ESQUEL:
24,000 inhabitants' city located to the west of the Chubut province
on the riverbanks of the river Esquel, among the hills Tres Torres
to the north and Nahuel Pan to the south.
You
can get there by the national route #40 or the #259 (it is the
one that arrives to the hydroelectric complex Futaleufú).
From here you can visit: National park “Los Alerces”,
La Hoya ski center, Trevelín, Futaleufú dike and
the lakes Rosario, Corcovado and Vintter.
It
has about thirty establishments that offer lodging and some more
in the National Park Los Alerces. In the area there is a series
of small companies dedicated to the elaboration of chocolates,
sweet, cheeses, smoky, ceramic and fabrics that due to their excellent
quality, step by step they are securing in the market.
50
kilometers to the northwest of Esquel is located Villa Futalaufquén,
the most important access to the National Park Los Alerces, from
where they can be carried out numerous trips. And for those that
miss the vapor train, it is “LaTrochita”, a train
that travels 400 kilometers between Esquel and Ingeniero Jacobacci
with locomotive and boxcars built at the beginning of the XX century.
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