Nahuel Huapi

For our last day in Bariloche we went for a hike in the Nahuel Huapi National Park. The hike we were doing also has access to one of the refugios (refugio grey), but we only hiked to Playa Munoz (10K round trip). We also had to walk 2 kilometers down the road to get to our hike, so 14K total.

It’s a mostly forested hike, with some good overlooks of Lake Gutierrez. It’s not a terribly difficult hike and you finish at a lovely beach. I couldn’t believe how many locals do this hike, just to go to the beach when there are so many others you can drive to, but the beach was packed.

Many were doing the 10K hike with their Yerba Mate kit in hand, as one does on hikes:) Once we got to the turn for Playa Munoz, it says it is only 800 meters, 1/2 a mile, to get to the beach. They are full of shit 😂.

It was much longer, which I’ve noticed with their mileage markers in general. It sets you up to think that you are almost there but choose to let you gradually realize that they were just messing with you:) There was also a double waterfall, which was close by (really was this time) which was really pretty.

Well Bariloche, it’s been fun but as Tom Petty once said, it’s time to move on. We are going to Mendoza for a wine festival and plan on sampling widely 😉Read more