Season: December to March (please ask us to confirm season, depending on weather)
Duration: 6 days
Distance: 300 km

Touring around Bariloche, mountain bike riding, crossing the Andes over Pérez Rosales pass, visiting National Parks, discovering the valdivian forest, volcanoes, lakes, until we reach Pto. Montt on the Pacific ocean coast, tasting typical ethnic food, enjoying hot water springs at Puyehue, rafting in Petrohué river, an unforgettable experience worth to live it!!
Itinerary: Cerro Otto, refugio Chall- Huaco, Manso Inferior river, Pérez Rosales pass, Llanquihue lake, Puerto Montt, Puyehue hot water springs, Puyehue pass, Arrayanes forest.
Included: meals (all except dinner in PTO Montt), support vehicle, lodging in tents and hostels, 2 guides, mechanic, boxed lunch during the ride and tickets for the Pérez Rosales border crossing ferry.
Required equipment: sleeping bag, mountain bike in good shape, comfortable wearing for biking and spare clothing (keep in mind that you need warn clothing for cold days and also for rain) helmet. Booking: 15 days in advance.

Itinerary:

Day 1: Briefing and hotel lodging, lunch. Then we get out for a short ride to a nearby area, cerro Otto and Gutiérrez lake (20- 30 km - 4hs mountain biking). Dinner at the hotel.
Day 2: Breakfast at 8.00hs in the hotel. At 9.30hs we ride from Bariloche to Refugio Neumeyer in the Chall Huaco valley, (40-50 km, 6 to 8 hs long trip), at the lodge we have lunch and the we set off returning to the hotel for last fixing of the gear before we start our crossing of the Andes. Dinner.
Day 3: Breakfast at 6.00hs in the hotel. At 8.00hs we take the ferry "Crossing to Chile" over the lakes and Pérez Rosales pass, Llanquihue lake then finally arriving to Ensenada (it will take us the whole day to ride 50 km approx.) 19.00hs arriving to Ensenada, where we stay overnight in the hostel, dinner.
Day 4: Ensenada is our starting point for our rafting adventure over white waters of Petrohué river.
Day 5: At 7.30 Hs we have breakfast to start our biking at 8.30hs on the road that joins Ensenada and Pto.Montt (60 km). At 13.00hs we reach PTO Montt, there we visit the fishing port of Angelmó, having a typical ethnic Chilean lunch. At 16.00hs we drive in a van heading to Termas de Puyehue (hot water springs) where we stay overnight in the camping.
Day 6: At 7.30hs we have breakfast to start our last riding at 8.30hs starting at Termas de Puyehue heading to the border pass at Cardenal Samoré, riding through Villa la Angostura arriving in the evening to Bariloche.

Season: December to May
Duration: 2 days
Distance: 200 km

Combining two day of mountain biking and kayaking is a great way to discover the beauties of the Patagonia. Riding along Steffen lake, Manso Inferior river and trails with swinging bridges to the Chilean border. we start our tour riding national route 258 to Steffen lake on our mountain bike, after a short break we take a wonderful road through a unique forest. Then we take the boats (duckys) and we paddle through the white waters of Manso river. After 4 hs. of paddling we stop for camping at a nice and calm spot by the river. The following day we continue our biking tour along the river coast line (two swinging bridges trail) to the border crossing with Chile. two wonderfull day full of adventures!!!

Itinerary:

Day 1: Early in the morning we set off from Bariloche heading to Mascardi lake on route 258 with the van. At the lake we start our mountain biking tour for about 15 km on pavement, then we take the road to Steffen lake. At midday we have lunch by the lake. Then we change our biking gear for the kayak and we get ready to start paddling in Manso river. After 4 hs. of cruising we stop for camping by the river. we have dinner and a friendly chat by the bonfire before we get to sleep.
Day 2: In the morning after breakfast we start our biking tour by the Manso river to the Chilean - Argentine border line, crossing the river over swinging bridges. At midday we have lunch by the river. After resting for a while we continue until we reach the border line, this is a very interesting point because the line crosses in the middle of a garden of a settler. On our way back we stop for a tea with homemade cakes with forest fruits of the area. Then we return to Bariloche

Included in service:

We can arrange a mountain bike tour for you with the duration that you wish, crossing the Andes to Chile, rinding around different trails in Bariloche and its surroundings in the Northern Patagonia. Please just ask us for further information to info@andescross.com

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