Steffen Lake a paradisiacal place recommended in its passage through Patagonia.
The road to lake Steffen is gorgeous. It runs across lenga (White Oak), coihue, and colihue canes woods, and goes down to the lake that lies between the mountains.
Located 55 kilometers (35 miles) from Bariloche on Route 40 (former 258) heading to El Bolsón. About 20 kilometers (12 miles) further on, after passing by the entrance to Los Alerces waterfall, another entrance to the right shows the way to Steffen lake (following an unpaved road).
The other road, quite sharp in some sections, takes you to the lake and campsite located about 10 kilometers (6 miles) further up the road, which is unpaved.
The route that connects Bariloche with El Bolsón has many landscapes, lakes and places to visit and one of them is Lake Steffen, which can be accessed by walking a few kilometers from Bariloche.
A paradisiacal place like few for the calm of its waters with little waves and the environment that the mirror of water still maintains its natural profile, make Lake Steffen one of the recommended sites in its passage through Patagonia.
It is not a massively visited place, so its landscapes remain almost untouched and it is located within the Nahuel Huapi National Park, in a region where the Andean Patagonian forest remains intact, without degradation due to cultivation, urbanization or fires.
The dominant vegetation is that of a dense forest, with high coihues and lengas, and with a moderate presence of aquatic vegetation on the banks of the lake, which is sandwiched and framed between high ravines.
In addition, those who visit the site will be able to practice sport fishing and obtain a large number of salmonids, since when they are part of the Manso river basin, large trout arrive at the lake.
Due to its beauty, Lake Steffen is one of the sections of the Patagonian Huella Andina trail, which has an extension of more than 500 km and connects Esquel (Chubut) with Aluminé (Neuquén).
Located 55 kilometers (35 miles) from Bariloche on Route 40 (former 258) heading to El Bolsón. About 20 kilometers (12 miles) further on, after passing by the entrance to Los Alerces waterfall, another entrance to the right shows the way to Steffen lake (following an unpaved road).
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| Lake Steffen is located within the Nahuel Huapi National Park. |
Lake Steffen a heavenly place in a completely natural environment.
Then you reach a fork in the road: one road goes on for about three kilometers (about2 miles) up to a viewpoint where you'll get a panoramic view of lake Steffen and from there you can reach Martín lake.The other road, quite sharp in some sections, takes you to the lake and campsite located about 10 kilometers (6 miles) further up the road, which is unpaved.
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| The dominant vegetation is that of a dense forest, with high coihues and lengas. |
How to get to Steffen Lake.
The route that connects Bariloche with El Bolsón has many landscapes, lakes and places to visit and one of them is Lake Steffen, which can be accessed by walking a few kilometers from Bariloche.
A paradisiacal place like few for the calm of its waters with little waves and the environment that the mirror of water still maintains its natural profile, make Lake Steffen one of the recommended sites in its passage through Patagonia.
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| Across the Manso River, the lake belongs to the Pacific Ocean basin, like several other lakes in southern Argentina. |
An unchanged natural environment.
It is not a massively visited place, so its landscapes remain almost untouched and it is located within the Nahuel Huapi National Park, in a region where the Andean Patagonian forest remains intact, without degradation due to cultivation, urbanization or fires.
The dominant vegetation is that of a dense forest, with high coihues and lengas, and with a moderate presence of aquatic vegetation on the banks of the lake, which is sandwiched and framed between high ravines.
Sport fishing.
In addition, those who visit the site will be able to practice sport fishing and obtain a large number of salmonids, since when they are part of the Manso river basin, large trout arrive at the lake.
Due to its beauty, Lake Steffen is one of the sections of the Patagonian Huella Andina trail, which has an extension of more than 500 km and connects Esquel (Chubut) with Aluminé (Neuquén).
Lake Steffen is our favorite for camping. Access is via a gravel road that continually descends from Route 40 until reaching the lake, although the road must be traveled slowly and with caution, it can be done with any vehicle.
ReplyDeleteThe organized camping located on the lake (there is another camping nearby on the Rio Manso but I never went) has a stove, toilets, showers and groceries. I recommend setting up camp on the right, just where a bay sheltered from the wind is formed, ideal for bathing and kayaking even if the weather does not accompany the rest of the lake. The lake temperature is warmer compared to other lakes.
If you have a kayak it is highly recommended to go out and explore the main body of the lake and have a picnic on any of the little beaches that you come across with spectacular native forest and streams that descend from the mountain. Highly recommended!
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