Transfer IN OUT APT/HTL/APT

Esquel
Transfer to the Jorge Newbery Airport in Buenos Aires. Reception and transfer from Esquel Airport to the hotel.

Los Alerces National Park
Breakfast at the hotel. Los Alerces is one of the most attractive national parks in the world for yearly tourists who find it a wild and extremely beautiful environment. The basin formed by a number of lakes such as Futalaufquen, Menéndez, Verde, Rivadavia and crystalline water rivers give us the opportunity to sail in summer on comfortable ships that lead to the most important forest of thousand-year larch trees in Argentina.

Trevelin and Futaleufú
Breakfast at the hotel. Trevelin is the nearest city to Esquel, center of the Welsh population, who settled at the end of the nineteenth century. In the building of the ancient Molino Andes (Andes Mill), you can visit the Regional Museum where you can find an exhibition of objects, photographs and maps of the settling.

Futaleufú Hydroelectric Complex, located in the southern region of Los Alerces National Park and built within a landscape of extraordinary beauty, generates the electricity that allows Aluar operation in Puerto Madryn.

Patagonian Express La Trochita
Breakfast at the hotel. Declared as National Historical Heritage, this small 75cm gauge steam train travels along 22km, a part of the Patagonian steppe, with its small wagons heated by iron salamanders fed by firewood.

The train has a cozy dinning-car that offers the possibility of tasting delicious cakes, accompanied by hot chocolate or a good coffee. In Nahuel Pan Station, final destination of the trip, there is a craft center where tourists can get different handicrafts manufactured by local craftsmen.

Short Circuit - Navegation to Victoria Island and Arrayanes Woods.
Breakfast at the hotel. During the morning, we will take Circuito Corto (Short Circuit) to see the wonderful landscapes surrounding San Carlos de Barliloche: lakes, mountains and forests. It begins in Bariloche through Bustillo’s Avenue bordering Nahuel Huapi’s Lake. Road to Llao Llao.

At the afternoon we´ll take a Catamaran Navigation to Victoria Island and Arrayanes Woods. We’ll leave from Puerto Pañuelo (Llao Llao), and after sailing for 11 kms. (7 miles), we’ll arrive to Puerto Anchorena in Victoria Island. We’ll walk around the Island, looking at the ex-Conifer’s nursery. We’ll go on board again and face the Port of Quetrihue, located in Quetrihue’s Peninsula, were we’ll visit the famous Arrayanes Woods. It consists in a unique arboreal formation with ancient trees.

The barks of these trees are cold, totally plain and cinnamon colored. It has white flowers, similar to the ones of the orange blossom and violet fruits of pleasant taste. The Arrayanes Woods were declared untouchable area and Natural monument.

San Carlos de Bariloche
Breakfast at the hotel. Free day to rest or optional activities.

Villa Traful and Valle Encantado - OPTIONAL
Villa Traful is a mountainous small village located at a mountain environment on the banks of Traful Lake, with colihues forests and cliffs. The Villa is a reserve for those who enjoy the beauty of the forest and the mountain. Afternoon off to do some shopping in the central area of Bariloche.

Cerro Tronador
Breakfast at the hotel. We’ll leave to Gutierrez Lake and then to Mascardi Lake, called the Lake of the 7 colors. We’ll border Los Moscos Lake and the Manso River, then Hess Lake and finally the Roca River so as we can get to Los Alerces Waterfall.

From the waterfall’s viewpoint we can see the river in all it’s fury bumping against the rocks. After that we’ll go to the base of Tronador Hill, from where we can reach the Glacier’s tounge.

San Martín de los Andes
Breakfast at the hotel. We´ll go to our new objective: the beautiful city of San Martin de los Andes, with its native architecture, according to a balanced natural harmony.

City Tour and Quila Quina
Breakfast at the hotel. In the morning, we will visit the beautiful city of San Martín de los Andes. In the afternoon, through the road of the Seven Lakes we will get to the way to the Mapuche community area: the beautiful Quila Quina Villa.

This route is a real pleasure due to the stunning views that are waiting for us; we will go through truly virgin typical forests. This is a very picturesque village where we will find lovely residence resorts. We will walk along the interpretation path El Cipresal up to Cascada del Arroyo Grande (Big Stream Fall).

7 Lakes Circuit & Villa La Angostura
Breakfast at the hotel. We will make a tour across the south border of the Lácar Lake by the Seven Lakes circuit, where we can observe certain “mapuches” communities. We will go towards to Chapelco hill so that we can go over the lakes Machónico, Falkner, Villarino, Escondido, Correntoso y Espejo.

We will stop at this stretch, in Quintupuray to follow the way to Nahuel Huapi lake, between Villa La Angostura and Bariloche. By midday we will arrive at Villa La Angostura, where we will visit daydream places like Nahuel Huapi, El Messidor, Bahía Manzano, Mirador Arrayán and Cascada Río Bonito ports.

Then there is a time to have lunch and take a walk over the surroundings enjoying the nature. After that we Hill return to San Martín de los Andes. Notice: The Seven Lakes Circuit is impassable some days in winter because of the snowing. In case we cannot make this activity we will make another programme.

San Martín de los Andes
Breakfast at the hotel. Morning off to visit the city of San Martín de los Andes.

OPTIONAL - Lácar and Nonthue Lakes Navegation
We will set out at midday sailing along Lácar and Nonthué Lakes up to the headwaters of Hua Hum River, near the border with Chile. Setting out from the dock, we will go around the peninsula that closes the head of the lake: there we will see Paraje Trompul (Trompul Place), where we will find the Mapuche community.

Then we will cross Yuco Peninsula, where we will see the park ranger station, after that we will visit Santa Teresita and Duck's Island. Lácar Lake is the only one in the basin that flows into the Pacific Ocean; we will get to a highly contrasting and scarsely deep narrows.

The waters form the little Nonthué Lake; here we will disembark at Chachín Port, an ancient wood establishment from the beginning of the last century. We will head for Chachín Cascade, which has almost 30 meters high fully overlooking the dense vegetation.

We will get on the ship again to head for Hua Hum quay, situated on the banks of Nonthué Lake, and it is named for the river that has its source in that lake, and flows into the Pacific Ocean. On our way back, we will see the ports of Pucará and Ruca Ñire, ancient wood establishment from almost a century ago when the economy of the region was based on this activity

Junín de los Andes - Huechulafquen & Lanin
Breakfast at the hotel. We will get to the source of the Chimehuin River in the Huechulafquen Lake. Then we will head for Puerto Canoa and Paimún Lake. The big water mirror in the Andean massif, with the stunning Lanín Volcano (3774 meters high) are part of many natural beauties.

In the western end of Huechulafquen Lake there is a natural narrows called La Unión, which connects Huechulafquen Lake with Paimún Lake.

Back to Buenos Aires
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to San Martin de los Andes Airport. Reception and transfer from domestic airport (Buenos Aires) to Ezeiza International Airport in Buenos Aires. End of our services.