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MB-01 Lakes District
Trip highlights:
8 days. Cycling, hiking. Incredible lakes and stunning mountains The mythical Patagonia reveals to you while cycling through one of Argentinas nicest locations, the lake district. You will ride from Bariloche, Argentina´s sky main location to San Martin de los Andes, a warm town located next to the Lacar lake. While cycling we will have the chance to admire beautiful ancient forests, some of them unique in the world such us the Arrayanes forest. And probably spot Condors as well as many other birds on the way. While going through the park there is the chance of seeing wild Patagonian deers (huemules). The ride takes you through some of Argentina´s nicest lakes mixing paved roads with gravel-dirt roads. Specifications:
Trip length : 8 Days
/ 7 Nights Price per person In US dollars Price pax (min size group 4 pax ) Tourist class hotel service Superior class hotel service First class hotel service Itinerary
Day 1: Your reserved room is waiting for you, your guide will meet you up at the hotel at 6:00pm. Day 2: We drive off town 18km until the start of Circuito Chico, next to the magnificent Llao Llao. Riding most of the way along Nahuel Huapi Lake, the biggest in the Lake distric and one of the most beautiful as well. We pass by several view points. All the road is paved and quite relax, crossing through ancient forests. We finish our ride right where we begun, at the Llao Llao, and the drive back to Bariloche. Day 3: After breakfast we drive out of town to get away from Traffic (10km ish). We start pedalling the east side of Lake Nahuel Huapi heading towards route 231 where Patagonic landscape shows us it´s dryness. Not long after we start heading west and the landscape changes again to start showing us a lot more green and perhaps a few snowed peaks in the horizon. We pedal all the way along the mentioned Lake to finally reach Villa la Angostura, a small cosy little town, with some very nice restaurants. Day 4: Just outside town we meet the trail that
will lead us to the magical and unique in the world Arrayanes forest,
most of the trail goes by the Nahuel Huapi lake in the peninsula
of Quetrihue. On the way we will admire the many ancient trees,
and birds that fill this majestic and enchanted forest. Day 5: Many Km to ride and many lakes to see. We say good bye to the Nahuel Huapi and as soon as we do we see Lake Hermoso and right after Lake Espejo, where the dirt part of the road starts after 22km we reach the big uphill that leads us to the Portezuelo pass, pass that we cross to get to the Traful valley. A nice downhill drops us almost at the west shore of the Traful Lake and from there some 15km more till we reach another small Villa named after the lake. Day 6: We drive back to the main road, 25km,
where we start pedalling. After 20km of gravel and dirt, ups and
downs we reach the shores on Pichi Traful Lake and right after
the beautiful emerald colored Escondico Lake. Only a few more km
and we reach the pavement, and after a very nice and resting downhill
we reach the Falkner Lake and the Villarino Lake, separated one
from the other by a small stream of water. Day 7: We drive to the Cerro Chapelco were we have a beautiful view of the Lanin snowed Volcano and the Andes range. From here most of the way is downhill crossing through Mapuches Indians lands. The road leaves us back into San Martin de los Andes. Day 8: Drive back to Bariloche, aprox 3hs.
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