Isla La Victoria in Argentina
On a large island in Lago Nahuel Huapi - accessible only by boat. Serene ,pure and natural. Condé Nast Johansens Award Winner 2007 Most Excellent Lodge - SOUTH AMERICA Nahuel Huapi National Park is the oldest and most important national park in Argentina. Nahuel Huapi Lake, covering 557 square kilometers (215 sq. miles) , is the most outstanding feature of the park. In the Mapuche or Araucano language, Nahuel means tiger, and Huapi means island. This was the aboriginal name for Victoria Island, which was later applied to the whole lake. Victoria Island is a peak covered by woods, some 20 kilometers in length, in the middle of the lake. It has been part of the national park since 1935. It is a region of many variations in landscape and climate. Only 50 kilometers or 31 miles separate Puerto Blest at the foot of the Andes from the source of Limay river, but annual rainfall diminishes from over three meters or almost 10 feet in the first region to just 50 centimeters or 1,6 ft in the second. Vegetation shows a similar variation from the Valdivian rainforest to the Patagonian steppe. Mount Tronador, the colossus of the region at a height of 3,478 meters (11.411 ft) , is visible from the lodge's terrace. Mount Tronador holds the northernmost glaciers of the southern hemisphere. Mountain chains with peaks over 1,000 meters or 3,000 ft higher than the lake (which is approximately 772 meters, 2,532 ft above sea level) are located to the east and west of Victoria Island.
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