Accommodation
Mascardi Park Lodge & Hotel
Suggested itinerary:
Another day to enjoy the privileged location of the Hotel Mascardi Park Lodge. It is possible to make the circuit to Cerro Tronador, about 25 km. until you reach the first walk of about 40 minutes entering the Patagonian Andean forest to reach the imposing Los Césares Waterfall, which owes its name to the mythical City of Los Césares, coveted bay many explorers in remote Patagonia. This waterfall is formed by three waterfalls of almost 80 meters high, nestled in a rock fault, where the Arroyo Los Césares passes.
You continue on your way until you find the access to the Saltillo de las Nalcas path, where you will cross a small stream and the bridge of the Manso Superior River after about 15 minutes you will come to see this beautiful waterfall that has the peculiarity of falling about 40 meters. high, away from the wall about 15 meters, so that you can walk between the waterfall and the hillside of Cerro Biblioteca. At its base there are abundant Nalcas leaves, characteristic of the Valdivian Forest, and known for its ancestral use to cook Curanto.
Continuing on the main road you arrive at the Mirador del Ventisquero Negro, one of the seven glaciers with which Cerro Tronador has, it differs from the others by its dark hue caused by the dragging of volcanic sediments, from where the Manso River also flows into the Pacific Ocean.