Laguna Blanca National Park
Visit one of the most valuable freshwater bodies in the north of the Argentine Patagonia.
Geographic location: Province of Neuquén, Argentine Patagonia.
How to get there: From the city of Neuquén (distance: 215 km), access is via Ruta Nacional 22 and Ruta Nacional 40, then via Ruta Provincial 46.
Area: 11,250 hectares. Altitude: 1,270 meters above sea level.
Climate: dry and windy, with a large temperature range.
Recommended length of stay: 1 to 3 days.
Recommended clothing and gear: Warm clothes in layers, suitable for significant temperature changes.
Do you imagine yourself breathing clean air and listening to silence? Among ancient volcanic cones, in the Patagonian steppe ecoregion, Laguna Blanca National Park is waiting for you. Look at the water body that has inspired its name. Wander around cliff walls and explore this haven of life and culture. Come across the tracks of native communities and of old criollo settlers that inhabited this land.
Watch a vegetation that, through time, got adapted to snow, to the winds, and to the draughts: the duraznillo and the neneo, the molle and the coirón grasslands, a plant with thorns and deep roots. And at the time of watching wildlife, meet the coots and the flamingos, ducks and plovers, foxes and piches or Patagonian armadillos, choiques or Darwin’s rheas and condors, vizcachas and pumas, eaglets and peregrine falcons, Patagonian frogs and black-neck swans. Live it all in the province of Neuquén.