(Part 4) San Carlos de Bariloche

Most known as Bariloche, located in Río Negro Argentina province. Following the route to the north, by bus is on average 25 hours from the city El Calafate. When I arrived in the city there is something different in its architecture, the buildings, the shapes, used materials and roofs designs, it looks like German influence such as in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Nahuel Huapi and the building of the Municipality with its clock tower.

Also walking through the streets in the main center we cand find many chocolate shops selling chocolates, candys and icecream in different presentations for all tastes; One of the most famous stores is Mamuschka, with its colorful Mamushka dolls (Russian dolls that are like jars that when we opened it inside have another doll and inside another one and so on, one versions says that it is a symbol of joy, prosperity and wisdom) They rotate at the top of the store at the main entrance, something catchy on the street.

A quick option for the "Circuito Chico" tour is doing it by bicycle, rent a bike in "Circuito Chico Adventure" it is about 4 hours at a slow pedaling pace and making some stops, you can go around the city, skirt the coast of Lake Nahuel Huapi, appreciate the mountains and forests with their beautiful landscapes.

The route in Circuito Chico also includes other places like Bonita beach, San Pedro peninsula, Llao Llao National Park, Angostura Brigde where the Moreno lake joins the Nahuel Huapi lake and the San Eduardo Chapel.

Another impressive place is the Cerro Tronador and the Black Glacier, there is an option of full day tour to the Nahuel Huapi National Park. At the begining of the tour we pass the bridge over the Manso River, like its name said Manso in spanish translation means gentle, soft. at least in this part the river is appeased. The river originates in the southwest in Argentina on the slopes of Cerro Tronador and ends on the coast of Chile in the Pacific Ocean.

Bridge over the Manso River, with very crystalline waters, which seems to change its color along its route, where you can also see the rocks and fish very clearly, especially the salmon swimming in groups against the currents and the trout moving so quickly.

Lake Mascardi, in the middle of the lake is the "Heart Island", an island look like the shape of a heart (You do not notice it well in this picture from this viewpoint, but if you can look for a higher place will be better). This lake also have the option of camping or picnicking in its surroundings.

Cerro Tronador is an inactive volcano, its name is due to the sound it produces when the ice falls off the glacier, it is a noise similar to a thunder. In autumn time it does not have much snow to cover it and the snow is already melting. The peak of this mountain is the highest part of the Nahuel Huapi National Park and also marks the boundary between Argentina (separates the Nahuel Huapi and Neuquén National Parks in different provinces in Argentina) and Chile (Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park).

Manso Glacier and the Black Ventisquero; The Manso Glacier is one of the glaciers that break off from the Tronador that, when advancing, mixes with the Black Ventinsquero (Black Glacier), which gives the ice its particular black color that at the end continues its journey and fall off in the lake until it melts completely.