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Tourism, March 31, 2009

Patagonia

Beauty and immensity are the Queens pf Patagonia. To the West, next to the Andes, we can find beautiful lakes, snowed mountains, millenary glaciers, intrincated streams and crystal clear cascades.


On the coast, below its huge cliffs, lie penguins, sea wolves and elephant seals. In its bays, whales, dolphins and orcas find shelter to protect their offsprings. Patagonia is a land of winding rivers and freezing winds, a lando of countless sheep and endless “estancias” while hundreds of ships loaded with wool, oil and shell fish leave its harbours to sail the seven seas. Patagonia is a land of illusion, of adventure and labour. A geography which hasn´t reavealed its secret yet. 



Patagonia´s provinces
La Pampa
La Pampa’s mythical lands cannot be stripped from its local identity of agricultural production and gauchos. Besides tradition, its wide plains invite visitors to engage in bird-watching and also to get some good rest at its quiet estancias.
Neuquén
This region reflects a a blend of a native type of steppe scenario coupled with a thick vegetation area surrounding its lakes. It is an invitation for visitors to plunge into the adventure embodied in its eternally challenging snow-capped summits.
Río Negro
Bariloche being its best known destination, this province offers, apart from snow and amazing Andean landscapes, warm water beaches, enormous dinosaurs and rural tourism to try delicious fruit and tempting dishes.
Chubut
Chosen by whales, orcas (killer whales) and penguins, this province is also said to be endowed with a boundless diversity of wild landscape unfolding along vast virgin lands where visitors may go skiing, scuba diving or windsurfing.
Santa Cruz
The Perito Moreno Glacier´s land holds even more ice giants, astounding lakes, the well-known Fitz Roy mountain and wide, turquoise blue sea shores. Its wild and immense windswept landscape calls for discovery.
Tierra del Fuego
With plenty of thousand-year-old forests, lakes, snowed mountains and steppes, the province offers multiple possibilities for practicing winter sports and tasting a gastronomy based on fish and seafood.

Patagonia´s can´t miss
The Road of the 7 Lakes
On the whole, lakes and rivers, natural promontories and other endless attractions cover an area of 110 km joining wto beautiful villages in Patagonia: San Martín de los Andes and Villa La Angostura.
Bariloche
It is the most popular ski destinations in the country, and the one chosen by students to celebrate the end of secondary school. Situated on the shore of Nahuel Huapi Lake, surrounded by mountains and hills, it offers wonderful views all year through.
Península Valdés
The waters of the Golfo San José and the Golfo Nuevo at the Península Valdés is the place where the southern whales meet every year.
Punta Tombo
Every September, over 200 thousand pairs of penguins reach the coast in order to breed and thus build the largest penguin colony in the world.
Glaciers and El Calafate
This glacier represents for many people the eighth world wonder and it is the most famous one among the rest in the National Park Los Glaciares. Being 4km wide and 60mt high, its spotless whiteness is only shaken by detachments taking place every 2 or 4 years and which attract people´s attention all over the world. Calafate is the starting point to visit all the glaciers circuit.
Tierra del Fuego
With plenty of thousand-year-old forests, lakes, snowed mountains and steppes, the province offers multiple possibilities for practicing winter sports and tasting a gastronomy based on fish and seafood.

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