Bariloche, Northern Patagonia and the Lakes District; the adventure begins!

Vino in hand, the view from our accommodation

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Today Mum & I flew (1 hour late of course - this is South America!) from Buenos Aires to San Carlos de Bariloche, or just Bariloche, as it's better known. Bariloche is a 2-hour flight, 1,500-ish km, from Buenos Aires in Northern Patagonia, the Lakes District.

It's popular as a ski resort in winter but very picturesque all year round, lying tucked around lake Nahuel Huapi at the base of the Andes and practically a stone's throw from Chile.

View from the top!

We walked the 3 kilometers from our goorgeous apart-hotel right on the lake (that's the trick; make sure your hotel is on the lake without the road in between it. And there are 'pretty' & 'not-so-pretty' parts to the lake) to a cable-car which takes you a huge distance up to a panoramic view over Bariloche town & lake Nahuel Huapi.

Slightly scary wind, which delayed our 'take-off' for 20 mins, aside, the cable car is a must-do and provided breath-taking views and a way to see where the town lay in relation to our hotel.

Is it a bear?! Wandering down the streets of Bariloche,

At the top of the semi-mountain (or that's what it felt like!) is a revolving restaurant/cafe and plenty of touristy-things to keep you occupied & interested for an hour or so.

After that little adventure, it's back to the hotel to make use of the jacuzzi in the room and sit, vino in hand, by the heater and admire the view over the lake and almost across to Chile...where we'll be in a few days time!

Tomorrow's to-do list:
Sleep in!
Big Patagonian breakfast
Isla Victoria y Bosque de Arrayanes boat trip
Try more Patagonian wines - from the southern-most vineyards in the world

Lots of wooden houses; and our chair-lift hill in the background