Bariloche is the door to the northern Patagonian lakes, and its pleasures are as much on the table as in the landscape: handmade chocolate, smoked game, cheeses, craft beer. These three days take the two classic drives of the area, the Seven Lakes and the Circuito Chico, and pair them with what the region grows and makes.
Day 1 · Bariloche and its chocolate
Highlight · A local family's handmade chocolate, tasted where it is made, with the lake as backdrop.
Bariloche made chocolate part of its identity long ago. In the afternoon, a local family tells the story of handmade chocolate in town and serves the recipes they make on site, a short visit with the lake as backdrop.
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Day 2 · The Seven Lakes road
Highlight · A lakeshore picnic of seven regional products, from smoked game to araucaria pine nuts.
A full day along the Ruta de los Siete Lagos, the road that links Villa La Angostura and San Martín de los Andes through a chain of lakes: from the Nahuel Huapi to Espejo, Correntoso, Villarino, Falkner, Machónico and Lácar. On the shore, a picnic of seven regional products with their stories: Patagonian cheese and smoked game, chocolate, araucaria pine nuts, draught beer and wine, mate and homemade biscuits.
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Day 3 · Circuito Chico
Highlight · Lakes, islands and hills laid flat as a map from the top of Cerro Campanario.
The classic loop west of town follows the shore of the Nahuel Huapi to the Llao Llao peninsula, with its hilltop hotel and the San Eduardo chapel, crosses the Angostura river between the Nahuel Huapi and Moreno lakes and passes Bahía López under Cerro López. The highlight is the lookout over Lago Moreno with the peninsula behind. On the way back, a chairlift climbs Cerro Campanario to 1,050 metres, from where the lakes, islands and hills lie flat as a map.
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Day 4 · Bariloche
Highlight · Departure from Bariloche after three days among its lakes.
Flight out of Bariloche.
