San Carlos de Bariloche, July 22 .- The excursions on Lake Nahuel Huapi from Bariloche and Villa La Angostura Myrtle Forest and Victoria Island, were normalized after a thorough cleaning job of ash and volcanic sand in tourist areas, said National Parks.
Mariano Calvi, head of the Public Use of the Nahuel Huapi National Park (PNNH) Télam assured that all lake tours “are operating with absolute safety for visitors, both from Puerto scarf in Bariloche, and from the ports of Bahia and Bahia Mansa Brava Villa La Angostura. ”
The eruption of the volcanic complex Chile Puyehue-Cordón Caulle 4 last June broke all navigation on Lake Nahuel Huapi.
Coast Guard then restored this possibility and resumed the first trip was to Puerto Blest, on the western edge of the lake and Andean Crossing, from there going to Chile across Lake Frías (Argentina) and Lake Todos los Santos (Chile).
In addition to Puerto Blest be traversed Jar Waterfall and make the trip to Lake Frias and the border with Chile, just three miles away.
Throughout this sector fell volcanic ash and sand, so the company June 14 Turisur and was able to re-operate the tours.
This week, Turisur and Space company could do the same from Puerto Pañuelo to Myrtle Forest and Victoria Island, and now also turned to these destinations and Leaf Green Patagonia Argentina from Bahia Mansa and Brava Bay, respectively, in Villa La Angostura.
“We took several days to rehabilitate these trips because we seek the return of visitors to these sites occurs without any risk with the opportunity to enjoy walks normally,” said Calvi.
He said crews PNNH made a general cleaning of walkways and pedestrian walks, as well as springs, bars and health of both places. They also conducted preventive pruning trees that had accumulated a lot of ash and its branches with the rains were very heavy, threatening to fall off.
“It was a remediation of the most visited, and the rest of the work will be done later, after a scientific study to determine whether or not to remove sand and ash from other places,” he said.
He explained that for now remains to enable the path of 12 km far from Villa La Angostura Myrtle Forest, which received a large amount of ash and is being studied for its reopening.
These two excursions are among the most traditional of the area, and are visited by thousands of tourists throughout the year.
First is the visit to Victoria Island, where in addition to a food service loops through a forest (arboretum) of alien species visiting the historic Casa Anchorena (which existed in the first place), where a museum, and the Visitors Center, environmental interpretation.
In addition there is the National Inn, built by National Parks in the 40’s, which was modernized and is now managed by a particular company.
Then follows the trip to Myrtle Forest, Peninsula Quetrihué, where visitors walk about 800 meters by walkways and viewpoints set inside the legendary forest, a species that is only in Bariloche and Japan, and have access to a teahouse.
Pablo Silveira, Turisur commercial manager, said they expect Telam “excursions to normal quickly, and even without the public-season contribute to the revival of tourism in general.”
He stressed that the company did not produce any layoff or pay cut or schedule, “despite all the activity was reduced to zero for two weeks, and early departures to Puerto Blest be made with just three passengers.”
He also noted that the company established a promotional price for the Andean Crossing to Chile, because “the Vicente Perez Rosales pass is today the only enabled in the region, and the company decided to raise this alternative for those who must go to Chile or return, and are not tourists. ”
