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650 kilometers from Comodoro Rivadavia and 620 kilometers from the capital
of the province, Esquel constitutes the doorway to a magic region of
the Patagonian mountain area, where nature expresses itself a thousand
different ways. With an important infrastructure that is constantly
expanding, and its strategic location, visitors can arrive to the
area of the lakes and forests as well as the plains in only a few minutes.
The principal attractions are the Los Alerces National Park, located
just 45 kilometers from the city; here we can find millenary trees of
up to 3000 years of age which convert it into a world-wide attraction.
There are also a great number of interconnected lakes and rivers, all
surrounded by the imposing forests and mountains.
Also,
from Puerto Limonao, especially during the summer, you can make lake
excursions, navigating through lake Futalauquen, the Arrayanes River,
and Lake Verde.
Other
attractions include Trevelin, Lake Rosario, the Futaleufú dam,
and La Hoya, located only 13 kilometers from the city and which during
the winter becomes the principal attraction for those who love skiing
and snowboarding. La Hoya (meaning The Hole) is located in a type of
hole, which protects it from the winds, and the southerly direction
of the ski trails means that the snow remains dry without the sun's rays
melting it, and therefore extending the season until October or November
(when the northern hemisphere is in summertime, the southern hemisphere
is in wintertime); for this reason, the people of Esquel can proudly
say that they are the only ones who offer skiing in the springtime.
Also within
this magic we find the famous train La Trochita. It is a true moving
museum, which travels to Ingeniero Jacobacci in Río Negro; the
tourist ride lasts 3 hours until arriving to the Nahuel Pan station.
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