That little white speck that can be seen in the sky is a cloud, it has been following and guiding us for who knows how long. It seems to keep the secret of how to get to one of the most beautiful places and with one of the most immense immensities we have ever seen, the La Leche Lagoon. Here in the north of this Patagonian province.
They walked to hidden pools of the Azul river in El Bolsón and arrived at this solitary paradise
There, in the distance, the sheets of the roof of a ranch become clear, which is reached by the footprint that also occupies a part of the same postcard…
Well, there lives a countryman who had gone out to look for the cows that escaped to the summerDon Gutierrez…
Down there, close to Neuquén, which is so low this year. It is that there is so little water and so little grass that the animals go looking for it wherever there is.
It is the beauty of the place and the life and anecdotes of its people that fill it with even more life that ends up making all this immensity a wonderful work of art that only life has been able to build… Unique…!
How to get
From Andacollo it is 116 km. You must reach Manzano Amargo (78 km, half asphalt, gravel in good condition) from there, let’s use the tourist office of bitter applecontinue for the same route no. 54 of gravel in good condition for 28 km and, before crossing a wooden bridge over the Neuquén river, take the detour to the right and there begins the adventure to reach this wonderful lagoon. You can get there by any vehicle.
But the next 15 km. They get more complicated as you go alongand needs more expertise than arrogance in a van that does not need a 4×4.
The road is very narrow and has only one track and a good cornice. All the way is beautiful, but the last 6 km are to be amazed and stop to admire that imposing mountain range full of marshes, volcanic rocks, streams, small lagoons and so much dazzling wonder.
The ideal time to do this path is from mid February to mid May since you have to ford the Neuquén river and now it is very low and without inconvenience. From the middle of May it rains and snows a lot and it becomes dangerous.
Manzano Amargo, the town of incredible waterfalls in the north of Neuquén
