Paso Cardenal Samoré — Villa La Angostura to the Andean RainforestPass.
Distance
130 km
Duration
1 day
Climb
950 m
Paso Cardenal Samoré — Villa La Angostura to the Andean Rainforest Pass.
An out-and-back Andean crossing from the lakeside resort of Villa La Angostura up RN 231 to the 1,314 m Paso Cardenal Samore (formerly Puyehue). The road climbs through dense Valdivian temperate rainforest and monkey-puzzle stands to the Chilean frontier, then you retrace it past a string of glassy lakes.
Quick facts
SurfacePaved
Distance130 km
Days1
Total climb950 m
DifficultyModerate
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The route.
Villa La AngosturaStart · Lakeside resort town on Nahuel Huapi. Top up fuel: there is none between here and the border.
Paso Cardenal SamoreMountain Pass · 1,314 m Andean crossing through Valdivian temperate rainforest and araucaria stands. Turnaround at the Argentine border complex; the road drops into Chile beyond.
Villa La AngosturaEnd · Retrace RN 231 along Lago Espejo and Lago Correntoso back to town.
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