Hike – El Bolsón
El Bolsón is surrounded by mountains with la cordillera to the west, and impressive peaks to the east. Leon (my couch host in El Bolsón) and I decided on la cordillera – choosing a circuit of four days, three nights, hiking from refugio to refugio in the region which I think is called Región...
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After ‘re-arriving’ in Bariloche from a week in Osorno buying a new camera and trekking in Parque Nacional Puyehue a weekend of camping was organised with Agustina (my first host in Bariloche), Sarah, my travelling companion from Ecuador and her friend Susana from Mar del Plata in Argentina – and a whole lot of...
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There are many beautiful places in the greater Bariloche area – but from the top of Cerro Campanario one can see a ‘typical’ poster image – mixing elements of lake, mountains and forests into one grand spread. There are two ways up: chairlift or on foot in half an hour on a very steep...
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San Carlos de Bariloche, a popular tourist haunt all year round. In summer for its hiking/camping/day-trip options in the stunning natural beauty which surrounds it, and in the winter for it’s proximity to great ski slopes. This is tourist, chocolate, ice-cream, outdoor heaven with a resident born and bred Barilochean population of about 10...
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