Villa La Angostura & Junin de los Andes

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We gave ourselves a late start after the travails of the walk the day before. Leaving Bariloche to start wending our way through the northern parts of the lake district. Picked up another car and drove round the eastern end of Lago Nahuel Huapi and along the northern shore to Villa la Angostura. Another very scenic drive with lots of water, trees and moutain scenery under burning blue skies. Our hotel turned out to be on the lake with gardens down to the beach. We had had good intentions of going out to see the Arrayanes park (another sort of tree) but gave in to the temptations of an afternoon dozing and reading, and eating local trout for dinner.

Next day we took the scenic but very very dusty unmade Seven Lakes Road up to San Martin de Los Andes. A relief to reach tarmac at Lago Falkner and a photo stop at Lago Machonico and again at a mirador at San Martin. San Martin was a bit like Bariloche, quite touristy, lots of wooden buildings and chocolate shops, but a good stopover for lunch before driving on to Junin de Los Andes. This is a "normal" town, a centre of fly fishing I am told, we stayed in a fishing lodge by the river and ate more trout.

Up reasonably early to go west into PN Lanin to go on yet another lake boat trip. This time a really good trip on Lago Huechulafquen and Lago Epulafquen (Mapuche names) with great views of Volcan Lanin and the quite new lava flow into Epulafquen from Volcan Achen Niyeu, only now starting to be recaptured by the forest.

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Photos

Lago Nahuel Huapi
from Villa Angostura

Lago Lacar
from the mirador at San Martin de los Andes

Volcan Achen Niyeu
and lava flow into Lago Epulafquen