Comallo

Comallo is in the Pilcaniyeu department, on National Route 23, 120 km east of Bariloche, and has a Tren Patagónico station. It has 1,811 residents (2022 census): the department’s second town after Dina Huapi and the fifth on the Línea Sur. Its name comes from the Mapuche “có” (water) and “mallo” (white clay): “clay water”, the name for the stream that crosses the north-west of town.

Climate

Cold and extreme, like the whole Línea Sur, with frequent winter snow and a record low of −25 °C.

Distances: 120 km east of Bariloche · National Route 23