Nahuel Huapi National Park
It is the largest of the National Parks in the area, covering 705,000 hectares, and also the first one. It was created in 1934, after the land donation made in 1903 by Perito Francisco P. Moreno.
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It
shelters an ecological nucleus that is incredibly valuable. Its
landscapes are sublime and absolutely representative of the north
Patagonian Andean Zone. This
nucleus is subdivided into three types: Altoandino (above 1600 m.
high, with eternal snows); the Andino-Patagónico (in the
lower parts of the mountains) and finally the Patagonian steppe.
 There are many lakes spread across the woods and mountains. The
most important one (Nahuel Huapi, 650 square kilometers surface
and 454 meters deep), gives its name to the National Park. Other
lakes are Traful, Mascardi, Gutiérrez and Guillelmo.
Among the typical fauna species you can find the hullin, a carnivore
mink that has its perfect habitat within the Park.
As for flora, the extensive woods are populated with trees like
lengas, coihues and ñires, and flowers like notros, (red
colored), mutisias and the amancay, with its typical yellow flowers.
During spring, this wood offers the most colorful landscapes of
Argentina.
 In the Puerto Blest area, near the border with Chile, there is
a zone where rainfall largely exceeds the average. There, the vegetation
is a typical sample of the Valdivian jungle, in this trans-Andean
country.
In order to get to this Park, you can leave from Bariloche,
city that is surrounded by the Park. You can reach Bariloche via
many ways: land using Route 237, air (Bariloche airport) and even
crossing the lake via the Pérez Rosales pass from Chile.
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