El Bolsón - Bosque Tallado

Last day in El Bolsón went to this nice forest which got burnt and some artists were invited to do some scultpture with the trees. It was a long walk to get there though...

Some parrots before going up, they are everywhere here:

At the forest:

El Bolsón is the "hopfen/lúpulo" city in Argentina:

Gustavo, the theater guy, thanks for the nice stories!:

And Claudio, having some mate at the hostel. Thanks for the nice conversations!:

View of the Bolsón area:

The Bosque Tallado is high up in the mountains:

And the next day I would find a nice surprise...

Road to El Bolsón

One day trip to El Bolsón, in the Patagonia from Argentina, rode through some amazing places:

Incredible view of a lake near Bariloche full with the ashes of the Vulcan Puyahue. It is not sand, it's ashes covering everything!:

Birds flying away as we passed with the bus:

El Bolsón, view of the Piltriquitrón Peak:

Myself at the Mirador del Cerro:

Panoramic view of El Bolsón, sorrounded by mountains:

Schatzi, hier gibt auch Lapacho!:

Tomorrow will go to the "Bosque Tallado"...

Pucon - Huerquehue National Park

Last day in Pucon went to the Huerquehue National Park, nice trek, but too muddy and cold with the snow:

El Refugio, my hostel in Pucon, great place!!:

Inside a huge tree at the Huerquehue Park:

It was very humid:

Nice waterfalls (Salto del Aguila):

Hoi! Heinz, wars du auch da?:

Panoramic view of the lake:

A bigger waterfall:

Gabriel going up through the snow:

View of the Lago Chico:

Gabriel and Yvette:

The Lago Toro:

It was coooold:

And the next day drove through the Andes to the Argentinian Patagonia...

Pucon - Araucanía Patagónica

Pucon is a lovely city in the Araucanía region in Chile, which could be called the beginning of the Patagonia, although not everybody agrees. Anyway, the landscape here is amazing. Did some treks already and I think the pictures look really good. Let's get ready for the action!!:

 Typical tree from the region, la Arauca:

Posing before the Villarrica Vulcano, next day will go to the top!:

Mapuche ceremonial masks:

The sunrise rays hit the east side of the Villarrica vulcano:

Just getting started:

The sun starting to go up while we were also going up:

Yeah! Ice was everywhere:

Shadows of the fellowship of the vulcano:

We thought the summit was close, but no...:

At the beginning we thought the tools were for posing:

One of our guides (Hubert):

The sulfur coming out from the top. The most active vulcano in South America:

Ice formation during the way:

The lake Villarrica:

View of the glacier at the vulcano:

The ice formations at the glacier:

Yes, this is the top, the crater!:

 

And yes!! This is the Llancahue, which erupted few days ago and is still making trouble:

Another vulcano around, the Lanin:

Enjoying the view:

 Panoramic views of the lake while going up:

Panoramic view from the top of Villarica vulcano of the Lanin vulcano:

Another view of the lake and national parks around Pucon:

My favorite picture. Panoramic view from the crater with the Llancahue spitting ashes on the left:

And today went to the Claro waterfall (85 meters high), nice trek and view:

There are still a couple of great places around, so probably will upload more pics soon!!