El Bolsón, Río Negro

El Bolson is a small town in the south of Argentina, in the Patagonia region. El Bolson is located in the province of Río Negro in the department of Bariloche.

Situated in a valley of the Andes place is mainly known as a tourist center and is one of the strongholds of backpacking in Argentina

History

The Patagonian Andes forests were colonized after the last ice age about 14,000 years ago. The first people who settled here were among the nomadic people of the Indian Tsonek. In winter, these migrated to the climatically favorable Lake Region. In summer and autumn, they devoted themselves to hunting guanacos. From before the Spanish conquest in the 16th century we know very little about the Tsonek. Their culture was, however, more and more influenced by the coming of the West Mapuche Indians.

Trivia

In El Bolson is one of the world's two breweries outside Germany that manufacture Rauchbier by Bamberg's brewing.

People from El Bolson

Gabriel Kondratiuk, artists