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Attraction of the park - dormant volcano Tronador 3554 m above sea level (translated from Spanish, the throne is thundering). It rises above a belt of forests and numerous lakes of glacial origin. The main peak of Tronador is El Principal. From the top of Tronador, from its sheer cliffs, eight glaciers slide into deep gorges. In the glaciers of Tronador, the Frias River is born, carrying dull green waters.

Another attraction of the park and its decoration is Lake Nahuel Huapi, located at an altitude of 767 m, about 70 km long and an area of ​​530 sq. km. It is very deep, with steep banks, navigable. Other lakes are associated with this lake (Gutierrez, Perito Moreno, Correntoso, Gallardo, Frias, Frey, etc.).

On the lake there is big Island with an area of ​​3700 hectares - Victoria. It is famous for the ruins of ancient buildings and rock carvings, some of them are 9 thousand years old. There are five small lakes on the island.

The forests of huge cedars and evergreen beeches are well preserved here. The age of some beeches up to 40 m high and 2 m in diameter reaches 500 years. In the Andes forests, Patagonian larch trees 30–35 m high and 2–3 m in diameter rise above the southern beeches. They resemble California sequoias. Their trunks are entwined with lianas, and various epiphytes settle on them.

Into the surface of Lake Nahuel Huapi, the Ketriue Peninsula is cut, on which forests of Arrayan grow - trees with bizarrely twisted trunks, with smooth cinnamon-colored bark. During the flowering period, they are literally strewn with white flowers, and during the ripening period, the forest turns purple-bronze.

The Brazo-Bleet Bay of Lake Nahuel Huapi is very deep. Its shores rise as steep walls of water, resembling Norwegian fjords or Tierra del Fuego canals.

There are many car excursions in the national park. But the greatest demand is for the 280 km "round the world" (Bariloche, Limai River, Lakes Traful, Correntoso and Espejo, La Angostura, the northeastern coast of Lake Nahuel Huapi, Limay and again Bariloche).

Traveling through the park, tourists find themselves in the Enchanted Valley, where formations of the Tertiary period can be seen, altered by erosion and time. For their bizarre shapes, they were given the names Castle, Finger of God, Penitent, Brooding India, etc. Lake Traful (32 km long, up to 3 km wide) is rich in salmon. On the shore of the lake is the town of Traful with hotels and a marina. Lake Correntoso (about 40 km long), located at an altitude of 816 m above sea level, is surrounded on all sides by a moist beech forest. The Correntoso River, only 100 m long, flows out of the lake.

Mammals are found in the park. But there are no large ones, except for the acclimatized European deer and fallow deer, which bred in large numbers (therefore, the regulation of their numbers was started). Occasionally here you can see a pudu deer, only 30–35 cm tall, with short horns.

The forests are inhabited by mouse opossums. In the streams there is a Darwin's rinoderm frog, the male of which keeps fertilized eggs in his throat sac until the tadpoles themselves jump out of the mouth. Few of the American rhea ostriches have survived. Sheep ducks nest in the steppe. Few battleships. Hippocamelus, guanaco, vicuña, chinchilla also live here.

In hard-to-reach places, there is a cougar - the second largest cat in North America. She was called a panther, leopard, mountain or Mexican lion. Unlike other wild cats, the cougar does not show ferocity towards humans. But this did not save her from the brutal persecution of white settlers (the Indians did not hunt the cougar - they revered her).

The puma is very similar to a panther, but differs from it in an elegant and graceful build. Its color is always monotonous - gray or reddish (cougar kittens are born spotted, like panthers, and with age the spots disappear).

In the south of Patagonia, the cougar does not exceed 1.22 m in length and weighs no more than 30-40 kg. When attacking, the cougar develops a speed of up to 18 m / s, jumps from a spot to 7–8 m, and climbs trees superbly. He hunts mainly moose and deer.

The cougar lives alone. Each animal occupies a plot of 15-40 sq. miles and does not allow rivals on it.

In North America, the cougar has no serious enemies, and in South and Central America, the cougar has a very dangerous enemy - the jaguar, which is much stronger than it, but the cougar is lighter and more agile.

The cougar can attack wild and domestic animals. Climbing into the corral, she cuts at once 6–7 cows or sheep (while the jaguar always kills only one animal). Therefore, the profession of tigrero has long existed - a hunter for jaguars and pumas. True, now the situation has changed somewhat: there are not many cougars and jaguars left, so they are almost everywhere protected, and often the government pays compensation to farmers for livestock killed by predators.

There are many birds in the park: poorly flying tanaculos, black Magellanic woodpecker, Chilean hummingbirds, wedge-tailed parrots. The condor is on the verge of extinction. The lakes are mostly inhabited by loons. There are also ducks, black-necked swan, gulls and cormorants.

On south bank The center of the national park is located on the lake - the city of San Carlos de Bariloche, which is connected to the capital by regular air and rail links. Tourists arriving here certainly visit the F. Moreno Museum, which contains the relics of the missionaries, conquerors of this region, and presents the household items of the local population.

Nahuel Huapi National Park is open all year round, but there are two tourist seasons: winter (July-September) and summer (January-March). At the beginning and at the end of the season, national skiing competitions are held here. A large ski station is located 20 km from the city. For the convenience of tourists, lifts have been built.

From November 1 to April 15, fishing in the lakes of the Nahuel Huapi Park is allowed under the licenses of the main department of the national park. A license is also issued for shooting red deer on Lake Victoria. Climbers, or, as they are called here, Andinists also go to the park (in 1931, the Andino Bariloche club was created, with the help of which mountain shelters were equipped on the slopes of the mountains).

In addition to the Nahuel Huapi National Park, in the Patogonia region, there is another Los Glacares National Park (founded in 1937). The most remarkable in the park are the large glacial lakes Viedma and Lago Argentino. One of the glaciers that dumps its streams into the lake is Perito Moreno, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

It is better to go to the famous glacier from El Calafate, which has retained its provincial appearance. It is dominated by small houses with peaked roofs and walls painted in pastel colors. El Calafate is named for a local plant that produces blue berries from which a delicious marmalade is made. Legend has it that whoever tries it will definitely come back here.

After a two-hour journey, tourists reach the spurs of the Cordillera. Passing through the gates of the national park, travelers will see a seemingly unrealistic giant formation up to 70 m high from a bluish-white ice mass. It rises between mountain ranges and keeps his "tongue" in the lake.

Something is constantly crackling in the glacier. Or, suddenly, an unimaginable roar can be heard - a piece of ice of several tons breaks into the water.

The glacier and the peninsula are separated by the so-called Channel of Icebergs, only 5 m wide. Therefore, it happened that ice masses blocked the channel. Naturally, there is no runoff in the southern part of Lago Argentino, which is fed by glaciers. Gradually, the water level rises here by 20 m or more, and the water breaks through the top of the glacier every three to four years, which is why the glacier continues to grow.

Perito Moreno is beautiful at any time of the year. Its pointed peaks shimmer with multi-colored "lights", sparkle in the sun. The most courageous undertake to conquer the glacier. The inscription on the shields installed here warns that not one daredevil who climbed the hulk was killed by ice fragments. Tourists take their first steps on the ice accompanied by guides who primarily attach devices with 3 cm long spikes to travelers' shoes.

In 1934, Argentina passed a nature conservation law, according to which the country's national parks are museums in nature, reserves where native species of plants and animals can develop freely. It is also noted that national parks are of economic, cultural, aesthetic and scientific importance.

National parks in Argentina are subdivided into three zones.

The first zone includes areas of virgin nature, or inviolable zones.

The second zone includes areas that have degraded for various reasons (here landscapes restoration works are envisaged).

The third zone is made up of recreational areas - roads, hotel complexes, objects and enterprises of the service sector, etc. Argentine ecologists believe that the territory of the third zone should be reduced.

(Spanish Nahuel Huapi) - the most big lake in, which is located on the border between the provinces of Neuquen (Spanish Neuquen) and Rio Negro (Spanish Río Negro), at the eastern foot of the Patagonian at an altitude of 767 m above sea level. A picturesque reservoir with clear water, which occupies sections of mountain valleys, deepened by ancient glaciers, is distinguished by a bizarre oblong shape with many branches, similar to deep fjords stretching to the northwest towards the border with. The shores of the lake are generally quite steep; maximum depth is 460 m, therefore the lake is navigable; the length reaches 72 km, the total area of ​​the mirror is 550 km².

A river originates in Nahuel Huapi Limay(Spanish Río Limay), one of the greatest waterways. Its name, translated from Araucanian, means "Clear River".

There are several islands on the lake, the most significant of which are - Victoria(Spanish isla Victoria) and Uemul(Spanish isla Huemul).

On the southern part of the shore of the reservoir is located the most important tourist centre Argentina is a city (Spanish: San Carlos de Bariloche), which is called “Argentine Switzerland”. On the northwestern coast, in the northern part, there is a village Villa la Angostura(Spanish Villa La Angostura); surrounded by dense forests and snow-capped mountains, it is considered one of the most beautiful places mountainous Patagonia and earned the nickname "Patagonian Garden".

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Historical reference

For the first time, Europeans appeared at the lake in 1670, they were Jesuit monks who came to these lands "to carry the word of God." The monks founded a mission on the island of Uemul, where they began to educate the natives and convert them to Christianity. However, everything did not go quite as planned: the Indians were in no hurry to renounce their gods, clashes often broke out between them and the Europeans. In 1718, when the natives killed 5 brothers, the monks fled, and the mission was abandoned. This land was re-opened to Europeans only 1.5 centuries later (in 1876), during the Patagonian expedition. Francisco Moreno(Spanish Francisco Pascacio Moreno; 1852-1919) - Argentine geographer, anthropologist and naturalist, a prominent researcher South America, after which the famous glacier was named (Spanish Perito Moreno - "Scientist Moreno").

The great traveler reached beautiful lake along the Limay river. The ship on which the expedition sailed was called "Modesta Victoria", it still regularly transports tourists along the azure lake surface.

The mythical inhabitant of Nahuel Huapi

The huge lake is located in a remote mountainous area, which can only be reached by mountain paths, or by small planes and helicopters. Meanwhile, there are more than enough of those wishing to visit those parts!

And the point is not only in the amazing views of the lake, the indescribable beauty of the mountains and relict forests, but also in the secrets that have long surrounded these places.

Lake Nahuel Huapi is one of the top most mysterious lakes on the planet, it has its own legend. they were afraid of the lake, from generation to generation the legend was passed that the lake spirit lives in the abyss - a mythical monster with a long neck. The Indians said that "a water snake comes out of the water at night, the body is the size of a cow and leaves footprints on the shore like a giant duck." More than one scientific expedition tried to find confirmation of the existence of the prehistoric giant. All that was found were huge footprints in the sand.

According to descriptions of people claiming to have seen him, the mysterious stranger looks like a giant serpent with a huge jagged hump and looks like a plesiosaur. Just like the Loch Ness monster (Nessie), the Argentine Miracle Yudo was named after the lake where it lives - Nahuelito(Spanish Nahuelito).

Rumors of Nahuelito were further developed in 1922, when several people observed a large creature with a barrel-shaped body and a long neck. In the same year, reports about the monster appeared in the press, since then the employees of the capital's zoo began to collect various evidence about it, but they did not find any concrete facts confirming the existence of the mysterious giant.

A new wave of interest in the monster arose in 1960, when several eyewitnesses noticed something above the surface of the lake that resembled the neck and head of a plesiosaur. Several hypotheses were immediately put forward, I must say, completely absurd. Some experts believed that people were simply observing the submarine's periscope; others have suggested that Nahuelito is Nessie, who moved to Patagonia from Scotland. The adherents of the second version even calculated the route by which Nessie could get to Nahuel Huapi.

Another surge of interest occurred in the 80s. XX century, when the first photographs of Nahuelito appeared, which, however, scientists called falsification.

On January 4, 1994, a group of 20 people witnessed how a gigantic, dirty gray monster with a massive ridge along the ridge moved awkwardly in the water. Although the animal was far enough away, it was visible how its sides heaved from heavy breathing, which caused high ripples to run along the surface of the water.

In mid-1997, an Argentine speleologist Julio Aguaro(Spanish Julio Aguaro), an ardent supporter of the theory of the existence of a mysterious cryptid in the lake, organized his own expedition to the shores of Nahuel Huapi. Scientists managed to find on sandy shore several traces of an oval shape with a diameter of 50 cm, according to which the researchers concluded that the weight of the unknown creature is about 50 Tn. In addition, in the course of the survey, many locals claimed to have not only seen the gigantic animal, but also heard its "terrifying" roar.

About the mysterious traces, cryptozoologists have put forward a version that Nahuelito may turn out to be some kind of surviving lizard of the dinosaur era.

Among the enthusiasts, a heated debate unfolded as to what class and species the strange beast could be attributed to. And representatives of "serious science" argue that Nahuelito is just an invention of the Indians, zealously replicated by entrepreneurs and the government in order to attract tourists.

Among other things, there is another version that has every right to be carefully considered: the assumption that the Nahuelito are ancient Indians and the creature captured in the photo in the twentieth century. Are two different cryptids. The first is the product of the religious fantasies of the ancient cults of the indigenous population of Argentina; the second animal may turn out to be a product of fantasies that have a completely scientific basis.

It is known that most of his scientific activity, the German scientist Ronald Richter(German Ronald Richter; 1909-1991) carried out in the framework of the mysterious and highly classified scientific projects of the Nazi Third Reich. In particular, his name is associated with the secret project "Bell" (German: Die Glocke), which was started in 1944 and was discontinued in late April - early May 1945. Perhaps the Nazis conducted research at the intersection of chemistry, nuclear physics, antigravity and high-energy physicists, trying to create the latest "miracle weapon". According to the data of the Polish researcher I. Witkowski, it was to Argentina that the results of this project were exported. As part of the Bell, experiments were carried out with unknown types of energy and experiments were carried out on plants and animals.

When it was announced in 1952 that the results of Richter's work were falsified, the scientist himself was not subjected to any punishment and calmly left for the United States. It is not known where the materials on the "Bell" have gone, and it is also not known what monsters his experiments could give rise to, and who is hiding in the glowing waters of Lake Nahuel-Huapi.

To this day, people regularly appear who claim to have seen a giant long-necked creature, although there is no reliable evidence of this.

The last photograph, which clearly shows the face and part of the neck of the "water snake", was taken in 2009, but the authenticity of this image cannot be asserted either.

However, the image of Nahuelito is firmly entrenched as the symbol of the Argentine lake. Tourists, mesmerized by numerous stories, flock here in the hope that they will be lucky to see mysterious inhabitant the depths of Nahuel Huapi.

Enterprising locals sell T-shirts, caps and badges depicting the legendary creature to numerous tourists. By the way, trade is going very briskly, because the inhabitants of the planet Earth have always been attracted by everything unknown and mysterious. And lakes more mysterious than Nahuel Huapi are hard to find.

Project "Huemul"

Another mystery associated with the lake is the Huemul project, which started in 1948, when (Spanish: Juan Domingo Peron; President of Argentina in 1946 - 1955 and 1973 - 1974) gathered a secret group of scientists led by the aforementioned German atomic physicist Ronald Richter. The scientist promised Peron that within 3-5 years they will be able to get a controlled thermonuclear fusion reaction. This meant that Argentina would have an inexhaustible source of energy, and not the largest South American country, leaving the United States, Great Britain and the USSR far behind, would dictate its will to the whole world. In 1949, on the island of Uemul, located in the middle of Lake Nahuel Huapi, the buildings of the secret nuclear center began to be erected at an accelerated pace.

On February 16, 1951, Richter announced that his experiments were successful and he was ready to conduct the first controlled thermonuclear reaction. Peron was triumphant, the whole world froze in anxious anticipation ... Still, the President of Argentina had enough sanity to appoint an independent examination to confirm the results of the scientists' work. The commission came to the conclusion that the temperature of the reaction obtained by the physicist is too low, and there was no thermonuclear fusion at all. Peron was shocked; in November 1952, Richter was removed from work, and a year later the buildings of the secret laboratory were blown up. Today visiting the ruins is included in the program of tourist excursions to Nahuel Huapi.

After that, there were many more investigations (mainly due to the fact that the project cost Argentina 62 million pesos), but it is not completely clear what exactly the German nuclear scientist was doing on the Argentine island of Uemul.

National park

Nahuel Huapi is part of one of the oldest and largest Argentine National parks named after the lake (Spanish: Parque Nacional Nahuel Huapi). The reserve with an area of ​​more than 7 thousand km² was founded in 1934, it stretches 130 km in length along the Argentine-Chilean border. On its territory, high mountains are interspersed with vast forests with many lakes.

Territory National park In addition to Nahuel Huapi, it includes the following lakes: Gutierrez(Spanish Gutierrez) with an island-heart, picturesque (Spanish Lago Traful), horseshoe-shaped Mascardi(Spanish Lago Mascardi), surrounded by a beech forest Correntoso(Spanish Lago Korrentozo).

Flora and fauna

The lake is known for its amazing flora and fauna. Thousands of tourists, bird watchers and fishermen from all over the world come here. Myrtle, patagua, and many other rare evergreens grow on damp mountain slopes. Imperial cormorants live on the rocks of the islands. The surrounding forests are home to the Araucana pigeons (Latin Patagioenas araucana), which were recently under threat of extinction, but now their numbers are gradually recovering. Of more northern parts countries come here white-crested flycatchers, white-necked ibises and geese. Brook trout, inanga and brown trout can be found in the clear waters of Nahuel Huapi, which is famous for its excellent fishing. Despite the fact that the National Park, which includes the lake, is a protected area, fishing is not prohibited here, it is only regulated by the authorities depending on the season.

Ecological situation

Unfortunately, today the lake is on the verge of pollution; recently, a high concentration of heavy metals was found in its water. In addition, traces of heavy metals have been recorded in the tissues of local fish and shellfish. This happened due to the fact that several industrial enterprises dump industrial waste directly into a unique reservoir. In addition, the sewerage system of tourist towns located on the coast merges there. Environmentalists are seriously concerned about the state of water in Nahuel Huapi. To correct the current situation, it is necessary to build several treatment facilities, but so far the Argentine authorities cannot allocate the necessary funds, because about 120 million pesos are required. Meanwhile, every day the reservoir and the amazing nature surrounding it are in increasing danger.

Entertainment

The lakeside town is famous for its excellent mountain resorts... In addition, not far from the city is one of the most popular ski areas in South America - the mountain Sierro Catedral(Spanish Cerro Catedral). Bariloche also boasts magnificent beaches, but not everyone dares to swim in the lake - due to the melting of mountain glaciers, the water in Nahuel Huapi is cool all year round: even in the hottest summer, its temperature does not exceed + 14 ° C.

On this lake, everyone will find entertainment to their liking. Kayaking, diving, kayaking and sport fishing are very popular here.

You can also take walks on small steamers. Here you can swim across the lake along the same route along which the legendary Che swam - (Spanish: Ernesto Che Guevara), the commander of the Cuban Revolution of 1959.

Curious facts

• The name of the whole lake comes from the toponymy of the name of the largest of this island (Victoria Island) in the Mapuche language. It was this island that the Indians called "Nahuel Huapi", which translates as "Puma Island". The word "Nahuel" also has a more expanded interpretation, which means a werewolf - a person who knows how to turn into a puma through witchcraft.
• Interestingly, its water emits an inexplicable glow at night.
• Kayaking and small boat trips are extremely popular on Lake Nahuel Huapi. One of them, "Modesta Victoria", is known for the fact that it was on its board in 1952 that the then legendary young Che Guevara crossed the lake, heading for the Chilean border.
• Cryptid (from the Greek. Kryptos - secret, hidden) is an animal or plant, the existence of which has not been proven by official science. It could be a creature believed to be extinct or described in ancient legends.
• On April 17, 2006, 2 photographs of an anonymous photographer were published in the local newspaper El Cordillerano, accompanied by the following caption: “This is not a twisted log. It was Nahuelito who showed his face. Lake Nahuel Huapi, April 15, Saturday evening, 9 pm I will not betray my identity, in order to avoid ... headaches ".
• According to various information, the length of the mysterious underwater inhabitant is from 4.5 to 45 m, and outwardly it is a kind of hybrid of a huge crocodile with a snake.
• A number of researchers claim that in the middle of the 18th century, rumors about a mysterious cryptid interested the Spanish king Charles IV so much that he equipped an expedition in search of a water monster. However, this expedition also failed.
• The top-secret project "Bell" became known thanks to the research of the Polish military journalist Igor Witkowski, which he began in 1997. The result of studying the history of the project was his book "The Truth About the Miracle Weapon", first published in Poland in 2000.
• In declassified in the mid-90s. In the documents of the Argentine Air Force, I. Vitkovsky discovered data that in May 1945, several planes of the Third Reich landed on the territory of the country, on which equipment and documentation for the Bell project were delivered.
• It is said that the delightful nature here inspired the famous Walt Disney to create the touching cartoon "Bambi" (eng. Bambi; 1942)

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Nahuel Huapi(Spanish Parque Nacional Nahuel Huapi) - the oldest and largest National park c, founded in 1934, the country's first state nature reserve is spread over the provinces Neuquen(Spanish Neuquén) and Rio NEGPO(Spanish Río Negro), in the very south of the country, in the northern (Spanish Patagonia). Today the protected area stretches 130 km along the Argentine-Chilean border in length and covers an area of ​​about 7,050 km².

In the north, it joins Nahuel Huapi (Spanish: El Parque Nacional Lanin).

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Flora and fauna

The national park, located on the border of the Valdiva forests and the Patagonian steppes, contains rather heterogeneous areas of natural zones within its limits: mountainous and lowland areas, forest, steppe and swampy areas are adjacent here, there are many glacial lakes. Such zonal diversity is due to the richness of flora and fauna of the reserve.

One of the priority goals of the foundation of the National Park is the protection of natural zones of evergreen forests of cedar and southern beech. The age of individual representatives of these tree species in the reserve reaches 500 years; the size of the beeches is also impressive, some of which reach a height of up to 40 m and a trunk diameter of up to 2 m.There are also Patagonian larches reaching a height of 30-35 m with a trunk diameter of up to 2-3 m. Significant areas of the park zone are occupied by thickets of ferns and bamboo.

The rich fauna of the reserve, quite typical for Argentina, is extremely diverse for the South American continent and is completely unique within the globe. It is home to such interesting animals as Llamas Guanaco(lat. Lama guanicoe), outwardly similar to common deer; local endemic - Deer(lat.Hippocamelus); unique dwarf deer pudu(lat.Pudu; height approx. 30 cm). Rodents are also widespread in the park, including nutria, whiskey, armadillo and mouse opossum. European deer and fallow deer brought from the Old World have become well acclimatized in the local area.

The avifauna of Nahuel Huapi has more than 100 bird species, the most notable of which are Nandu(lat.Rheidae), Chilean hummingbird(lat.Eulidia yarrellii), Magellanic woodpecker(lat.Campephilus magellanicus), Black necked swan(lat.Cygnus melancoryphus), Magellanic Sheep(lat.Tadorna tadorna) and Wedge-tailed dwarf parrot(lat.Psittaculirostris desmarestii).

Natural attractions

Main decoration nature reserve is the big one that gave the name to the National Park. The area of ​​a picturesque reservoir with surprisingly clear water, located at the eastern foot of the Patagonian, is approaching 530 km². But the lake attracts tourists not only with its bizarre shape, clear waters, picturesque shores and steep, wooded slopes. Nahuel Huapi is included in the list of the most mysterious lakes on the planet. Local Indians from generation to generation pass on the legends that an unprecedented creature, similar to the Loch Ness monster, lives in the depths of the lake. Several expeditions undertaken by scientists to check the rumors have not yet found anything concrete. Nevertheless, a huge number of tourists flock to the lake, hoping to see a mystical inhabitant, similar to an ancient dinosaur. The train of rumors enveloping Nahuel Huapi only plays into the hands of the tourist business.

The territory of another National Park is adjacent to the lake - Los Arrayanes(Spanish El Parque Nacional Los Arrayanes), practically the twin brother of Nahuel Huapi.

The outstanding natural landmarks of the National Park include the majestic extinct Cerro Tronador volcano(Spanish: Volcan Cerro Tronador; 3554 meters above sea level). Its name, which in Spanish means "loud, rumbling", the volcano received because of the rolling deafening sounds that glaciers emit, losing huge blocks of ice. Tronador rises above the forest zone of the reserve, from which one can see numerous blue Lakes glacial origin.

The main peak of the mountain - El Principal(Spanish El Principal), 8 glaciers slide down into deep gorges, giving life to the local river Frias(Spanish Río Frías), which is famous for its green waters.

Nahuel Huapi Park: Tourist Notes

The National Reserve is a paradise for those who are fond of fishing and hunting, who love to ski, conquer Mountain peaks, play golf and just relax, enjoying the wonderful mountain scenery. Professional athletes - skaters, skiers, toboggans and bobsledders will especially enjoy the well-equipped tracks.

You can visit the Nahuel Huapi National Park all year round, but the best tourist seasons here are two periods: summer (December - March) and winter (June - September). It should be noted that at the beginning and at the end of each season, national skiing competitions are held here.

An excellent solution would be to go on boat trips, allowing you to get to the most remote places of the park and discover amazing thickets of Arrayans (a type of myrtle trees), picturesque waterfalls and several islands. Car walks are also possible on the territory of the National Park. Special tourist trails are laid here and many car excursions are offered, the most popular of which is the so-called. "Circumnavigation" 280 km long, with the beginning and end in