Bariloche: Boat Trip to Victoria Island and the Arrayanes Forest

It was a beautiful day and great to get out on the lake. I enjoyed the opportunity to walk a bit. In retrospect I don't think it would have been too hard to arrange the transport to Victoria Island by taking the municipal #20 bus to Puerto Panuelo then taking with the boat companies

Fabulous boat ride to lovely island Only negative was the guide spoke very little English Trip longer than expected but worth it Note you have to make your own way to the meeting point which is an hour long bus ride

It is a beautiful experience, filled with stunning sights of nature and wonderful atmosphere it brings with it

Was a nice way to see some more of Patagonia if you're staying in Bariloche. The trees were pretty and the ferry was nice. I got pretty confused with which ferry to take, but it all worked out in the end. The Arrayanes Forrest was pretty, but Victoria Island was my favorite part of the day.

Nice boat trip, also beautiful nature. It was sunny so the boat ride was also great. Nice trip but too expensive for what you see. We wouldn’t do it again. Just because the price/value does not fit in our opinion.

Marvelous experience with the trip. The operator for Viator did not sold the transfer, that we bought at the counter of Turisur, because the Port is 20 miles from Bariloche city center.

It was an incredible experience! Even though it was rainy the trip was incredible. Amazing crew. Since they picked us from our rendezvous point until we reach the port and then the actual trip crew was amazing. Everything went smoothly and on time.

We were obviously looking forward to this amazing boat trip and the trip itself was wonderful. However, booking it through Tripadvisor was a problem in several ways. Firstly, the information on the website about the trip, which was either confusing or misleading. The info said that transfer to and from Puerto Pañuelo was not included. But the itinerary details clearly said that you would be collected and returned to your hotel afterwards. So which was it? I am still none the wiser. In the end we made our own way to Puerto Pañuelo by taxi and arrived early at 12.00 for a 12.30 departure. But when we arrived, neither of the 2 boat companies had our names on their lists. Both companies phoned to check and still didn’t know. Eventually 1 of the men told me that the operator had forgotten to process our booking. He kindly gave us tickets for a trip leaving an hour later. The trip was great. But we would have been better to go to the port ourselves and buy tickets directly from the boat companies. We received no apology from Tripadvisor for the error and a deal of stress. Maybe someone will contact us now.

The boat tour to Isla Victoria and Arrayanes Forest was absolutely excellent. Location is out of this world. We had 2 stops on the journey, the first for about 45 minutes which gave us plenty of time to walk around the island Los Arrayanes. The second stop at Isla Victoria was 1 hour and three quarters. Plenty of time to discover the island or just sit and enjoy the beach as some did. Unfortunately someone forgot to complete our booking so when we arrived at the port at the start there was a lot of confusion which was solved by a very helpful guy from the boat tour company who sorted us out with tickets on the following boat. So what did not start well ended up being a very good experience.

I think we would have been better booking this ourselves. We drive to the puerto and arrived far too early Facilities at the port are not good The boat trip was fun but they use the loudspeaker far too much. The forest walk was very good. It would have been good to have a tour leader for the Isla Victoria