Adventure Sports Week

Trip Start Sep 01, 2007

Trip End Dec 30, 2007

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Hostel 41 Below San Carlos de Bariloche

Flag of Argentina San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
Saturday, December 15, 2007

The town of Bariloche, beautifully set on the shore of Lago Nahuel Huapi, is home to one of Argentina's best ski resorts. In the summer, as we soon discovered, it is also Argentina's adventure sports capital.

We spent a week (and a good amount of pesos!) here doing all the activities we could. Kayaking on a crystal clear lake, horseriding on massive Argentinian horses through the national park, rafting the rapids of the Rio Manso and wading & abseiling our way through icy cold streams and waterfalls while canyoning. Despite being utterly exhausted by our stay, it was agreed that Bariloche was our favourite place in Argentina so far.

Leaving the fun and beauty of bariloche behind us, we took another overnight bus and headed back to Buenos Aires to see a little bit more of the capital.

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Along the road to Bariloche	Kayaking in Bariloche	Kayaking in Bariloche #2	Kayaking in bariloche #3
Stopping off for a cuppa	Kayaking Bariloche #4	Heading back	Lake House
Huge lake house	Trees	Guacho Chris	Saddle-up
Little black dog	Stopping off to enjoy the views	The wind was bitterly cold	Heading towards the National Park
Crystal clear streams	Heading back	Chris + guide	Heading back #2
Beautiful Bariloche	Beautiful Bariloche #2	Beautiful Bariloche #3	They breed them big in Argentina
Canyoning - The first rockslide aka Lu's feet	The first abseil	Half way down	Chris goes over the top
Second abseil	Second abseil #2	Plunge pool	It was freezing...
Really freezing!	The Rio Manso	Our rafting team	Setting off
Approaching the first set of rapids	Here we go	First rapid	Getting drenched
Man overboard	Man overboard #2	Go team	River took us back over the border to Chile