Ventisquero Negro glacial lake in Nahuel Huapi National Park in Argentina.

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Ventisquero Negro

Top choice in Bariloche & the Lake District


From Pampa Linda, it's a 6km drive (or over an hour's walk) along a severely potholed dirt road to the Ventisquero Negro lookout. It's a spectacular sight: a gray glacial lake surrounded by spiky, snow-streaked peaks, with house-sized chunks of ice calving from the gently sloping glacier.


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