2023-12-20 14:06:26
There are some 1,600 kilometers between Buenos Aires and Bariloche take the shortest route (which is not necessarily the fastest or the most beautiful) and making the journey is quite an experience for those who enjoy car trips. Pampas plain, desert, rivers, lakes, reservoirs, hills, valleys; The path has everything and although it can be traveled in one go, It is advisable to plan it in two days.
There are two major national routes that leave from Buenos Aires to Patagonia: 3, which passes through Bahía Blanca, and 5, which crosses Santa Rosa, in La Pampa. But in between there are several options. Let’s see:
Ruta 5
* The most traditional trip starts at the West Accesswhich from the capital can be taken on General Paz or along the Camino del Buen Ayre.
* In Luján you have to be careful to connect to national route 5 that leads to Santa Rosa. The Beltway of the Pampas capital is more annoying than complicated.
* Route 35 and then 152 lead to General Achafrom where you can choose two paths, both have their problems:
* By the route of the Conquest of the Desert You enter the province of Río Negro through Catriel, with sections that are really complicated due to the poor condition and a few meters literally destroyed.
* The alternative for Casa de Piedrawhich is an almost 11 kilometer long dam on the Colorado River, has the problem that At the height of the Lihuel Calel National Park, the pavement formed hills that are extremely dangerous. This last path leads to Roca.
Route 225 Variant: you reach a point south of Santa Rosa through an alternative route: you leave Buenos Aires via the Riccheri and Ezeiza-Cañuelas highways, and then route 225, which passes through Bolívar, and already with the number 65, by Guamini. The rest is similar to the options from Santa Rosa.
Ruta 3
* Route 3 can be taken in Cañuelas. It usually has more truck traffic than the 5 and reaches Bahía Blanca, which is a complicated node for those who do not want to enter the city.
* Route 22, which begins in Bahía Blancaleads to the same point as the previous ones, with a few two-lane sections on each side: the area of the city of Neuquén.
* From the Neuquén area There are not many variants, except taking the North Highway to avoid the city center.
* At the height of Plottier, the Highway goes down to Route 22, which also has two lanes on each side for regarding 30 kilometers.
* Route 237 leads to Bariloche (it is 400 kilometers), but in the middle there are some paved detours: to Plaza Huincul at Picún Leufú, to San Martín de los Andes in Collón Cura and to Villa La Angostura shortly before reaching Lake Nahuel Huapi.
* To get to Bariloche you just have to continue straight, along route 237 (which changes name shortly before arriving and is called 40), with the precaution of being attentive to the sections that, south of Piedra del Águila, may have ice on the asphalt. Therefore, it is not advisable to take that section in the early morning or late at night.
The Collón Cura descent was repaired, so the only slightly deteriorated section is that which goes from the bridge over that river to the Limay Chico river.
And the best?
The Cañuelas-Bolívar-Guaminí option It may be more complex, but it ends up being the most convenient. In times of cell phones, GPS and maps, nothing is so complicated anymore, although you have to keep in mind that there is no cell phone signal everywhere and even less so when you go south.
And in La Pampa it is not clear if it is best to go through the Conquest of the Desert and when leaving it, in the next 100 kilometers, drive with caution along the deteriorated sections of Route 151 or Casa de Piedra. The first option allows you to enter Neuquén from the north and take the Highway without having to enter the city center.
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