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Circuit of the Cascades.

Elena Lapuente

Eduardo Epifanio

This ambit of the rural area is mainly devoted to the production of hop, cheese, fine fruit, jam and handicraft. You can get to it leaving along route 258 to the north, and you access to the zone in km. 4.

The total length of the circuit is 37 km. Mallín in Mapuche language means "swampy area, with good pastures in summer". This place possesses a peculiar beauty and constant humidity due to the presence of the Hidden Cascades and the Mallín.

Cascada del Mallín is framed by native vegetation and forms two steps that reach a height of twenty metres where a power plant has been installed to supply energy for the village.
You may also get to Cascada Escondida walking from El Bolsón upstream Arroyo del Medio leaving from the outlet of Quemquemtreu river . The cascade is only visible if we are very near, that is why it is called ESCONDIDA., that means "hidden".

At the birth of Cascada Escondida you will find a botanical garden unique in Patagonia, constituted by native and foreign species developed in our region.
You can walk around these interpretative trails with a manual to recognize the species or be helped by a guide.
Arroyo del Medio has a peculiarity: after crossing a rocky area, it falls from a height of more than 30 m. in a natural crevice that forms two or three cascades according to the time of the year.
It is possible to reach the base through a trail that leads to a pool produced by the erosion of the water throughout the years.