The idea was to get out of the urban, have a different end and beginning of the year, take a bit of a push with the coming year. The chosen destination was Villa Trafulwhich is about 500 km of the Upper Valley.
Like other times I went to camping Paloma Araucana, which is under the Traful Lake Viewpoint. This viewpoint is now closed due to danger of collapse and has been dismantled.
The campsite has more than 40 stoves, each one has a place for a grill, a light pole and an electrical outlet, as well as a place to put the tent. The place is wide and spacious with plenty of shade.
The end of 2022 and spending the New Year as always went hand in hand with taking photos in another context. Sunsets watching the lakelook at how the cypresses cut out the sky.
The thistles blooming, lthe bandurrias that are approaching to see if one of them dropped some bread crumbs. Taking advantage of that proximity there are photos, because there are always photos.
For a while I go to the traful beach: the lake is ironed, in the distance you can see some soft waves.
The embracing silence is interrupted by the squawking of a womb that claims the space on the beach.
In the afternoon I return to the banks of the Traful but with mates, the breeze begins to increase.
A couple in wetsuits venture into the waters of the lake. A man tests a boat for bite. From what I can see, he had no luck. The end of 2022 is approaching and the moon appears behind a cypress tree.
The lake is choppy, the waves begin to take center stage. The year is gone and the new one arrives, 2023.
As I said before, there is always a photo and a reason to go to take a walk around the mountain range.
Villa Traful Attractions
When you approach the village, the coihues and cypresses accompany the path to the sides of the route.
Curves and countercurves follow one another through a green tunnel and suddenly you enter Villa Traful, the Neuquén mountain village that turned 86 years old last November 30.
On the stage, there are giant logs, a mountain hamlet and the lake is serenebright turquoise dress to start a movie walk.
The village is at 100 kilometers from Bariloche and 65 kilometers from Villa La Angostura, in the Nahuel Huapi National Park.
A great option is to visit the lagoons the twinsa journey that combines boat and horseback riding and allows you to cross Lake Traful and explore a beautiful forest of cypresses and radales surrounded by streams of a thousand shades.
You have to know too the Coa Coá and Ñivinco waterfalls and the Submerged Forest.
It’s about a sunken forest about 30 meters deep in 1960, after an earthquake that caused the slope of a hill to slide into the water. It can be accessed by boat or diving in its waters.
The excursion until black hill it is a more demanding hike. The path enters among stunted ñires, bushes and views of hills that complete an unforgettable scene of a region that surprises at every step.
What you need to know to go
* Villa Traful is 405 km from the city of Neuquén.
* You go through national route 22 to the Arroyito viaduct where you take national route 237.
* Upon reaching the confluence of the Limay and Traful rivers, it connects with Provincial Route 65. It will be 33 km of a dirt road. Patience and caution. In the last 10 km paving works are carried out.
* Villa Traful has a service station and the last ones before arriving are in Piedra del Aguila.
*In the Villa you will find markets, a BPN ATM from the Link network, its shops receive credit and debit cards. The phone signal is intermittent. There is Wi-Fi in the accommodation.
*The hotel, camping and gastronomic offer is wide and of good quality. In the case of the campsite Paloma Araucana the stay costs $2300 per person in cash. They receive inquiries on Facebook and Instagram
. The phone signal from the Claro company works in some places, but Movistar’s coverage is poor. But in the accommodations they have wifi.
The Tourist Services Center
The project financed by the Ministry of Tourism and Sports of the Nation -within the National Tourist Investment Program “50 Destinations” 2022- implies a contribution of $ 30.000.000 for the Construction of the Services Center that the Neuquén Forestry Corporation will build.
It is an architectural project of 128.81 square meters between covered and semi-covered and was developed by local architects, in conjunction with the team from the provincial Ministry of Tourism.
It has a service space for tourists and providers with a place to recharge telephone batteries, hot water supply, locker sector and public restrooms with accessibility criteria for people with reduced mobility.
In high season, it will have a large table so that tourists who need connectivity can go there and do their homework, and in low season it will serve as a meeting place for providers and teams.
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