Uspallata Bed and Breakfasts - Reviews and Rates

Its a funny thing - when we luck out and find a great hotel or cabin to stay in the dark of night, we get a little disappointed the next morning when we see an abundance of fantastic camping spots we could have been at, had we arrived during daylight. This was one of those mornings.

We packed up and rolled out of the cabin and a...

Today was a slow day. Given our late evening the day before at the Tibet we decided to sleep in and give our 20 km trek a miss, reducing it to 6kms whenever we managed to get out of bed! The horse riding and water rafting had also left their mark on our bodies and our back (and backsides) were aching sufficiently to make a trek change into sado-...

We were really looking forward to trying the white water rafting down the Uspallata valley. (Veronika had already tried it in Chile some years back). A van picked us up at 10.30 am at Uspallata to take us to the start of the run. During the bus trip we had a surprising meeting with a very friendly couple from Yorkshire (Halifax and Leeds) who we...

Well, after being incredibly lazy in Mendoza and really doing nothing but drink and tan by the pool, a group of us set off to the mountains west of Mendoza. A couple from England, Stu and Caroline, another english guy, Al, and a Belgium, Davy. We all caught the bus to Puenta del Inca, a town of 25 or so buildings, very small. Then we hiked up to...

I left Puente de Inca and whizzed down the Argentian side very very quickly, gloriously realsing my considerable gravity investment of the previous day. The scenery on this side was something else - beautiful reds and greens lending everything a warm ambience, with giant rocky outcrops interspersed with perfectly smooth snadbanks on an epic scal...