 Roberto Rodriguez
This tour is ideal for 4 x 4 vehicles or trucks, but it can also be made by all kinds of vehicles, though it is not advisable to do it if your vehicle is low. This is a ride for lovers of Patagonia as they can get immersed in the wild zone from the humid area, till they get to an oasis inside the arid Patagonia. |
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140km from El Bolsón stands the small village of Cushamene, which allows access to El Saltillo.
Some 40km to the East of the town, in the plateau area, after crossing a stream, private lots and several cattle gates, you will come across the Chico River, which runs between steep banks and forms three consecutive waterfalls of singular beauty.
You will be standing before the geological formation of the earth and have the possibility of going for short walks along the Chico River banks observing how the canyon was formed, or sitting to behold this particular point in the region.
250km from El Bolsón (170 paved and 80 rubbled) and 35km from the town of Gualjaina on the route heading for Paso del Sapo to the left, you will be amazed when you discover the stone standing in the middle of a large plain near the Chubut River. By Nature's whim, a 200m-high stone was left alone in what once used to be a riverbed. The stone is worth visiting in all its perimeter and will cause surprise with its magnanimity. |
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If you are a climber, you may take your equipment and try to climb it. Very few have done it, as it is only for experienced climbers.
On the opposite bank of the river there is an even more spectacular canyon, though it is half-hidden for the neophyte eye. Do not be fooled, the river may be waded if it is low or crossed through a footbridge which is upstream if the waters are high.
It is over four kilometers long. Its 200-meter-high walls lodge caves and mysteries yet to be unraveled. Take water and something to eat and eagerness to walk, you will not regret it. Going along this piece of our soil will transport you to the post glacial age.
This is a unique site in the Patagonian plateau... and in the world. |
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