6 hours
2 languages
Instant confirmation
Mobile ticket

Highlights

Among the innumerable options that the Nahuel Huapi National Park offers, there is a little-known route but no less spectacular for that. From Bahía López, 25 km from Bariloche, you can get to the Brazo Tristeza by motor boat. There, if the day is clear, you can see the glaciers at the top of Cerro Tronador, the highest in the park. When we reach the end of this Arm, we descend to land to walk a path through a dense forest, in which species known as the coihue and the cane alternate. Then we arrive at the Frey Stream Cascade. The flow of this stream varies according to the time of year, producing a peculiar and characteristic sound, which is generated when the water runs between wells, on a bed of rock polished by years of erosion.

Inclusions

What's included

Navigation through El Brazo Tristeza is a deep glacial fjord of Lake Nahuel Huapi
Coffee and snacks
Pick up hotels located in downtown Bariloche
Then we arrive at the Frey Stream Cascade.
Professional guide in Spanish and English throughout the tour
Once we reach the bottom of the arm, disembark and walk to the Arroyo Frey waterfall.

What's not

Boarding fee
Lunch - Passengers can buy pizza and beer on the spot

Itinerary

For about 1 hour and 45 minutes (or less, if the starting point is Bahía López) aboard boats such as the catamaran, you will enjoy a narrow fjord protected by the Lopez and Capilla hills, while watching multiple waterfalls and the summit of Cerro Tronador
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Setting sail from Bahía López, you sail through a deep fjord flanked by the Valdivian jungle until you reach the Frey Creek Waterfall. At the end of the arm, you disembark for a low difficulty trek of about 1.5 km through the forest until you reach the Frey Creek Waterfall.
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Sad Arm, which is a half-day lake excursion in the Nahuel Huapi National Park in Bariloche, is navigated by a deep glacier fjord surrounded by abrupt mountains, waterfalls and Valdivian jungle, culminating in a gentle 1.5 km hike to the stunning Frey Creek Waterfall
6 h
The Sad Arm Exploration is a half-day lake excursion in Nahuel Huapi National Park in Bariloche
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Cancellation

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

Reviews

4.5

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Know before you go

Pickup: Pickup is included for everyone.
Ticket type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group size: Up to 15 travellers
Operated by: Azul Latina Travel

Suitable for all physical fitness levels
This service is non-refundable for cancellations made within 4 days prior to the service date. However, if you need to modify your reservation, such as adjusting the number of participants, changing the date or requesting a cancellation with a refund, we can accommodate your request as long as it is made at least 4 days before the date of service.

How it compares in Bariloche

Its from-price is 106% above the median of the 34 day trips we list in Bariloche.
It is shorter than most of them.
By number of reviews it ranks 20 of 34.

About Bariloche

Bariloche is an alpine-style resort on Lake Nahuel Huapi in Argentine Patagonia, with ski slopes, chocolate shops and forests below the Andes.

San Carlos de Bariloche stands on the southern shore of Lake Nahuel Huapi, in a glacial valley with the Andes rising behind it. The civic centre, built of stone and dark timber in the 1930s, gives the town its alpine look, and the Museo de la Patagonia is housed inside it. Nahuel Huapi National Park, the oldest in Argentina, surrounds the town with lakes, beech forest and rocky peaks.

Top-ranked sights in Bariloche: Centro Cívico, Arrayanes Forest (Bosque de Arrayanes), Nahuel Huapi Lake.

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