Day Trip to Villa Pehuenia

Venture into the heart of the province of Neuquén to discover the village of Villa Pehuenia. We'll see fairytale houses, lakes, bays, and an exotic forest.

Day Trip to Villa Pehuenia

We'll pick you up at 8 am at your hotel in downtown San Martin de los Andes and start touring the province of Neuquén.

Along the way, we'll pass by the town of Aluminé and border the river for almost 100 kilometers (62 miles). We'll enter the Pehuenia Circuit, a route framed by a forest of "pehuén" trees, that connects Lakes Pulmarí, Ñorquinco, Moquehue, and Aluminé.

We'll continue the drive up to the edge of the crater of the Batea Mahuida volcano, an extinct volcano at almost 2000 meters (6,560 feet) above sea level. We'll go on a short hike around the crater, now a lagoon filled with crystalline waters. From the summit, you'll see the Moquehue and Aluminé lakes and the Chilean volcanoes Icalma, Sollipulli, and Villarrica.

Once we have descended from the volcano, on the way to Villa Pehuenia, we'll pass through La Angostura, a narrow channel connecting the Aluminé and Moquehue lakes.

In Villa Pehuenia, we'll visit its various peninsulas and bays, which showcase landscapes at the foot of the Patagonian Andes. We'll learn about the village founded in the early 90s, with buildings integrating perfectly into the surrounding araucaria forests.

Finally, we'll return to San Martín de los Andes, arriving at your hotel around 8 pm.