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Experience needed: NO
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Adventure Level: Strenuous.
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Day 1: Kayaking time: 4/5 hrs. Distance to cover: 17km/10,5ml
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Day 2: Kayaking time: 4 hrs. Distance to cover: 16km/10ml
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Day 3: Biking time: 3,30hrs. Distance: 25km/16ml
Altitude gain: …m/…ft. Terrain: dirt road. -
Day 4: Hiking time: 5hrs. Distance: 15km/10ml.
Altitude gain: 900m/2950ft. Terrain: trails, rocks, snow. -
Day 5: Hiking time: 5hrs. Distance: 15km/10ml.
Altitude gain: -900m. Terrain: trails, rocks, snow.
ITINERARY
Day 1: Mourning departure from your hotel towards Lake Mascardi located 25km south of San Carlos de Bariloche. After an introduction in basic techniques and safety procedures on coastal kayaking we will start with our trip. We will stop for having lunch in one of the many lake beaches and we will arrive into the Camping Los Rápidos in the afternoon to enjoy “mate tea”. Time to relax and explore the surrounding forest and the hidden lake Los Moscos before dinner. Night at ORGANIZED CAMPSITE.
Includes: lunch – afternoon tea – dinner.
Day 2: After breakfast we will prepare our kayaks for the second paddling day. This day we will kayak along the most remote part of Lake Mascardi with amazing views of Cerro Bonete and Mount Tronador (our next adventure). Stop for lunch in an isolated beach. Then we continue kayaking up to the head of the lake beside Manso River. We leave the kayaks and walk 30 minutes to our campsite. Time to relax and explore the surrounding before dinner. Night at FREE CAMPSITE.
Includes: breakfast – lunch – afternoon tea – dinner.
Day 3: After breakfast we will walk 30 minutes up to the road where we will start riding the mountain bikes. We start at the shore of Lake Mascardi and we follow the road all along the Valley of Manso River until its starting point on the Black Glacier at the foothill of Mount Tronador. Night at Hostería Pampa Linda.
Includes: breakfast – lunch – afternoon tea – dinner.
Day 4: After breakfast we begin our trek trough a forest of giant beech trees towards the Meiling Mountain Hut at 2000m/6560ft. We stop for a picnic lunch along the way with an amazing view to the Castaño Overo Glacier surrounded with a stunning volcanic landscape. After arriving to the refuge, time at leisure in the afternoon to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Andes. Night at Refugio Otto Meiling.
Includes: breakfast – lunch – afternoon tea – dinner.
Day 5: After breakfast we have the chance to approach the cliff beside the glaciers to enjoy the breathtaking flight of the Andean Condor. Lunch at the Refuge and get ready to go back to Pampa Linda and transfer to your Hotel in Bariloche.
Includes: breakfast – lunch.
– Optional excursion (NOT INCLUDED): Glacier Trek or Ice Climbing.
