Information about Parque Nacional Lanín

The Lanin National Park was created in 1937 with the purpose of preserving the ecosystems and natural landscapes in it. For example some kind’s of trees that only grow there in Argentina, like the Pehuén, the Pellín oak and the Raulí.
The Park gets his name from the Lanín Volcano, what in the Mapuche language means “dead rock”. It’s located in the south west part of Neuquén, in the limit with Chile and the Nahuel Huapí National Park and it has 379.000 hectares.
The nearest towns are Aluminé, Junín de los Andes, San Martín de los Andes, Villa Traful, Villa La Angostura y Bariloche in Argentina and Pucón, Villarrica, Valdivia, Temuco and Osorno in Chile.