Hike through a river valley filled with sweeping rangeland and ascend to the gaping caves set into its rocky walls • Take a boat across Lake Traful as a local guide points out landmarks • Look for birdlife as you stroll through the forest to a pair of waterfalls • Make your own empanadas in an interactive cooking class, then dig into a traditional Argentine asado (cookout).

Stroll through a forest of twisted lenga (southern beech) trees and perhaps take a dip in the crystal-clear waters of Lake Nahuel Huapi • Try Argentina’s beloved wines in a guided tasting • Stroll the rustic frontier village of Villa La Angostura • Chase views on Cerro Belvedere and play peek-a-boo with the towering waterfall of Inacayal.

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 • Hike the Sendero de los Arrayanes, where arrayan trees (southern myrtles) reach overhead with their twisty orange-red branches • Take a dip in the aquamarine waters of our hotel’s private beach • Stroll a block in the original Swiss settlers' shoes as you check out the old-timey village of Colonia Suiza • Hop on a chairlift ride and get a last view of sweeping Nahuel Huapi during a morning excursion up Cerro Llao Llao.