Traveling the araucaria route in the heart of the Andean region.
We have traveled more than 5,000 kms since we left Buenos Aires on our way to Patagonia and we have crossed itineraries already planned and others that have emerged as Gol devoured the kilometers in the immense Patagonian steppe. One of the alternative routes selected is the so-called Route of the Araucarias because of the large number of these trees that we found along and across a vast expanse of territory in southern Argentina. Throughout the province of Neuquén, at the foothills of the Andes Mountains, araucarias grow naturally in the squares of the mountain towns and villages, along the side of the roads, often unpaved, and of course in Andean forests and mountain slopes, serving as a frame for lakes of incredible beauty. Arriving at Copahue in the north of the province of Neuquén and up to San Martín de los Andes, we find an ancient araucaria forest, fossilized after the passage of millions of years, perhaps the only one on the planet, in the middle of a forest vegetati...
