Arenales trekking is where we find the beautiful granite walls of “Cajón de Los Arenales, justifiable popular with rock climbers, with its pink spires and walls creating an impressive and imposing landscape. This is where we begin the energetic but hugely rewarding uphill trek, which will take two or three hours. Following glacial moraine, we reach a small glacial lake, where we will have lunch in a beautiful yet secluded setting among the rock formations. There we can rest for a while, or search for traces of the guanaco (a local relative of the lama), before heading back to the trailhead, and to Mendoza – or to Uco Valley if you’ve decided you’d rather stay there after the trip and enjoy the wine and perhaps visit a bodega or two.
This trip really does back an incredible amount of beauty into one day – if you’re looking for something special, off the beaten trekking trails, then this may be the trip for you. Get there now before the rest of the tourists discover it!
