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Amazon Andes Peru

Peru Tours: Bariloche 3 days

Season: Available all year round

The city of San Carlos de Bariloche is situated in the Nahuel Huapi National Park on one of the banks of the lake Nahuel Huapi. This is the most important city if your destination is the lakes zone. There is a large variety of hotels here and is the starting point of many paths through this zone whose principle characteristics are the natural landscape of lakes, rivers, mountain peaks, and glaciers, all with a luxuriant flora and fauna added.

Day 1:

Arrival at the airport and go to the hotel. Half day outing to the Circuito Chico (Little Circuit), bordering the Nahuel Huapi Lake. Visit the most notable places in the souroundings of Bariloche: Playa Bonita, Cerro Campanario, Península San Pedro, Península LlaoLlao where we will visit the Capilla de San Eduardo (Saint Eduard´s shrine), The Llao Llao resort and hotel, Puerto Pañuelo, Angostura Bridge, and Bahía López. Return to the hotel and have the rest of the day free. Return to the hotel for the night.

Day 2:

Breakfast at the hotel. Free day with optional tours. We recomend a complete day tour to Isla Victoria, famous for it´s Myrtle forest. It is the only one of its kind in the world, and has been declared a natural monument by UNESCO.

Day 3:

Breakfast at the hotel. Free time for optional excursions. Go to the airport at a predeterminad time.

Included Excursions

Bariloche.

Bariloche is situated in the middle of the Nahuel Huapi Nacional Park and is the center of the Patagonia lakes region. In Bariloche you will find a strong central-european influence: the majority of the first settlers came from Switzerland, Germany, and northern Italy. The city has grown, expanding to the foot of Cerro Otto, a long mountain chain.

The Circuito Chico.

This is one of the most popular excursions to in Bariloche. A half day circuit beginning in the city, skirting the lake until you can see the spectacular views over the water in the direction of Chile. There are scarce few buildings that have a landscape as marvelous as this, but the Llao Llao hotel, at the base of the Llao Llao peninsula has the best of these locations. From the enormous alpine style hotel, to Bahía López, a small inlet where condors can often be seen flying around the immense mass of López hill, giving shade to the bay. On the way back we´ll pass by the Cerro Companario chairlift. Though this hill is much lower than Cerro Otto, it has incomparable views that make the trip worth it.