Lago Correntoso
Back on the road, the route continues south past Lago Villarino (Falkner's smaller neighbour, a trout-fishing lake visible just past the boundary between the two) and the pocket-sized Lago Escondido — "hidden lake" — which is the smallest of the named seven and surrounded so closely by coihué forest that it barely shows itself from the road. A viewpoint allows a glimpse through the trees of its emerald water.
Lago Correntoso comes next. The name means "lake with a current," a reference to the short river that connects it to Lago Nahuel Huapi to the south — a river so brief, barely 200 metres, that it has a credible claim to being the shortest river in the world. Correntoso is the largest of the seven named lakes and reputed to have the warmest water of any on the route, a relative distinction in Patagonia. The old estancia at Quintupuray, named for the Mapuche family that settled here in the early twentieth century, sits on the northern shore; there is a small hotel and campground here for those who want to linger.