedral has as the
main attraction the Mountain Sports
Dr. Antonio Lynch, located in the beautiful
region of National Park Nahuel Huapi,
adjacent to the municipal common land
of San Carlos de Bariloche.
It is located at 1075 miles from Capital
Federal by paved route or two hours
flight. The international airport of
Bariloche is at 10 miles from the city
and at 19 miles from the ski resort.
The maximum height of the mount is 2,388
meters above sea level, 1483 acres of
hillsides suitable for skiing with more
than 64 miles of ski runs for all the
levels.
This winter sports centre is undergoing
a full process of modernization, incorporating
in each season new infrastructure. It
has state-of-the-art ski lifts: the
chair lift for six persons with bubble
gives high comfort and climatic protection,
making it possible to use it any time.
Apart from this, now it is possible
to make snow. This incredible innovation
makes it possible to have a layer of
snow in the main areas of the mountain,
even when the snowfalls are not abundant.
Highly sophisticated equipments supply
snow and guarantee the practice of ski,
especially in the areas for beginners
that can not venture to more difficult
ski runs.
In this sense, there have been advances
to count with a minimum layer of snow
in the Catalina Reynal Square, in the
base of the mountain, in the place where
the ski and snowboard schools are, the
shops to rent equipments, restaurants,
mountain huts and the big shopping mall;
all situated next to the departure stations
of the ski lifts.
Mount Catedral, in close relation with
the winter sports, is a permanent venue
of very important sport, social and
cultural events, among them international
ski and snowboard competitions, included
in the calendar of the International
Ski Federation. Other annual event is
the opening season ceremony and the
making of other different ceremonies
of the Snow National Festival.
There are varied entertaining activities
such as the casino, slot machines for
children, music festivals and shows
for example polo and snow voleyball.
Among other options, several mountainous
spaces add up new ways of amusement,
for example driving a fourtrax, trekking
through the snow-covered paths, sliding
through sleds or practicing paragliding
or snowboard.
Piedras
Blancas (White Rocks)
The winter complex Piedras Blancas is
located over the south hillside of Mount
Otto, at a few miles from the city center.
This typical mountain enclave offers
the visitors different possibilities
for fun and amusement. Among other activities,
you can use sleds in the enabled runs
to that end, ride in snowmobile or directly
climb up to the shelter and enjoy a
comforting hot milk with pieces of chocolate
with a slice of a homemade cake.
Cross-country
Ski Center
In Mount Otto and at a few meters from
Piedras Blancas, the Cross-country Ski
Center is located, a place with runs
especially designed for the practice
of cross-country skiing. The rides in
snowmobile are part of the tourist offer
that this place offers.
Neumeyer
Shelter
At 10 miles from the city and after
traveling through the Chall Huaco valley
you get to the Neumeyer Shelter, located
at 1,200 m above sea level. From there
on you can go for a walk with snowshoes
that goes from the shelter to pool Verde
or to a spectacular viewpoint located
at the top of the Valley. You can also
practice ski touring and sleighs.
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Golf |
For the lovers of this
sport, Bariloche today counts with four
courses.
Hotel
Llao Llao Golf & Spa
The golf course of Hotel Llao Llao Golf
& Spa is a course of 18 holes with
a competitive feature provided by the
unevenness, depressions, woods and water
that make you enjoy the better views
and an important degree of difficulty.
The greens, according to the new trends,
are slightly uneven, with various flag
positions and tees that make up a course
suitable for the organization of important
tournaments at an international level.
Golf Cross
This is a new activity that is growing
stronger among the amateur golf players.
A precision and challenging sport in
a stunning environment. In the course,
the high arches will be the final destination
of the oval ball and will surprise the
players that will try to dominate it.
The traditional greens have given way
to the marked areas that are part of
the course and where the clubs will
make this new trend of the sport more
dynamic. An ideal sport to enjoy with
the family. And what it stands out is
that its practice does not depend on
the weather. Even with a snow-covered
course, you will make your dream of
being an excellent golfer come true;
even if you see that the ball is oval...
Villa
Arelauquen Golf & Country Club
Villa Arelauquen Golf & Country
Club, with its 18 holes designed by
Vicente Chino Fernández, puts
Bariloche in a privileged position within
the practice of this sport in Argentina.
Pinares
Golf
Located at 9 miles from Bariloche, this
course counts with a variety of holes
(par 3 and 4) and the alternative to
spend a different day.
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Polo |
One of the most striking
polo fields is located in Argentina,
striking by its characteristics and
the environment that surrounds it.
Arelauquen
Lodge Golf & Polo counts
with two fields and the necessary infrastructure
to enjoy this sport all the year. A
club house, stalls, an international
school for grown-ups and children and
a staff highly qualified to assist you,
make up the offer of services that tourists
find in their visit to Arelauquen.
Not having a previous knowledge is not
an obstacle to practice polo, you just
have to try and you will naturally hit
the ball. In this place you will find
all the necessary elements to start
out in polo. And if you already are
a polo player, you can indulge yourself
in one of the most beautiful sceneries
of the world. |
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Fishing |
National Park Nahuel
Huapi has an important basin of lakes
and rivers, with easy-access coasts
and specially suitable for the reproduction
and diffusion of fish species of great
sport value.
Among the most abundant species, the
Rainbow Trout is placed before and after
the rapids looking in general for fast
and crystal-clear waters, while the
Brown Trout is found in almost every
river and lakes of the area.
The Brook Trout, the Trout Perch (Trucha
Criolla), the Landlocked Salmon will
one day turn into a target for sport
fishing, free or programmed, under the
techniques of: spinning, fly casting
and trolling. Obviously, the most difficult
technique is fly casting, which offers
the best prospects to the fish and requires
the maximum skill of the fly-fisherman.
Among the most suitable and sought-after
spaces for the practice of this sport,
you will find lake Nahuel Huapi and
its system of rivers and streams, the
river mouth of river Limay where the
Rainbow and Brown trout predominate
and the systems of rivers Manso and
Traful, widely known as the best salmon
rivers of the region.
In lakes Mascardi, Fonck, Hess, Roca
and Los Moscos, you find the best species
of Rainbow, Brown and Brook trout.
General
dates of the opening and closing of
the season.
Opening: Second weekend of November.
Closing: Third weekend of April.
Lake Moreno remains open during all
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Places to
visit |
Patagonian
Museum (Museo de la Patagonia)
Natural science, prehistory, ethnography
and regional history museum, temporary
exhibitions.
Paleontology
Museum (Museo Paleontológico)
Fossil remains of dinosaurs, bones,
claws and replicas.
Trout
Museum (Museo Ictícola)
Exhibition of embalming trouts.
Geological
and Paleontology Museum "Rosendo
Pascual" - Lake Gutiérrez
Collection of the most important invertebrates
of the Patagonia, Patagonian birds,
dinosaurs’ bones and a collection
of crystals. A total of 9000 pieces.
Casa Museo
de los Viejos Colonos (Museum of the
Old Colonists)
History of the Swiss Colony, documents,
pictures. The only historical village
that remains in Bariloche.
Galería
de Arte Teleférico Cerro Otto
(Cableway Art Gallery Mount Otto)
Exhibition of replicas of Michelangelo
(normal-size). This visit is included
in the price of the ticket to ascend
by the cableway.
Feria
Artesanal Municipal (Town Handicraft
Fair)
Exhibition and sale of local handicrafts.
House of Mapuche Handicrafts |
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