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Getting Here
By air. From Buenos Aires to Neuquén and Chapelco (San Martín de los Andes).
By bus. From the City of Buenos Aires to Neuquén, Zapala, Junín de los Andes, San Martín de los Andes, and other towns in the province.From San Carlos de Bariloche to Villa La Angostura and Villa Traful.
Distances. Neuquén is 1,156 Km away from Buenos Aires and 436 Km away from San Carlos de Bariloche. San Martín de los Andes is 1,607 Km away from the City of Buenos Aires and 443 Km away from Neuquén.
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Lodging and Accommodation
Number and category of accommodations.Aluminé: 1 (3*), 2 (2*). Arroyito: 1 (3*). Caviahue: 3 (3*), 2 (Apart). Centenario: 2 (2*). Chos Malal: 2 (3*), 2 (2*). Copahue: 1 (3*), 3 (2*). Cutral-Có: 1 (3*), 1 (2*). Junín de los Andes: 4 (3*). 2 (2*). Moquehue: 1 (2*). Neuquén: 1 (4*), 5 (3*), 7 (2*), 1 (Apart). Piedra del Águila: 1 (3*). Primeros Pinos: 1 (2*). Pulmarí: 1 (3*). Rincón de los Sauces: 1 (3*). San Martín de los Andes: 2 (4*), 18 (3*), 14 (2*), 30 (Apart). Villa La Angostura: 1 (4*), 26(3*), 12 (2*). Villa Pehuenia: 1 (3*), 2 (2*), 1 (Apart). Zapala: 1 (3*), 1 (2*).
Other lodging facilities:Andacollo, Chos Malal, El Cholar, El Huecú, Huinganco, Isla Victoria, Las Ovejas, Plaza Huincul, Rahué, Termas del Domuyo, Tricao Malal, Villa El Chocón and Villa Traful.
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Things to do
Adventure Tourism. Trekking in mountains and forests. Rafting and canoeing in rivers. Horse riding through steppes, hiking or mountain-biking along footpaths. Photographic safaris and camping. Bird-watching in LagunaBlancaNational Park. Sailing across lakes Lácar and Nonthué.
Ski season from June to September. Winter resorts you can go to for alpine and cross-country skiing, such as Chapelco, with 29 ski runs (a total of 27 Km long), Cerro Bayo, Caviahue, Batea Mahuida, Cerro Wayle and Primeros Pinos.
Hunting and Sport fishing.Red deer and wild boar hunting in private lands. Fishing trout of up to 11 Kg. in lakes, rivers, and streams.
Health Tourism. Bathe in the sulphur waters of the Termas de Copahue, 190 Km away from Zapala, which are well-known for their therapeutic qualities.
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Places to visit
LANÍN: "THE MAPUCHES’ EXTINGUISHED
VOLCANO". In Lanín National Park, at the foot of
the magnificent volcano of the same name, there are local flora species
such as the pehuén or araucaria, cypress, coihue (an evergreen
used for thatching), raulí (evergreen beech) and ñire
(an Antarctic beech). As far as the fauna is concerned, huemuls (type
of deer), pumas, foxes and pudús (the smallest deer in the world)
inhabit this park. San Martín de los Andes, an active town of
alpine-style architecture, is the starting point for sailing trips to
lakes Lácar and Nonthué. There are also walking tours
departing from Junín de los Andes, to Lake Huechulafquen, of
agitated waters, and Lake Paimún, located at the foot of volcano
Lanín.
SEVEN LAKES ROUTE. A 200-Km.-long itinerary
joining San Martín de los Andes with San Carlos de Bariloche
and surrounded by great snow-covered peaks and natural forests, and
with view of lakes Machónico, Hermoso, Villarino, Falkner, Correntoso,
Espejo and Nahuel Huapi.
NAHUEL HUAPI’S IMMENSITY. The arms
of Lake Nahuel Huapi penetrate into the forests and mountains of Nahuel
Huapi National Park. Villa La Angostura lies on the shores of the lake,
with typical stone and wood constructions.
BOSQUE DE ARRAYANES (Arrayanes Forest).
Located in Los Arrayanes National Park, this forest shelters hundred
year-old trees, which can reach more than 20 meters high. It is said
that Walt Disney was inspired by this wonderful place when creating
the atmosphere for the movie "Bambi". Villa La Angostura is
only 10 Km. away from the Park.
BOSQUE SUMERGIDO (Immersed forest) AND
VALLE ENCANTADO (Enchanted Valley). Half a hundred naked cypresses arise
from the depth of the lake in the Bosque Sumergido. Valle Encantado
is a vast area with eroded rocks of unique shapes.
Other places of interest: Villa Traful,
on the coast of lake Traful; Caviahue, next to lake Agrio or Caviahue;
Copahue, with thermal waters on the spurs of volcano Copahue; Aluminé,
on the shores of the lake of the same name, and Chos Malal, with remains
of old native settlements. There are also thermal waters in Termas de
Domuyo and Termas de Epulafquen.
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