Bariloche: Cerros
The easiest activity near Bariloche for tourists is to climb one of the many cerros (hills) near the city. Most of them are easily reachable on the main bus routes, and quite a few even have chair lifts for those that don’t want to climb them. The peaks give some really nice views of the surrounding lakes and valleys.
I also took a trip out to some caves north of the city, the name I can’t remember. There are a lot of caves in Argentina that have hand paintings, the most famous being Cuevas de Los Manos. I didn’t visit that one because it’s so far away from…well anything. It would have meant a 2 day detour just for that cave, and I hear it’s expensive. So I decided to try out this one, and it honestly was underwhelming.
The caves are very small, essentially just little overhangs in the rock and a few small holes in the side. The paintings are very difficult to see, because they’ve faded considerably over time. All in all, something that can easily be skipped.
Hello Bret,
Very interesting trip you are doing.I live in Bariloche, work as a tour guide.
I started the idea of grouping guides in diferent activities.
Creating a web page introducing tour guides in Patagonia.
How is your experience travelling around?
did you at any place hire a local guide?
can you speak spanish fluently?
the web page is
http://www.geopatagonia.com
I was surprised to see the information about bariloche, and I hope you had a good time!
Did you ski?
Saludos
Georgina
I didn’t use any guides in Bariloche, although I got lots of advice from hostel and Club Andino staff. I did see some people who were with a guide at Cerro Companero, he told me the name of that bird in the first photo (which I now forgot!)…my blog is way behind, I was there in early April so no skiing!