• Difficulty: Medium / High (No previous experience is necessary, a minimum of physical condition is necessary as there may be more demands due to weather conditions).

• Duration: 6 days / 5 nights

• Description: REMO / TREKKING / CABALGATA

• Geographic location: Lanín National Park, San Martín de los Andes, Neuquén Province.

• Time of the year: December to March, departures scheduled

• Groups: minimum 6, maximum 15 people

• Description of activities:  

The most inaccessible corners of the National Park are not so much if you approach by water. Touring lakes, lagoons, streams, scoriales and other volcanic formations is an unforgettable experience. Always guarded by the imposing presence of the Lanín Volcano that closes a landscape of legends.

• Rowing:

Once we leave our transport we begin our first paddles navigating the Curruhue Grande Lake passing through the river of the same name and after a lunch return to our campsite and paddle in the afternoon. We navigate the Laguna Verde to some almost warm pools that form the slag bed as the Laguna Verde enters its bed to the source of the Rio Escorial.

With more experience, we navigate Lake Epulafquen, reaching the Carilafquen waterfall and after rowing the entire Lake we skirt a gigantic volcanic lava dump until we reach an old park rangers section where we will learn the history of the Lanin National Park shield, for later continue paddling to Bahia Azul, mate and fried cakes and set up our camp.

At the end of the journey we will go through Lake Huechulafquen passing through the Island of goats towards the narrowness that joins the same lake with Lake Paimun where we will do the last night of camping. In the morning we paddle through the Paimun, disarming the campsite and ending the journey, we look for transportation and return to San Ma.

• Trekking:

Early in the morning we went trekking towards the base of the Achen Niyeu Volcano, more precisely to the Portezuelo Waterfall. We walk along an initially high forest path that disappears as we gain height to be replaced by a huge valley of volcanic sand for approximately two and a half hours. In the afternoon we return to our camp on the shore of Laguna Verde.

• Ride:

The horseback ride is approximately six hours. It starts at the Bahia Azul beach, you go through characteristic forests of the Andean Patagonian mountain range to the lava dump of Achen Niyeu. Throughout the tour we are accompanied by a local baqueano guide who will assist us in everything we need.

• Necessary equipment:

WATERPROOF BAG (not very large, 50 liters approx., Which is what you will carry in the boats), trekking shoes, sunglasses, cap or hat, sunscreen, photo machine, swimsuit, jacket and warm divers (fleece), espadrilles or sandals with rubber soles for boats, long loose trousers for horseback riding, sarcophagus-type sleeping bag (we recommend that the comfort temperature reaches –5 ° C.), insulation, dishes and personal hygiene, fishing equipment (prior notice to obtain the respective permit), personal medications (BOTIQUIN), flashlight, towel.

• Included services:

Specialized guides, specific technical equipment, shared tents, local transfers, accident insurance. Full board in camps.

• Does not include:

Transportation to and from San Martín de los Andes, expenses derived from abandonment of the activity (transportation, hotels, meals, etc.), fishing permit, dinner for the first and last night.

• Observations:

All these activities are subject to weather conditions, they can be modified AND / OR suspended whether there is a lot of wind or rain. The direction of the route can be reversed depending on the state of the lakes and the weather, doing exactly the same places in reverse.