Cerro Tronador with Los Alerces Waterfall

Duración

10/11 hours approximately - 220 Kilometers

Schedules

from 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Approximately. (Depending on the location of the hotel, an earlier departure time and a specific meeting point may be established).

Días

Every day of the year.

Combinable con

Itinerant Tourism: in case the passengers wish to do some trekking in the Tronador area, from November to May (mainly), they can do the excursion and before returning to Bariloche, they can stay in Pampa Linda to sleep there or in a mountain refuge in the area.

Descripción

We travel along part of National Route 40 heading south, seeing Lake Gutiérrez and Lake Mascardi.
Then, it joins Provincial Route 81 heading west, a mountain road, a gravel road with ascending and descending schedules, bordering Mascardi Lake, Los Moscos Lake, Manso Medio River, Hess Lake, Roca River. To reach the Cascada de los Alerces, a 20-meter waterfall of the Manso Medio River, which has a divine emerald green color, where we stayed as an outstanding photographic stop.

Then, we return to Provincial Route 82, heading west again, making different stops to reach the heart of the Andes Mountain Range, where we will find Cerro Tronador, the highest peak of the Nahuel Huapi National Park, with 3468 meters.

Mount Tronador is the highest peak of Nahuel Huapi National Park, it has a white mantle on its summits that are hanging glaciers, where the Ventisquero Negro dazzles, which is a black glacier in retreat that in twenty years in theory would not be seen again since it is thawing, retreating. These are the remains of the last glaciation of the National Park, glaciers that are between 75000 and 14000 years old.

Paradas de excursión regular

• Los Alerces waterfall: (Featured photo stop) we arrive at the beginning of the 500-meter trail with slopes, so that passengers can walk to the main viewpoint of the waterfall. At the site there are restrooms and a confectionery with a delicious pastry shop (open from November to April, the rest of the year it remains closed). Usually, you usually spend 40 minutes in this place.
• Viewpoint of the Tronador Arm of Mascardi Lake: (Photo Stop) where the view of Piuke Huapi Island (Heart Island) can be appreciated.
• Pampa linda: (Lunch stop or photo stop when the base of Cerro Tronador is open, depending on how the excursion is organized at the time) where on clear days you can see the panoramic view of Cerro Tronador.
• Ventisquero Negro and Lago Manso: (Outstanding photographic stop, minimum 30 minutes) main attraction of the day. If there is a plus, depending on the weather conditions and the time of the excursion, the time in this place is usually extended as well.
• Base of Cerro Tronador: (Lunch stop or it could be a photographic stop, depending on how the excursion is organized at the time) where you can see the thawing waterfalls of Cerro Tronador (open from November to April).

No incluido

The price of the excursion does not include lunch and entrance to Nahuel Huapi National Park. Nor extra expenses.