Lodges in Junín de los Andes

The owners are amazing - so friendly and helpful.

When you arrive in Junin de los Andes, you realise that there are simply loads of places to stay but very few are listed on Booking.com perhaps because it doesn't have the international traveller draw that its nearby neighbour, San Martin does. However we were attending the 'Rural' ( a sort of local Gaucho/rodeo show) so we wanted somewhere not too far away. We thought we'd booked a 'cabana' (which is huge thing in Chile) but when we arrived were shown to an upstairs room with a bedroom, kitchen and bathroom. To be honest, I think that we'd have really lucked out if we'd been allocated one of the larger cabanas for the price we paid (about £57) but the description did talk about an outside patio and barbecue etc, none of which we had. However the room was clean, well air conditioned and was convenient for us. Dinner at La Ruca was excellent too! There was a simple breakfast in the morning which was nice although the earlier diners had dived into it with vigour, the pastries etc were soon replenished.