2025
La Nación · Revista Lugares
“Avataras Meliquina as part of the new layout of the Seven Lakes Route. The cooperative, the garden and the gastronomic offer that made it a reference in Patagonian tourism.”
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Welcome to Avataras
An exclusive experience
Meliquina · Argentine Patagonia
Inside Lanín National Park. Our own organic garden, tasting lunches, Tiny Houses and Glamping on our mountain estate by Lake Meliquina.
About us
Avataras
We are a workers cooperative that for 30 years has been building our paradise. We started in Buenos Aires, made a stop in San Martín de los Andes and finally settled in Meliquina in 2008.
Avataras, a Sanskrit word: those who bring novel elements to enrich humanity.
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Villa Lago Meliquina
14 km off Route 40, between San Martín de los Andes and Villa La Angostura. A valley of forest and clear water, with no mobile signal and no mass tourism. A destination you discover slowly.
Discover Meliquina
«We are responsible for the happiness of our guests while they are with us.»
Brillat-Savarin's phrase has been with us since 1995 — from the bistro in San Isidro to this property in Meliquina. It is what sustains every decision of hospitality, every plate, every gesture at the table.
DiningFrom our garden to the table.
From our garden to the table.
Different dining experiences.
From farm to table.
Monday to Friday, by reservation.
Eight-course tasting lunches where what is served was born meters from the kitchen. Each day we build the menu choosing what is at its best, according to season. What we don't produce comes from local farmers who care about excellence. An experience without time, without rush.
Discover the offer
Two ways to stay Scandinavian-style Tiny Houses
Scandinavian-style Tiny Houses
or glamping by the lake.
Tiny Houses · 35 m²
Scandinavian-style houses, independently distributed across the property. Full kitchen, radiant floor heating, deck with BKF chairs and individual grill firepit.
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Glamping · 22 m²
Canvas suites meters from Lake Meliquina, next to Parador del Vado. Capacity for 4, private bathroom, pellet stove and satellite Wi-Fi.
See more Location Lot 18, Section 6,
Lot 18, Section 6,
Paraje Lago Meliquina,
San Martín de los Andes,
Argentine Patagonia.
Three hectares at 1,000 meters of altitude, facing Lake Meliquina, inside Lanín National Park. A latitude comparable to northern Europe, defining climate and growing pace.
Access through the scenic Seven Lakes Route (RN40) and Provincial Route 63, currently being paved. San Martín de los Andes airport is 60 km away — one hour drive to the property.
How to get here
«Three days in Meliquina and we came back changed. The silence, the meals, the open garden. Avataras is a place you come back to.»
En los medios
Novedades y Prensa
2024
La Nación · Revista Lugares
“A piece about the four couples who live in Meliquina and operate Avataras as a cooperative: lodging, gastronomy and organic garden integrated into a single life project.”
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2024
Divergentes
“An episode of the Divergentes series dedicated to regenerative agriculture records the day-to-day of the high-altitude garden, the rescue of forgotten varieties and the kitchen that operates meters from the crop.”
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2023
YouTube
“An audiovisual journey through Avataras Meliquina — the property, the lake, the garden, the kitchen and the cooperative that sustains the project.”
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2022
“A reel that captures a moment of Avataras Meliquina — the lake, the garden and the partners behind the project.”
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2020
La Nación · Lifestyle
“The story of Avataras Meliquina told from the inside: the bistro that started in San Isidro in 1995, the arrival at the lake, and the moment the project moved definitively to Patagonia.”
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2020
La Nación · Lifestyle
“Interview with chef Agustín Brañas — his trajectory through European restaurants, his culinary philosophy centered on local product and his view of the cuisine to come: back to the root, to the simple, to the home table.”
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La Nación · Revista Lugares
“Avataras Meliquina as part of the new layout of the Seven Lakes Route. The cooperative, the garden and the gastronomic offer that made it a reference in Patagonian tourism.”
Leer la nota2024
La Nación · Revista Lugares
“A piece about the four couples who live in Meliquina and operate Avataras as a cooperative: lodging, gastronomy and organic garden integrated into a single life project.”
Leer la nota2024
Divergentes
“An episode of the Divergentes series dedicated to regenerative agriculture records the day-to-day of the high-altitude garden, the rescue of forgotten varieties and the kitchen that operates meters from the crop.”
Leer la nota2023
YouTube
“An audiovisual journey through Avataras Meliquina — the property, the lake, the garden, the kitchen and the cooperative that sustains the project.”
Leer la nota2022
“A reel that captures a moment of Avataras Meliquina — the lake, the garden and the partners behind the project.”
Leer la nota2020
La Nación · Lifestyle
“The story of Avataras Meliquina told from the inside: the bistro that started in San Isidro in 1995, the arrival at the lake, and the moment the project moved definitively to Patagonia.”
Leer la nota2020
La Nación · Lifestyle
“Interview with chef Agustín Brañas — his trajectory through European restaurants, his culinary philosophy centered on local product and his view of the cuisine to come: back to the root, to the simple, to the home table.”
Leer la nota