A tourist catamaran moored at Puerto Blest beneath forested mountains

Bariloche & Nahuel Huapi Tours

Boat trips, day tours, adventures and snow days — compared and bookable in a couple of taps.

Bariloche is a tour town: almost everything worth seeing in Nahuel Huapi is reached by boat from Puerto Pañuelo or by a long drive on gravel roads, and a good operator saves you a great deal of logistics. The list below is grouped by the kind of day you want — from a first afternoon on the Circuito Chico to a full-day crossing into Chile.

Everything here is booked through GetYourGuide, which means live availability, free cancellation on most options and reserve-now-pay-later on many. We do not quote prices on this page because they change with the season and the exchange rate — tap any card for the live price in your own currency.

Park fees: boat excursions and the Tronador road charge a national park entry fee that is usually not included in the tour price. Check each listing and carry the means to pay on the day.

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First days in Bariloche

Short, easy and close to town: the Circuito Chico loop and its viewpoints, the Cerro Otto gondola, and the chocolate and craft beer the city is famous for.

Lakes and forested peninsulas seen from the summit of Cerro Campanario

Sightseeing tour

🕒 About 4 hours 📍 From Bariloche (hotel pickup)

Chico Circuit and Cerro Campanario

The best first afternoon in Bariloche. A guided minibus loop along Avenida Bustillo and the Llao Llao peninsula, with a stop at the foot of Cerro Campanario — whose chairlift leads to the view many visitors call the finest in Argentina — plus the Punto Panorámico lookout and Puerto Pañuelo.

The classic 60 km lakeshore loop west of town
Chairlift up Cerro Campanario (ticket extra)
Llao Llao Hotel, San Eduardo chapel and Punto Panorámico

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Lago Perito Moreno and forested hills beside the Circuito Chico road

Sightseeing tour

🕒 About 4 hours 📍 From Bariloche (hotel pickup)

From Bariloche: Half-Day Circuito Chico Sightseeing Tour

The simplest way to see the Circuito Chico without a car: a guided half-day loop through the lakes and forests west of town, with photo stops at the classic viewpoints. Pair it with an afternoon on Cerro Campanario or Cerro Otto.

Playa Bonita, Cerro Campanario and Bahía López
Photo stop at Punto Panorámico
The Llao Llao Hotel and Puerto Pañuelo

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A red gondola of the Cerro Otto cable car above Bariloche and the lake

🕒 2–3 hours recommended 📍 From Cerro Otto base (about 5 km from the centre)

Bariloche: Cerro Otto Cable Car

The Teleférico Cerro Otto lifts you in small gondolas from the edge of town to the summit, where a revolving café, a small art gallery and snow play in winter sit above one of the widest panoramas of Lake Nahuel Huapi and the city.

Gondola to the 1,405 m summit
Revolving café with a 360° lake view
Easy to reach by shuttle or taxi

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Visitors inside a traditional chocolate café and shop in central Bariloche

🕒 About 2.5 hours 📍 From Bariloche (city centre)

Bariloche Chocolate Tour: Patagonian Flavors Walking Tour

Bariloche is Argentina’s chocolate capital, and this walking tour explains why — the Central European immigrants, the family chocolaterías on Calle Mitre, the rama (chocolate bark) and the rivalry between the big houses — with tastings along the way.

Tastings in the classic shops of Calle Mitre
The story of Bariloche’s chocolate tradition
A visit to a chocolate museum

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Pints and a jug of Patagonian craft beer on a pub table

Food & drink tour

🕒 Half day 📍 From Bariloche

Bariloche: Beer Tour through 3 Breweries

Bariloche has one of the liveliest craft-beer scenes in South America. This tour visits three breweries — typically including Berlina in Colonia Suiza and Patagonia on the Circuito Chico — with an explanation of the brewing process and tastings at each stop.

Three Bariloche craft breweries with tastings
How Patagonian beer is brewed
Round-trip transport — nobody has to drive

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On the lake

The park is at its best from the water. The arrayanes forest and Isla Victoria, the rainforest fjord to Puerto Blest, or a paddle of your own.

Cinnamon-coloured trunks of arrayán trees in the Bosque de Arrayanes

🕒 Half to full day, by option 📍 From Bariloche (Puerto Pañuelo)

From Bariloche: Victoria Island & the Arrayanes Forest Tour

The park’s signature boat excursion. You sail from Puerto Pañuelo beside the Llao Llao Hotel across the lake to the tip of the Quetrihué peninsula, walk the raised boardwalk through a grove of cinnamon-barked arrayán trees, then stop on Isla Victoria for its forest trails and sandy coves.

Cruise Lake Nahuel Huapi from Puerto Pañuelo
Walk the boardwalk through the arrayán forest
Trails and beaches on Isla Victoria

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A tourist catamaran moored at Puerto Blest beneath forested mountains

🕒 About 6–7.5 hours 📍 From Bariloche (Puerto Pañuelo)

Bariloche: Puerto Blest and Los Cántaros Waterfall

A full day deep in the wettest, greenest corner of the park. The boat runs west up the narrow Brazo Blest past Isla Centinela to the waterfall of Los Cántaros, where a wooden stairway climbs through rainforest to a hidden lake, then continues to Puerto Blest and the glacier-green waters of Lago Frías.

Sail the fjord-like Brazo Blest arm of the lake
Climb the stairway beside Los Cántaros waterfall
Valdivian rainforest and emerald Lago Frías

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A kayak on the deep blue Lago Perito Moreno with a snowy peak behind

🕒 Half day 📍 From Bariloche (Circuito Chico area)

Bariloche: Half-Day Kayak to Nahuel Huapi or Moreno Lakes

See the lake from water level. A guide gives a short lesson, then leads you along the sheltered shore of Nahuel Huapi from Bahía López — or across Lago Moreno if the wind is up — past deserted beaches and forested headlands under the peaks of the Circuito Chico.

Paddle from Bahía López towards Brazo Tristeza
Views of Llao Llao, Cerro López and Cerro Capilla
Safety briefing and guide — no experience needed

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Full-day trips from Bariloche

Glaciers at Tronador, the Seven Lakes Road, Villa La Angostura and the valley of El Bolsón — long days, big landscapes.

The grey, debris-covered Ventisquero Negro glacier and its lake below Cerro Tronador

🕒 Full day 📍 From Bariloche

From Bariloche: Cerro Tronador Full-Day Tour

Tronador — “the thunderer” — is the extinct volcano of roughly 3,470 m on the Chilean border whose hanging glaciers crack and rumble all summer. This day trip follows Route 40 past Lago Mascardi and a long gravel road up the Manso valley to Pampa Linda and the Ventisquero Negro, with free time for lunch and short walks.

Lagos Gutiérrez and Mascardi on the way south
Pampa Linda meadow at the foot of the volcano
Ventisquero Negro, the “black glacier”

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The deep blue Lago Correntoso under forested mountains on the Seven Lakes Road

🕒 About 10 hours 📍 From Bariloche (hotel pickup)

Bariloche: 7 Lakes & San Martín de los Andes Road Trip

One of Argentina’s most famous drives, done in a day. The route runs north around the lake to Villa La Angostura, then threads past Lagos Correntoso, Espejo, Escondido, Villarino, Falkner, Hermoso and Machónico to the alpine-style resort town of San Martín de los Andes before heading back to Bariloche.

The Ruta de los Siete Lagos on Route 40
Villa La Angostura and Lago Correntoso
Free time in San Martín de los Andes on Lago Lácar

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Yellow broom in flower at Cerro Bayo above Villa La Angostura

🕒 Full day 📍 From Bariloche (hotel pickup)

Villa La Angostura and Cerro Bayo

Round the north shore of Nahuel Huapi to the park’s prettiest village. Villa La Angostura is all timber-and-stone chalets, lakeside coves and chocolate shops; the tour adds Cerro Bayo, the small ski-and-summer mountain above town, and the bays of Manzano and Mansa.

The lakeside village of Villa La Angostura
Cerro Bayo mountain and its views
Bahía Manzano and the north shore of the lake

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The town of El Bolsón in its green valley seen from Cerro Piltriquitrón

🕒 About 9 hours 📍 From Bariloche

Bariloche: Full-Day El Bolsón and Puelo Lake Tour

South of the park, past Lagos Gutiérrez and Mascardi, lies the free-spirited valley town of El Bolsón, famous for its craft fair, hop fields and soft-fruit farms. The day usually adds Lago Puelo National Park, with its green water and Andean backdrop.

The artisans’ market in El Bolsón
Emerald Lago Puelo in its own national park
Berry farms, jams and craft beer

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Across the Andes to Chile

The Cruce Andino links Bariloche with Puerto Varas by three lakes and a mountain pass — in either direction.

The snow-capped cone of Volcán Osorno above Lago Todos los Santos in Chile

🕒 Full day (one-way) 📍 From Bariloche

Cruce Andino: San Carlos de Bariloche to Puerto Varas

The legendary lakes-and-buses crossing between Argentina and Chile. You sail Lago Nahuel Huapi to Puerto Blest, cross to Lago Frías, clear border formalities, descend to Peulla and sail the emerald Lago Todos los Santos beneath Volcán Osorno before the final road leg to Puerto Varas. Bring your passport.

Three lakes by boat: Nahuel Huapi, Frías, Todos los Santos
Cross the Andes on the Pérez Rosales pass
Arrive in Puerto Varas beneath Volcán Osorno

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Volcán Osorno rising above Lago Llanquihue at Puerto Varas

🕒 Full day (one-way) 📍 From Puerto Varas (Chile)

Cruce Andino: Puerto Varas to San Carlos de Bariloche

The same celebrated crossing in the other direction — the most beautiful way to arrive in Bariloche. You leave Puerto Varas in the morning and reach the Argentine side by boat across Lagos Frías and Nahuel Huapi, landing at Puerto Pañuelo in the evening.

Lago Todos los Santos and Volcán Osorno
Peulla and the Andean border crossing
Arrive in Bariloche across Lake Nahuel Huapi

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Adventure and snow

White water on the Río Manso, a ride into the backcountry, and ski lessons or a first day on snow at Cerro Catedral in winter.

A raft crew paddling through white water on a Patagonian river

🕒 Full day 📍 From Bariloche

Bariloche: Rafting in Manso River up to the Border with Chile

The best adrenaline day around Bariloche. After a drive south on Route 40 and a gravel road through the Manso valley, you gear up and run the lower Manso — a clear, cold glacial river with a string of named rapids — down towards the Chilean border, finishing with lunch in the valley.

White water on the lower Río Manso
Wetsuits, breakfast and lunch included
Paddle to within sight of the Chilean frontier

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Horses standing on the grassy bank of a river in northern Patagonia

🕒 Half day 📍 From Lago Gutiérrez (about 30 km from Bariloche)

Bariloche: Guided Horseback Riding in Lago Gutiérrez with Lunch

A gentle guided ride from a ranch near Lago Gutiérrez, inside Nahuel Huapi National Park, through old cypress and coihue forest and open pasture to a lookout — followed by lunch. Suitable for riders with little or no experience.

About two hours in the saddle inside the national park
Cypress and coihue forest, creeks and a viewpoint
Lunch after the ride

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Skiers on the snowy slopes of Cerro Catedral

🕒 2 hours 📍 From Cerro Catedral base

Bariloche: Ski or Snowboard Lesson in Cerro Catedral

A two-hour group lesson at Cerro Catedral, one of the largest ski resorts in South America, with skis or snowboard and boots included so you can keep practising after class. Runs in the ski season, roughly mid-June to late September depending on snow.

Small-group lesson with an instructor
Equipment included for the day
One of South America’s largest ski areas

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The ski school and rental building at the snowy base of Cerro Catedral

🕒 Full day 📍 From Bariloche

Cerro Catedral: Snow Baptism

The “bautismo de nieve” is a Bariloche institution: a packaged first day on snow with transfers, lift pass, rental gear and a beginners’ class. Hugely popular with visitors from Brazil and northern Argentina who have never skied before.

Transfer from Bariloche to Cerro Catedral
Lift pass, equipment and a 2-hour class
Designed for absolute beginners

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Every Bariloche tour we recommend

Eighteen experiences we would happily book ourselves, from a two-hour chocolate walk to the Andean lakes crossing.

Cinnamon-coloured trunks of arrayán trees in the Bosque de Arrayanes

🕒 Half to full day, by option 📍 From Bariloche (Puerto Pañuelo)

From Bariloche: Victoria Island & the Arrayanes Forest Tour

The park’s signature boat excursion. You sail from Puerto Pañuelo beside the Llao Llao Hotel across the lake to the tip of the Quetrihué peninsula, walk the raised boardwalk through a grove of cinnamon-barked arrayán trees, then stop on Isla Victoria for its forest trails and sandy coves.

Cruise Lake Nahuel Huapi from Puerto Pañuelo
Walk the boardwalk through the arrayán forest
Trails and beaches on Isla Victoria

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A tourist catamaran moored at Puerto Blest beneath forested mountains

🕒 About 6–7.5 hours 📍 From Bariloche (Puerto Pañuelo)

Bariloche: Puerto Blest and Los Cántaros Waterfall

A full day deep in the wettest, greenest corner of the park. The boat runs west up the narrow Brazo Blest past Isla Centinela to the waterfall of Los Cántaros, where a wooden stairway climbs through rainforest to a hidden lake, then continues to Puerto Blest and the glacier-green waters of Lago Frías.

Sail the fjord-like Brazo Blest arm of the lake
Climb the stairway beside Los Cántaros waterfall
Valdivian rainforest and emerald Lago Frías

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Lakes and forested peninsulas seen from the summit of Cerro Campanario

Sightseeing tour

🕒 About 4 hours 📍 From Bariloche (hotel pickup)

Chico Circuit and Cerro Campanario

The best first afternoon in Bariloche. A guided minibus loop along Avenida Bustillo and the Llao Llao peninsula, with a stop at the foot of Cerro Campanario — whose chairlift leads to the view many visitors call the finest in Argentina — plus the Punto Panorámico lookout and Puerto Pañuelo.

The classic 60 km lakeshore loop west of town
Chairlift up Cerro Campanario (ticket extra)
Llao Llao Hotel, San Eduardo chapel and Punto Panorámico

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The grey, debris-covered Ventisquero Negro glacier and its lake below Cerro Tronador

🕒 Full day 📍 From Bariloche

From Bariloche: Cerro Tronador Full-Day Tour

Tronador — “the thunderer” — is the extinct volcano of roughly 3,470 m on the Chilean border whose hanging glaciers crack and rumble all summer. This day trip follows Route 40 past Lago Mascardi and a long gravel road up the Manso valley to Pampa Linda and the Ventisquero Negro, with free time for lunch and short walks.

Lagos Gutiérrez and Mascardi on the way south
Pampa Linda meadow at the foot of the volcano
Ventisquero Negro, the “black glacier”

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The deep blue Lago Correntoso under forested mountains on the Seven Lakes Road

🕒 About 10 hours 📍 From Bariloche (hotel pickup)

Bariloche: 7 Lakes & San Martín de los Andes Road Trip

One of Argentina’s most famous drives, done in a day. The route runs north around the lake to Villa La Angostura, then threads past Lagos Correntoso, Espejo, Escondido, Villarino, Falkner, Hermoso and Machónico to the alpine-style resort town of San Martín de los Andes before heading back to Bariloche.

The Ruta de los Siete Lagos on Route 40
Villa La Angostura and Lago Correntoso
Free time in San Martín de los Andes on Lago Lácar

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The snow-capped cone of Volcán Osorno above Lago Todos los Santos in Chile

🕒 Full day (one-way) 📍 From Bariloche

Cruce Andino: San Carlos de Bariloche to Puerto Varas

The legendary lakes-and-buses crossing between Argentina and Chile. You sail Lago Nahuel Huapi to Puerto Blest, cross to Lago Frías, clear border formalities, descend to Peulla and sail the emerald Lago Todos los Santos beneath Volcán Osorno before the final road leg to Puerto Varas. Bring your passport.

Three lakes by boat: Nahuel Huapi, Frías, Todos los Santos
Cross the Andes on the Pérez Rosales pass
Arrive in Puerto Varas beneath Volcán Osorno

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A raft crew paddling through white water on a Patagonian river

🕒 Full day 📍 From Bariloche

Bariloche: Rafting in Manso River up to the Border with Chile

The best adrenaline day around Bariloche. After a drive south on Route 40 and a gravel road through the Manso valley, you gear up and run the lower Manso — a clear, cold glacial river with a string of named rapids — down towards the Chilean border, finishing with lunch in the valley.

White water on the lower Río Manso
Wetsuits, breakfast and lunch included
Paddle to within sight of the Chilean frontier

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A kayak on the deep blue Lago Perito Moreno with a snowy peak behind

🕒 Half day 📍 From Bariloche (Circuito Chico area)

Bariloche: Half-Day Kayak to Nahuel Huapi or Moreno Lakes

See the lake from water level. A guide gives a short lesson, then leads you along the sheltered shore of Nahuel Huapi from Bahía López — or across Lago Moreno if the wind is up — past deserted beaches and forested headlands under the peaks of the Circuito Chico.

Paddle from Bahía López towards Brazo Tristeza
Views of Llao Llao, Cerro López and Cerro Capilla
Safety briefing and guide — no experience needed

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Lago Perito Moreno and forested hills beside the Circuito Chico road

Sightseeing tour

🕒 About 4 hours 📍 From Bariloche (hotel pickup)

From Bariloche: Half-Day Circuito Chico Sightseeing Tour

The simplest way to see the Circuito Chico without a car: a guided half-day loop through the lakes and forests west of town, with photo stops at the classic viewpoints. Pair it with an afternoon on Cerro Campanario or Cerro Otto.

Playa Bonita, Cerro Campanario and Bahía López
Photo stop at Punto Panorámico
The Llao Llao Hotel and Puerto Pañuelo

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Yellow broom in flower at Cerro Bayo above Villa La Angostura

🕒 Full day 📍 From Bariloche (hotel pickup)

Villa La Angostura and Cerro Bayo

Round the north shore of Nahuel Huapi to the park’s prettiest village. Villa La Angostura is all timber-and-stone chalets, lakeside coves and chocolate shops; the tour adds Cerro Bayo, the small ski-and-summer mountain above town, and the bays of Manzano and Mansa.

The lakeside village of Villa La Angostura
Cerro Bayo mountain and its views
Bahía Manzano and the north shore of the lake

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The town of El Bolsón in its green valley seen from Cerro Piltriquitrón

🕒 About 9 hours 📍 From Bariloche

Bariloche: Full-Day El Bolsón and Puelo Lake Tour

South of the park, past Lagos Gutiérrez and Mascardi, lies the free-spirited valley town of El Bolsón, famous for its craft fair, hop fields and soft-fruit farms. The day usually adds Lago Puelo National Park, with its green water and Andean backdrop.

The artisans’ market in El Bolsón
Emerald Lago Puelo in its own national park
Berry farms, jams and craft beer

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Visitors inside a traditional chocolate café and shop in central Bariloche

🕒 About 2.5 hours 📍 From Bariloche (city centre)

Bariloche Chocolate Tour: Patagonian Flavors Walking Tour

Bariloche is Argentina’s chocolate capital, and this walking tour explains why — the Central European immigrants, the family chocolaterías on Calle Mitre, the rama (chocolate bark) and the rivalry between the big houses — with tastings along the way.

Tastings in the classic shops of Calle Mitre
The story of Bariloche’s chocolate tradition
A visit to a chocolate museum

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Pints and a jug of Patagonian craft beer on a pub table

Food & drink tour

🕒 Half day 📍 From Bariloche

Bariloche: Beer Tour through 3 Breweries

Bariloche has one of the liveliest craft-beer scenes in South America. This tour visits three breweries — typically including Berlina in Colonia Suiza and Patagonia on the Circuito Chico — with an explanation of the brewing process and tastings at each stop.

Three Bariloche craft breweries with tastings
How Patagonian beer is brewed
Round-trip transport — nobody has to drive

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Skiers on the snowy slopes of Cerro Catedral

🕒 2 hours 📍 From Cerro Catedral base

Bariloche: Ski or Snowboard Lesson in Cerro Catedral

A two-hour group lesson at Cerro Catedral, one of the largest ski resorts in South America, with skis or snowboard and boots included so you can keep practising after class. Runs in the ski season, roughly mid-June to late September depending on snow.

Small-group lesson with an instructor
Equipment included for the day
One of South America’s largest ski areas

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The ski school and rental building at the snowy base of Cerro Catedral

🕒 Full day 📍 From Bariloche

Cerro Catedral: Snow Baptism

The “bautismo de nieve” is a Bariloche institution: a packaged first day on snow with transfers, lift pass, rental gear and a beginners’ class. Hugely popular with visitors from Brazil and northern Argentina who have never skied before.

Transfer from Bariloche to Cerro Catedral
Lift pass, equipment and a 2-hour class
Designed for absolute beginners

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Horses standing on the grassy bank of a river in northern Patagonia

🕒 Half day 📍 From Lago Gutiérrez (about 30 km from Bariloche)

Bariloche: Guided Horseback Riding in Lago Gutiérrez with Lunch

A gentle guided ride from a ranch near Lago Gutiérrez, inside Nahuel Huapi National Park, through old cypress and coihue forest and open pasture to a lookout — followed by lunch. Suitable for riders with little or no experience.

About two hours in the saddle inside the national park
Cypress and coihue forest, creeks and a viewpoint
Lunch after the ride

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A red gondola of the Cerro Otto cable car above Bariloche and the lake

🕒 2–3 hours recommended 📍 From Cerro Otto base (about 5 km from the centre)

Bariloche: Cerro Otto Cable Car

The Teleférico Cerro Otto lifts you in small gondolas from the edge of town to the summit, where a revolving café, a small art gallery and snow play in winter sit above one of the widest panoramas of Lake Nahuel Huapi and the city.

Gondola to the 1,405 m summit
Revolving café with a 360° lake view
Easy to reach by shuttle or taxi

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Volcán Osorno rising above Lago Llanquihue at Puerto Varas

🕒 Full day (one-way) 📍 From Puerto Varas (Chile)

Cruce Andino: Puerto Varas to San Carlos de Bariloche

The same celebrated crossing in the other direction — the most beautiful way to arrive in Bariloche. You leave Puerto Varas in the morning and reach the Argentine side by boat across Lagos Frías and Nahuel Huapi, landing at Puerto Pañuelo in the evening.

Lago Todos los Santos and Volcán Osorno
Peulla and the Andean border crossing
Arrive in Bariloche across Lake Nahuel Huapi

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Plan your days in the park

Make Nahuel Huapi the highlight of your Patagonia trip

Glacier-fed lakes, cinnamon forests, volcanoes and Andean passes — all within a day of Bariloche. Compare boat trips, day tours and adventures and book in a couple of taps.

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Booking questions

Frequently asked questions

Which Bariloche tour should I book first?

The boat trip to Isla Victoria and the Bosque de Arrayanes. It is the park’s signature excursion and sells out first in high season. Add the Circuito Chico with Cerro Campanario on your first afternoon.

Are park entry fees included?

Usually not. The national park fee for boat excursions and the Tronador road is normally paid separately on the day — each listing explains what is included.

Can I do these tours without a car?

Yes. Almost every tour on this page includes pickup from central Bariloche hotels, and the boat trips can also be joined at Puerto Pañuelo by city bus.

What happens if the weather is bad?

Boats may be cancelled in strong wind, and mountain roads can close after snow. Operators normally offer a new date or a refund; booking with free cancellation gives you extra flexibility.

Can I cancel if my plans change?

Most listings offer free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start, and many let you reserve now and pay later. The exact terms are shown on each tour page before you confirm.