vamos a Bariloche / lets go to Bariloche

Buenos Aires --> Bariloche

After a two hour flight south, we landed in Bariloche. No more tall buildings, thousands of people, flat areas, or ruido (noise). We had left the quilombo (commotion) of the city and had entered into a scenic tranquil town with mountains, lakes, and forests as far as the eye could see.  We drove to our hotel, Llao Llao, and spent the afternoon exploring the area, it was breathtaking! This post has a lot of pictures and few words because the pictures mostly speak for themselves. 

Llao Llao Hotel, Bariloche

We spent the next day kayaking and then rented a car to drive around the area, following the "Circuito Chico", or small circuit, which leads you around multiple lookout points, small hiking paths, and beautiful views around Bariloche. We stopped for lunch at the Punta Panaromica Cafe for smoothies, empanadas, and waffles afterwards heading towards town to take the funicular up to a viewpoint over the town of Bariloche.

 

We woke up early the next day to take a boat out on Brazo Tristeza, Tristeza arm of the Lake Nahuel Huapi, for about three hours. We had an amazing guide, Alejo, who took us around the beautiful Brazo Tristeza, brought us close to waterfalls, pointed out cool birds and small animals in the area (we saw a Condor and its nest), and gave us a lot of information about the area. That afternoon we went rappelling down a cliff overlooking Lake Nahuel Huapi...WOW! The only downfall of the day was we were right in the middle of horsefly season so we spent a large part of the day swatting (really slapping) ourselves and each other so the horseflies would not bite us. Well, we can´t have it all! 

 

Bariloche is incredible and one of the places everyone should add to their list of places to see in the world. It is beautiful, relaxing, and constantly leaves you "sin palabras", without words.