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San Martín de los Andes → Villa La Angostura

Seven Lakes Road

Easy#3 in Argentina590 votes
Distance
110 km
Duration
Half day
Best time
Nov – Apr
Highest point
870 m

RN234 through the lakes of Lanín and Nahuel Huapi. Arrayán forest, a different water every twenty minutes, and a road that refuses to hurry. Patagonia without the hardship.

Top highlights

  • High altitude870 m
  • Lago MachónicoThe first real stop. Mirror mornings, wind by ten.
  • Lago FalknerA lay-by and a shore. Do not skip it for the next one.
  • Road qualityPaved, two-lane, winter ice and chains. Summer is rental cars and buses. The lakes are signed; the pull-offs fill by eleven.
  • PermitsNational park ticket at the gates in season.
  • Best timeNov – Apr

Recommended itinerary

  1. San Martín de los Andes

    Start

  2. Lago Machónico

    30 km

  3. Lago Falkner

    55 km

  4. Villa La Angostura

    110 km

  5. Villa La Angostura

    End · 110 km

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