#42 of 79 · forest
Seven Lakes Road
San Martín de los Andes → Villa La Angostura
110 km · Nov – Apr · Easy
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.
Viewpoints
Lago Machónico
The first real stop. Mirror mornings, wind by ten.
30 km
870 m
Lago Falkner
A lay-by and a shore. Do not skip it for the next one.
55 km
850 m
Villa La Angostura
The bay of Nahuel Huapi. End here, or continue to Bariloche another day.
110 km
780 m
- Road
- Paved, two-lane, winter ice and chains. Summer is rental cars and buses. The lakes are signed; the pull-offs fill by eleven.
- Permits
- National park ticket at the gates in season.
Tips
- 01
North to south
San Martín in the morning, Angostura for a late lunch. Reverse is the light in your eyes.
- 02
One night, not a pass-through
The lakes are the point. A day with no ferry and no rush.
From the road
2 notes
Field reports from people who have driven this route.
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Sofía M.
Jan 2026
San Martín at eight, Machónico a mirror, Angostura for a late lunch. North to south. The lakes are the point. Do not add Bariloche.
Tomás G.
Nov 2025
Falkner in wind. The pull-off was full by eleven. I would sleep in Angostura and skip the through-run.
