Arrayanes Forest (Bosque de Arrayanes) Tours and Tickets

There are plenty of ways to experience the Arrayanes Forest. Looking at ratings and reviews previously given by customers, these are the best tours available right now:

• Tour With Navigation to the Arrayanes Forest and Victoria Island

• Bariloche: Boat Trip to Victoria Island and the Arrayanes Forest

• Unforgettable Patagonia, Victoria Island, and Arrayanes Forest

• Arrayanes Forest With Victoria Island

• Bariloche, Victoria Island, and Arrayanes Forest

Admission fees for the Los Arrayanes National Park cost 20,000 Argentine pesos for international visitors for a day pass, 40,000 pesos for a 3-day pass, and 70,000 pesos for a 7-day pass. Fees are reduced to 7,000 pesos for a day pass for Argentine residents.

Yes, the Arrayanes Forest is the highlight of the Los Arrayanes National Park and one of the few places in the world where you can admire rare Arrayán trees, known for their bright, cinnamon-colored bark with white spots. It's a short detour from Villa La Angostura, but many travelers opt for a full-day tour from Bariloche—it's a great way to combine multiple Lake District sights, starting with a cruise across Nahuel Huapi Lake and a stop at Victoria Island.

Per one customer who booked the Tour With Navigation to the Arrayanes Forest and Victoria Island, "I loved this tour. It was in Spanish and English, and Spanish was the dominant language on the tour. But the guide was very good at taking us aside as English speakers and explaining what we should do, and also giving us more information about the landscape. We got our pickup on time, we got our drop off on time, the boat rides were great, the venue was wonderful, and it was just a very beautiful island. I would do it again, and I recommend that you do it too."

The Arrayanes Forest is a vast woodland filled with rare Arrayán trees in the Los Arrayanes National Park. The park stretches along the Quetrihué Peninsula on the northeast shore of Nahuel Huapi Lake in Argentina’s Lake District, close to San Carlos de Bariloche and Villa La Angostura.

The closest town to the Arrayanes Forest is Villa la Angostura, from where it’s about a 10-minute bus or taxi ride to the national park entrance. Alternatively, the most scenic route is to travel by boat from Puerto Angostura, arriving on the peninsula’s south coast.

Arrayanes Forest is open year-round, and boats run daily. The evergreen woods stay green through all four seasons but bloom with white flowers in summer (December–March). The best weather for hiking and cycling is typically from November to March. The last entry to the park is at 1pm in winter.

There are strict entrance times at Arrayanes Forest to allow hikers, cyclists, and boat passengers enough time to complete the respective trails before dark. In summer, which runs from November through mid-March, the latest entry is at 2pm for hikers or 4pm for cyclists returning by boat; in winter (mid-March–October), this is 11am and 1pm.

Yes, Arrayanes Forest can only be explored on foot or by bike. It’s a 7.5-mile (12-kilometer) one-way hike or bike ride that takes about three hours on foot. Depending on how far you want to walk or cycle, you can go there and back or opt to arrive/return by boat.

Arrayanes Forest is famous for its rare Arrayan trees, which are known for their cinnamon-colored bark with characteristic white spots. The woods also have several animal species, including pudu, one of the world’s smallest deers, and birds such as Patagonian woodpeckers, condors, eagles, Southern Parrot, and Araucarian pigeons.

There are tons of fun things to do when you're done visiting the Arrayanes Forest. According to travelers, these are some of the top attractions in and around Bariloche:

• Belfry Hill (Cerro Campanario)

• Nahuel Huapi National Park

• Tronador Hill (Cerro Tronador)

• San Eduardo Chapel (Capilla de San Eduardo)

• Victoria Island (Isla Victoria)

View Viator's guide to all the best attractions in Bariloche.