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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 route from the waterfall to the Argentina-Chile border, all image map links are available from the textual links on this page Rafting campsite, restaurant and minimart Argentinian customs - Gendarmeria Nacional Area where the refugio was supposed to be hiding Actual border between the two countries
part i Section 2: Click on the "i"s above for information and photos of the route. part k

j. The case of the missing refugio

The map shows a refugio a couple of kilometres before the border. We had intended to spend the night there before crossing in the morning, but had to stop when the sun set. The next day we arrived at the border sooner than we expected and never did see the refugio, if anyone follows this route and finds it please send us a photo and a GPS reading if you have one!

This might be the refugio on the map, if it is then it's probably best to plan on camping.