Curanto
In Patagonia, savor a typical food of the region, made with art and ancestral techniques.
Have you ever tried curanto? Discover this traditional dish, originally Araucanian. Preparing it is quite a ritual. Come see how the cooks dig a hole in the ground and cover it with red-hot stones heated on a fire pit. On the stones, they spread nalca or maqui leaves (giant wild rhubarb). Over them, they place the ingredients: various types of meat and vegetables.
The ceremony continues: the cooks cover the ingredients with humid linen cloths, then cover the linen cloths with a layer of leaves and finally with abundant earth. Thus, they form a natural oven where food is cooked in the heat of the stones. Would you like to watch the ceremony and enjoy this delicacy? On Sundays, come to Colonia Suiza. On Saturdays, to the Rankewe Mapuche community. Enjoy it all near San Carlos de Bariloche.
Geographic location: Province of Río Negro, Argentine Patagonia.
How to get there: By plane, to Teniente Luis Candelaria International Airport in San Carlos de Bariloche. By bus, from different parts of the country, or by car via Ruta Nacional 5.
Climate: Cold and dry.
Recommended length of stay: 1 day.