Quila Quina

One of the last days that I was in Argentina, I spent an afternoon at a beach and park called Quila Quina. It was only a 20 minute boat ride from the pier in San Martin, across Lago Lacar.

When I got off the boat, I was walking around the little beach area to get my bearings and met 2 other kids my age. They were looking for the waterfall and asked me where it was (like I know anything)...so I decided to venture off with them to find it too. They were very nice and realy fun. Pablo was from Buenos Aires and Denise was from Germany. They both spoke perfect English and regularly practiced all of the swear words.

So we went on the walk through the Mapuche village to go on the waterfall hike to see the cascada. It was a short 20 minute walk and very serene. Because it is summer and all water levels are very low, the waterfall was not very impressive. But the big boulders and fallen trees that were stuck in the river were really fun to climb on, so we entertained ourselves for a while by exploring.

Going across Lago Lacar


out the window of the boat


Coming into the dock at Quila Quina


the waterfall (or lack thereof)




Denise, Pablo and me

the beach at Quila Quina