when you leave San martin de los andes by national route 40 and you go to V’s sideilla La Angostura, halfway there is the lago Falkner.
just 50 km from the start of the Camino de los Siete Lagoson the left you will find this magnificent mirror of water.
Con its beaches just a few meters from the asphaltits embracing hills, the Falkner to the right and the Muela or Ship to the left.
With its rushes and its island halfwaythis emblematic lake, surrounded by lenga and coihue forests, is an obligatory stop at any time of the year.
fishermen paradise
These days, it is common to see arriving the fishermen in their boats or simply camping and wading its reedy shoresideal environment for capturing voracious rainbows in the spectacular sunsets.
On weekends it is common to observe the arrival of tourists and locals, since access is free and free to a large part of its shores.
Only a part of the western bank is under concession and the family deployment is immediately noticeable.
Los kayaks and boards of Stand up paddle (SUP) are the colorful component of the surface.
The beaches, mostly sandy, are filled with families, with their floats and balls for the little ones’ games.
Meanwhile, the bravest take dips in the cold waterswhich at this time are somewhat deeper, but always with a large number of shallow meters until reaching the deep ridge.
The fact of being within reach of the route makes it fill up with tourists and locals, for which reason it is It is advisable to arrive before noon.
In the afternoon and when the sun goes down or very early in the morning, andIt’s the ideal place to try trout fishing.
The nearby reed beds or stony shores are the habitat of vital rainbows that take advantage of the abundant food.
Also you can fish on board or simply from the kayakwading the coasts attached to the cliff.
And if you row to the island, the catches are almost, almost assured.
The main tributary of Lake Falkner is the short river that drains Lake Villarino.
It pours its waters into the Nuevo Lake and, through it, into the Caleufú River, which is part of the Negro River basin.
On its western coast there is a campsite and a small inn, the only places enabled to accommodate tourists from its surroundings.
It is one of the Seven Lakes that give its name to the tourist circuit of that name, the best known tourist circuit in the province of Neuquén.
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