JUNÍN OF THE ANDES 

THE EXCEPTIONAL BASE FOR THEIR VACATIONS

 

It is the city more old of the Neuquén (been founded in 1883), I reflect of our history, tradition, religion, culture mapuche. Excellent places for the fishing sport; the rivers Chimehuín, Malleo, Aluminé, Quilquihue; the lakes Curruhue, Epulafquen, Paimún, Huechulafquen, Tromen, the exotic thermal baths of Epulafquen, the one volcano Lanín; a classic of the trekking and the andinismo, different options of camp, traditional lodgings, regional gastronomy for different budgets, agile connection with Chile por  International Step Mamuil Malal and the access door to the center of the Corridor of the Lakes. 

BRIEF REVIEW HISTORICAL OF THE CITY DE JUNÍN OF THE ANDES:

In the time pre-Hispanic, tribes mapuches and tehuelches shared these immense parks natural, living off the hunt and of the fishing, and surrendering tribute to "mapu" the earth and to "Nguenechén" the god, for the gifts that you/they received year after year.

With the campaign undertaken by the General  J. Rock begins to arrive "huincas" ("born in another place" in language mapuche) that with the intention of extending the sovereignty of the nation faces with the towns natives in bloody combats.

In 1882 one advanced of the I Exercise up Yconiyén, valley of the chacayales, depression in the one that today you halla  the city. And they raise the first outpost. It is said that the place to make it it was chosen by the biggest Sergeant Miguel E. Vidal who was the one I send of the unit, reason why it considers it to him the founder.

A new one expedition leaves for this valley in 1883, with the mission of sitting down bases for one population, for express order of the Cardinal Cagliero who was convinced of that it should be conquered to the native through the gospel.

Initially, the town would call himself General Cold, but then it finished calling you Junín of those Andes. Junín derives of the word aymará "hunis" that means pastizal.

During those first years it was more a military position that a town, but with the arrival of the priests salesianos Domingo Milanesio and Juan Ruggerone, in 1892 who they visited the area in missionaries' quality, the history changed. The father Milanesio settled definitively in 1895, and it founded the house salesiana with two schools, to assist the native children, to provide them allowances, education and evangelism.

With the time they were settling down the first residents that transformed this "pampas" in a strong center cattleman of Neuquén. In fact, the Rural Society of Junín of those Andes organizes annually, from 1933, a cattle exhibition that is taken to end at the end of January.

Inside the history of Junín of the Andes has great importance the proximity of the volcano Lanín, respected and feared by the natives.

The town newly it is recognized in 1945 when, for national ordinance, it is declared Municipality of Junín of the Andes, together with other two cities neuquinas: San Martin from the Andes and Cutral Có.

The city of Junín of the Andes is the first foundation registered in territory neuquino, this means that it is the oldest town in Neuquén.

Today in day, people of all the races and religions have populated the area, atraídos  for those beauties of the place, their resources little explored and a quality of life that them it assures peace and well-being.

" AN ENCOUNTER WITH THE NATURE"

To few kilometers of distance you consents to the NATIONAL PARK LANÍN, incorporated the 11 of May of 1937, with an extension of 379.000 hectares whose object is to preserve the pehuenes forests and the flora and fauna Andean-patagónica. The National Park it is an attractiveness in itself and taking like base Junín of the Andes is been able to to carry out different trips:

Inside the one National park Lanín, such places as the lake Tromen, the lake Huechulafquen, the lake Paimún, the lakes Curruhue Big Small y , Green Lagoon, the Escorial, the Volcano Achen Ñiyeu, a visit to the Thermal baths of Epulafquen or the Valley of the one Hueyelthue; special for the practice of the background ski during the months of winter and for I finish, the VOLCANO LANÍN (3.776 m.s.n.m) that dominates the landscape in their entirety and it is the reason of continuous ascensions for the north wall (access desde  the Tromen) and for the south wall (access for the lake Paimún).

The FISHING SPORT in their three modalities: SPINNING, FLY CASTING AND TROLLING can to be practiced from half-filled of November until ends of May in Junín of those Andes. Species introduced with such sport value as: the trout arch Iris or cinquefoil, brown trout (psalm trutta), trout fontinalis or of stream and the one contained salmon (psalm to salt sebago) they make of the fishing the main attractiveness of the region. Some autochthonous fish with value sport son;  the perch or Creole trout (percichthys) and the pejerrey patagónico (odontesthes microlepitodus).  Other recreational activities as the campamentismo, andinismo, cavalcades, trekking, voyage ski, flora observation and fauna, hunts bigger and more smaller, floated, rafting and the lacustrine trips they conform the recreational offer of the place.

One exists varied distributed offer of lodgings in hotels, hostels, cabins... and an excellent gastronomy, represented in the elaboration de  typical plates regional (smoky, pickle and diverse recipes of unique preparation of  trout, deer y  jabalí)  delights the visitor.

He/she stands out the proximity of Junín of the Andes to other important tourist centers of the one Corridor of the Andean Lakes - patagónicos and to Chile through the step Mamuil Malal whose schedule of frontier covers every day hour, allowing to carry out half-day trips and by day complete.

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