An hour from the city, where the Mendoza river comes out of the mountains, hot water comes out of the rock. The spa at Cacheuta has thermal pools indoors and out, from 20 to 40 degrees, a grotto, a waterfall, a cold spring-water pool and a buffet lunch. It is the day that puts everything else in the trip right.
Cacheuta is the first stop on the road to Chile, at the mouth of the gorge the Mendoza river cuts through the foothills. The thermal springs were known long before the spa: the water comes up hot through the rock and is channelled into a series of pools stepped down the hillside to the river.
The day is simple: transfer out in the morning, the pools, the grotto and the waterfall, lunch at the buffet, more pools, and the transfer back in the late afternoon. There is nothing to organise once you are there.
The spa sits right on the bank of the Mendoza river, and the sound of the water is with you all day. Loungers, trees and the pools stepped between them.
Thermal pools indoors and outdoors at different temperatures, so you move from one to the next as you like: the hot ones, the thermal grotto with its steam, the waterfall, and a cold pool of spring water for afterwards. Mud treatment is included.
A buffet lunch is included at the spa. Then the pools again, or a lounger in the sun, until the transfer back to Mendoza in the late afternoon.
Swimsuit, towel, flip-flops and sun protection. A robe is not included and can be hired there; massages and other spa treatments are extra and are booked on the spot.
The water is mineral and warm rather than very hot, which is why people stay in it for hours. If you have a heart condition or are pregnant, ask your doctor before booking a day in thermal water.
No. It is a day we add to your Mendoza package if you stay a little longer. 01Argentina arranges the whole trip — flights or bus, hotel, transfers and the days you choose — and this is one of the days you can choose.
It can be quoted with private transfers for your group alone. The spa itself is shared with other visitors.
The pools go from 20 to 40 degrees Celsius, so there is one for everyone: the cold spring-water pool at the bottom, warm pools to stay in, and the hottest at the top, near the grotto.
Yes. The pools at different temperatures, the waterfall and the river make it the easiest day in Mendoza for families, and the buffet solves lunch. Tell us the ages when you write.
All year, and it is the one day in Mendoza that is better in winter: hot water, cold air and snow on the mountains above. In summer the cold pool and the river are the point.
It is on the same road as the Potrerillos reservoir and the road to Aconcagua, on different days. Most travellers put it last, the day before flying out, after the wineries and the mountains.
Tell us when you are travelling and how many days you have in Mendoza, and we will come back within 24 hours with the whole trip laid out — this day included if it fits.
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