Hike through a river valley filled with sweeping rangeland and ascend stairs and ladders to summit its ridge of chimney-like rock formations • Take a boat across Lake Traful and cruise past a submerged petrified forest • Ascend past ancient petroglyphs to the suspended alpine lakes of Las Mellizas • Make your own empanadas in an interactive cooking class, then dig into a traditional Argentine asado (cookout).

Summit Cerro Panguinal to behold the maze-like bays and islands of Lake Nahuel Huapi • Stroll through a forest of twisted lenga (southern beech) trees and perhaps take a dip in the crystal-clear lake • Try Argentina’s beloved wines in a guided tasting • Stroll the rustic frontier village of Villa La Angostura • Climb to a soaring alpine box canyon where a delicate meadow above treeline is overshadowed by walls of granite.

Climb from a remote valley across a scenic ridge to descend into Bariloche by gondola • Enjoy a lunch of hearty fare at a cozy mountain refuge and perhaps warm up with a steaming gourd of yerba maté • Survey Bariloche from above on Cerro Otto, then head into town for a beer tasting at a local microbrewery • Chase grand views atop soaring Cerro Goye or Cerro Bellavista • Stroll a block in the original Swiss settlers' shoes as you check out the old-timey village of Colonia Suiza • Take a dip in the aquamarine waters of our hotel’s private beach • Hike through trees shaggy with moss and get a last view of sweeping Nahuel Huapi on our farewell hike to Cerro Llao Llao.