Parque Nacional Los Alerces — Attraction in Municipio de Esquel

The place is beautiful and for those who like to see a green blueish lake (unique). It has like 3 main hikes (2 of them form a circular). You can start left or right as it brings you back to the starting point (parking station or bus stop). I give it a 4 star because there is only one bus departure and one arrival with lots of resting time between them. BUS leaves from Esquel at 7h45 mon-fri and 8am on Sat-sun. Careful as the bus driver doubles the price for tourists (not all). See if you can ask a local to buy you the departure and arrival ticket. It costs normally 800 soles (both ways) but expect to pay 1600 as I did. It leaves around 4h45 or 5h15 pm but better go at 4h45 to be safe as there are no other busses. You can complete everything in 2-3hrs at the green lake but you can't walk to the other lake as it is too far. If you manage to get a lift from drivers you can go to the other lakes but see the bus schedule attached (it will leave at different times because it is a long road). Ask the driver for the different times. If you are lucky to manage a ride you have sufficient time for 2 main lakes. The 3rd trail is found near the parking lot (ask the parking lot agent for that trail starting point). Aside from the price discrimination, the good news that there are no entrance fee for the park, maybe due to covid. Total cost as of oct 2022 is either 800 or 1600 pesos. Bring...

Los Alerces National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Los Alerces) is located in the Andes in Chubut Provincein the Patagonian region of Argentina. Its western boundary coincides with the Chilean border. Successive glaciations have molded the landscape in the region creating spectacular features such as moraines, glacial cirques and clear-water lakes. The vegetation is dominated by dense temperate forests, which give way to alpine meadows higher up under the rocky Andean peaks. A highly distinctive and emblematic feature is its alerce forest; the globally threatened alerce tree is the second longest living tree species in the world (3,600 years). The alerce forests in the park are in an excellent state of conservation. The property is vital for the protection of some of the last portions of continuous Patagonian Forest in an almost pristine state and is the habitat for a number of endemic and threatened species of...

The Los Alerces National Park is located in the Andes of northern Patagonia and its western boundary  coincides with the Chilean border. Successive glaciations have moulded the landscape in the region creating spectacular features such as moraines, glacial cirques and clear-water lakes. The vegetation is dominated by dense temperate forests, which give way to alpine meadows higher up under the rocky Andean peaks. A highly distinctive and emblematic feature is its alerce forest; the globally threatened Alerce tree is the second longest living tree species in the world (3,600 years). The Alerce forest in the property is in an excellent state of conservation. The property is vital for the protection of some of the last portions of continuous Patagonian Forest in an almost pristine state and is the habitat for a number of endemic and threatened species of...