Private Island Retreat On Lake Las Rocas, North Patagonia

Isla Las Bandurrias is a private 5-hectare island set in Lake Las Rocas, in the heart of North Patagonia’s Llanada Grande valley, just 3 km from the mainland and reached by a 10-minute boat transfer to the island’s own floating dock.

The island is covered in mature native evergreen forest, coihues, cypresses, ulmos, hazelnuts and myrtles, laced with a perimetral trail connecting viewpoints, gardens and two homes. Wildlife is abundant: pudus, Magellanic woodpeckers, hummingbirds and hualas nesting along the lake’s edge, whose clear waters hold wild rainbow trout.

A restored 50-year-old main house, built in native alerce and cypress, offers an entrance hall, a living-dining room with a lake-facing bow window, two heating systems (a round fireplace and slow combustion), a large kitchen with dining area and greenhouse, a study, and three bedrooms with one bathroom upstairs. Electrical infrastructure was renewed and modernized three years ago.

A 30-year-old Patagonian-style guest cottage currently operates as a successful 6-guest Airbnb, with a panoramic lake-view terrace, an open kitchen-dining room, an en-suite main bedroom with fireplace, a second floor sleeping 4-5, two full bathrooms, and direct access to the private floating dock.

Both homes run on solar energy with generator backup, and the property includes running water, a chicken run, and an auxiliary building housing the generator and fuel storage. Ground access is by 4x4 or Polaris to a parking area 200 meters from the lake, with two docks (floating and fixed) plus an alternative mooring area.

A rare opportunity for premium boutique tourism, a family retreat, a wellness or environmental project, or a private residence offering genuine disconnection in one of Patagonia’s most pristine settings.