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Walk overview

General Argentinian route information

Rio Villegas to the waterfall

  1. Buses and Rio Villegas
  2. Hiking along the Rio Manso road
  3. Suspension bridge across the manso
  4. Meadows and flatlands along the Rio Manso
  5. Fences to avoid on the Rio Manso
  6. Rio Manso - easy camping
  7. The waterfall marked on the map

The waterfall to the Argentine - Chilean border

  1. El Manso: Rafting campsite, restaurant and minimart
  2. Argentinian customs - Gendarmeria Nacional
  3. The case of the missing refugio
  4. Crossing the Argentina-Chile border

General Chilean route information

Paso El Leon to Torrentoso

  1. Chilean Carabineros, border crossing and the hamlet of El Leon
  2. A rangers' forest camp
  3. Conditions along the route
  4. The turn towards Torrentoso

Torrentoso to end of Lago Vidal Gormaz

  1. Torrentoso turning
  2. Camping at the south end of Lago Vidal Gormaz
  3. Along Lago Vidal Gormaz
  4. Food supplies at the north end of the lake
  5. Route to virgin rainforest

Lago Vidal Gormaz to La Junta

  1. Lakes in the rainforest
  2. Junction of two rivers and two paths
  3. El Arco refugio and natural bridge
  4. La Junta refugio

La Junta to Cochamo

  1. Granite cliffs and La Junta campground
  2. Trail conditions along the last leg of the path
  3. End of the path from Argentina
  4. Main road to Cochamo and Campo Aventura
  5. Cochamo and civilization
Map of the area with a links image map, all links are available from text links elsewhere on the page Route to virgin rainforest Food supplies at the north end of the lake Along Lago Vidal Gormaz Camping at the south end of Lago Vidal Gormaz Torrentoso turning
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q. Camping at the south end of Lago Vidal Gormaz

Ranchers taking us back to their place

As we completed the climb from Torrentoso to Lago Vidal we passed a group of men on horseback burning logs. We exchanged 'Hola's and continued on our way. After a while we had stopped to take a rest and were caught by three from the group as they headed for home. They invited us to camp at their place on the 'Lago playa', which we accepted. The guy second from the left in the picture is carrying Dana's backpack the 1Km back to his house.