Alone (US) · Season 3
Nahuel Huapi, Patagonia
Andean lake country — glacial water, lenga forest, and wind that rearranges your shelter every night.
Argentina
Where on earth
Satellite imagery flying in from a world view to Nahuel Huapi, Patagonia, Argentina.
- Biome
- Andean lake / lenga forest
- Elevation
- ~800 m
- Winter lows
- -10 to 0 °C
- Key food
- Trout, berries, edible fungi
- Big predators
- Puma
The country
Nahuel Huapi National Park sits on the eastern flank of the Andes — deep glacial lakes, lenga and coihue forest, and shoulders of scree above tree line. It's drier than the Pacific slope but the wind is relentless, and weather flips fast between still cold and horizontal snow.
Why the show came here
It was Alone's one true southern-hemisphere season, chosen for its combination of dense trout populations, workable timber, and genuine wilderness within a national park boundary. Long shore lines and abundant deadfall gave shelter builders real options.
Planner-relevant notes
Anchoring matters more than insulation — a-frames and lean-tos need serious tie-outs. Lenga burns hot but fast; layer with slower fuels when you can find them. Filter or boil every water source: pumas and livestock share the drainages.
Field notes
- Test every shelter against a lake-driven side wind, not just downslope.
- Southern-hemisphere seasons are inverted — 'winter' filming was June/July.
- Wild strawberries and calafate berries add real calories in late summer.