EZTrip.com International Destination Guide and Hotel Listings

In Caviahue, Centenario buses stop at the Vi-Car café and fuel station, by the lake front, on the RP26 through town; El Petroleo stops a couple of blocks away at Mapuche s/n. From Caviahue, buses continue through to Copahue in summer only (Dec-Feb). A remise between the two resorts costs $10. Set on the slope four blocks back from the lakeshore in Caviahue is the tourist office , Bungalows 5 & 6 (tel 02948/495144, fax 495036) where you'll find information on horseriding and walks.

As for accommodation , half or full board is compulsory in many places in high season. In Caviahue , the most luxurious place is the large Apart Hotel Lago Caviahue fronting the lake (tel & fax 02948/495074; $80-100), with optional full board in high season. Hotel Caviahue , 8 de Abril s/n (tel & fax 02948/495044; $60-80), imports thermal waters for its bathing rooms and offers discounts from Easter to December. Camping Hueney ($5per person; closed April-Nov) has fairly basic services - just a confitería and some toilets - but a pleasant siting, 3km out of town on the route to Copahue. In Copahue , the least expensive options are Bravo Departamentos , Ducloux s/n (tel 02948/495028; $50 for a four-person self-catering apartment; closed March-Oct); Hostería Pino Azul (tel & fax 02948/495071; no cards; $80-100, with full board; closed Easter-Nov); and the friendly but rudimentary Hotel S.U.P.E , Coronel Duclaud s/n (tel 02948/495005; $80-100, with full board), which offers a bed and no board rate out of season. Comfortable Valle del Volcán , Ducloux 120 (tel & fax 02948/495048; copahue@valledelvolcan.com ; $100-150, with half board; closed June-Oct), is one of the few modern places, with luxuries such as satellite TV in the rooms, but little choice of menu for its full-board status. You can camp opposite the Pino Azul (tel 02948/495071; hot water; closed Easter-Nov).