Hike the slopes of Cerro Centinela through the distinctive fluffy silhouettes of native coihue trees • Ascend to a viewpoint to behold the mazelike bays and islands of Lake Nahuel Huapi, our playground for the week • Try Argentina’s beloved wines in a guided tasting • Explore the shores of Lago Lolog, a splinter of water that fills a long narrow valley • Climb to a soaring alpine box canyon where a delicate meadow above treeline is overshadowed by walls of granite • Stroll the rustic frontier village of Villa La Angostura.

Take a scenic float along the Río Limay, passing by stark rangeland and delicate stands of poplar trees • Take a swim in the crystalline river and warm up with a steaming gourd of yerba maté • Our estancia (ranch) offers the option to try your hand at horseback riding like a gaucho (not included in the trip price) • Ascend to a cathedral-like natural amphitheater atop Cerro Catedral and enjoy lunch by an alpine lake • Make your own empanadas in an interactive cooking class, then try a traditional Argentine stew of chicken cooked over a plow disk. 

Climb from a remote valley across a scenic ridge to descend into Bariloche by gondola • Enjoy a lunch of warming fare at a cozy mountain refuge • Survey Bariloche from above on Cerro Otto, then head into town for a beer tasting at a local microbrewery • Chase grand views and stark alpine landscapes of rocky snow-covered cirques atop soaring Cerro Lopez • Take a dip in the aquamarine waters of our hotel’s private beach • Hike through trees shaggy with moss and get a last view of sweeping Nahuel Huapi on our farewell hike to Cerro Llao Llao.