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"F.........
Awesome!!! The best part of MTB Tours is not the beautiful incrediblely
awesome
landscape, nor the taste of Argentine culture (outside of Bs As) as with
the Valles
Calchaquies tour or the lack of culture and civilization as with the Andes
Challenge, nor the
great hospitality that Mariano provides, but depending on the size of the
group, at the end
of the ride you just made fifteen real good friends"
John Ahearne, San Francisco, USA |
Location:
In Río Negro and Neuquen provinces, next to the Andes
Mountains (1600 km from Buenos Aires).
Duration:
9 days
Activities:
We arrive in the town of Bariloche (Rio Negro province),
at the Hostel where we rest after a long trip and gaze at
the fantastic views of Nahuel Huapi lake.
Day 1:
Incredible great downhill from the Cerro Otto.
(10 km of amazing singletracks)
Day 2:
We pedal towards Cerro Catedral, the famous ski resort,
and after lunch great singletracks until arriving in Lago
Gutierrez. (25 km of singletracks and rocky paths).
Day 3:
Today we leave from Bariloche to meet one of the highlights
of this trip: the singletrack of the Rio Manso. We´ll
cycle over a singletrack made by local animals, having a
lot fun uphilling, downhilling, arriving to lonely, incredibly
awesome places, where local people live by breeding sheep
and cows far from civilization. The whole distance will
be 20 km through forests and lakes surrounded by mountains.
(20km singletracks)
Day 4:
Departure to Villa la Angostura by Minibus. We arrive
at midday and after lunch we go to Cerro Bayo. We get to
the top by cable car and we start, after one of the best
views of the region, an exciting downhill.
(18 km of downhill over dirt tracks)
Day 5:
We go over Península
de Quetrihué where legends say that Walt Disney inspired
himself to create "Bambi" and going over a wonderful
trail we arrive at the unique Arrayanes forest. Here we´ll
have the chance to mix an exciting singletrack with one
of the most beautiful forests in the world: the Arrayanes.
(24km of singletracks and 6km of pavement)
Day 6:
We depart by vehicle through the "7 lakes road"
towards Villa Traful. We arrive round noon and after that
we pedal towards Confluencia. Relaxing, freetime . Dinner
together at our Inns.
(30km of dirt roads)
Day 7:
Amazing bike ride through the Paso del Córdoba, uphilling
more than 500 meters through an incredible dry dirt track.
Arrive in San Martín de los Andes.
(50km of dirt roads)
Day 8:
We arrive Buenos Aires in the afternoon.
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