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A seven-room riverside lodge of native timber and stone in Lanín National Park on Patagonia's Seven Lakes Route, for fly-fishing, hiking and forest calm.
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Need To Know
- Seven rooms and suites, including a Family Suite, all with river views and private terraces
- A small riverside lodge in Lanín National Park, on the Seven Lakes Route near San Martín de los Andes
- Four hectares of lenga forest and private riverbank, with a beach on the Río Hermoso
- No televisions in the rooms, by design; fireplaces in the lounge, gourmet restaurant and bar
- Fly-fishing, kayaking, hiking, horse riding and, in winter, skiing at nearby Chapelco
- 28km from San Martín de los Andes; about 45 minutes from Chapelco airport
Check in - Check out
Check in from 14:00; check out before 12:00.
We Love
- The river — the Río Hermoso runs right past the lodge, clear and cold off the mountains; swim it in summer, hear it roar under winter snow, and watch the trout run upstream to spawn in spring.
- The lodge — just seven rooms, including a Family Suite, built of native timber and ancient stone with king beds, stone-and-wood bathrooms and private terraces over the water; intimate and warm.
- The silence — there are no televisions in the rooms, by design, so that nothing competes with the sound of the river and the forest; a lodge built for disconnecting completely.
- The setting — four hectares of lenga forest and private riverbank deep in Lanín National Park, on the Seven Lakes Route between Lakes Meliquina and Machónico; a national park for a garden.
- The table — a gourmet kitchen rooted in the seasons, Patagonian lamb and river trout with boutique Argentine wines, served by the fire in a lodge glowing with candlelight.
Key Features
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Location
Address
Ruta 63 km 67 Lanín National Park, Q8370 San Martin de los Andes, Neuquén, Argentina
Travel Info
Río Hermoso lies on Route 63 deep in Lanín National Park, on the Seven Lakes Route between Lakes Meliquina and Machónico, about 28km and 45 minutes from San Martín de los Andes and its Chapelco airport, the last stretch on gravel. Bariloche is a two-to-three-hour transfer. A car is essential.
Last Updated: 2026-06-15
Expert Review
Origins
Río Hermoso sits deep in Lanín National Park, in the lake district of northern Patagonia, on the banks of the clear mountain river that gives it its name. It lies on the famous Seven Lakes Route — the Ruta de los Siete Lagos — between Lakes Meliquina and Machónico, about half an hour's drive south of the little town of San Martín de los Andes, the last kilometre on gravel through the forest. There is nothing else around it: just four hectares of native lenga woodland, the river, and the mountains.
The lodge was conceived as a single house in the forest, built from the materials of the place — native timber and ancient stone — in a warm, elegant Patagonian style. It is genuinely small: just seven rooms, including a Family Suite, each with a king bed, a bathroom of stone and wood, and a private terrace facing the water. The heart of it is the panoramic lounge, where floor-to-ceiling windows bring the river in and a fire burns against the mountain cold, and the kitchen is a point of pride — a seasonal, gourmet table of Patagonian lamb and river trout with boutique Argentine wines.
What sets the place apart is its quiet. There are no televisions in the rooms, deliberately, so that nothing comes between you and the sound of the river and the forest — a lodge built for disconnecting rather than for entertainment. Around it the national park is the playground: fly-fishing for trout in the Río Hermoso and the lakes, kayaking on emerald water, trekking and horse riding through the woods in the warm months, and skiing at nearby Chapelco, Argentina's finest resort, in winter. It is one of the loveliest small lodges in the Argentine Andes, and one of the most peaceful.
Top Secret
The river is the whole point, and it changes with the seasons in a way that repays whenever you come. In summer you can swim in the Río Hermoso's piercingly clear, cold water straight from the lodge's own beach; in spring the trout run upstream to spawn, jumping the shallows in plain sight; and in the snow-swollen depths of winter the river roars past the windows while you sit by the fire. The lodge's long, low veranda, with its bleached-wood benches and sofas set right above the water, is the spot to take it all in — the best seat in a hotel where the view does all the work.
The Review
Río Hermoso is among the most peaceful places to stay in the Argentine Andes, and a complete change of pace from the cities: a tiny riverside lodge of just seven rooms, lost in the forest of Lanín National Park on the Seven Lakes Route. Built of native timber and ancient stone, it has the warmth of a private mountain house — fireplaces, river-facing terraces, a gourmet kitchen — and it is run with the personal, unhurried service that only a hotel this small can manage.
The setting is the star. The lodge sits in four hectares of lenga woodland on the banks of the Río Hermoso, with its own beach and walking trails, half an hour from anywhere; the rooms are deliberately television-free, so the soundtrack is the river. By day the national park is yours — fly-fishing, kayaking, trekking, riding in summer, skiing at Chapelco in winter — and by night it is lamb and trout and Argentine red by the fire. The food and the silence are, for many guests, the abiding memories.
It suits couples and families who want nature, calm and genuine remoteness over nightlife or sightseeing — this is a place to slow down and unplug, not a base for busy days. A car is essential, and the journey, along one of Argentina's great scenic routes, is part of the pleasure. For a Patagonian lodge that is intimate, beautiful and blissfully quiet, there are few to match it.
