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A TRIP TO THE ROCK ERA NATIONAL PARK Talampaya, La Rioja, Argentina by Ale Mcalister

The emblematic figure of the province of La Rioja is the Talampaya Canyon National Park Park and is located 250 kilometers from the city of La Rioja, and 50 kilometers from the nearest village of Villa Union, about 70 kilometers from the province of San Juan. A very colorful place with different Shapes and natural mountain sculptures, where one can see that all the Argentine version of the Rocky Mountains were affected by the strong winds, heavy rain by threat of erosion followed, and that makes it a very important tourist attraction.

To visit this national park Talampaya, from Buenos Aires there is a range of 1,200 km journey by the 9th Highway (Pan American ramal Escobar) to Cordova Carlos Paz Highway Route 38 to Patquía, Route 150, until the Talampaya National Park and Route 76th From the city of La Rioja, take Route 38 to Patquía then continue along the 150th

The park has an area of 215,000 hectares and has built a main entrance building in 2006 to welcome all tourists and visitors with restaurant, healthcare, retail, offices, Camping and a multipurpose room where activities are carried out in connection with the park.

For many anthropologists and history enthusiasts who like to know and feel appreciated, what would the first humans lived millions of years, this is the perfect place to imagine, and long trail of adventure and appreciate the beautiful land, nature photography, the site offers, and the condensed million years. Its great walls witnessed the transition from the first dinosaur and primitive man later.

This National Park is a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and is part of the so-called Triassic basins in Ischigualasto, a vast desert area, that at least 250 million years of history has been nominated.

The strong winds and erosion have a natural exotic landscape, where you differently in a position to shaped huge natural sculptures view is formed.

During the middle Triassic period, these countries had the dinosaur ancestors. Most were in Talampaya found in the formation called The chanar. These early dinosaurs pieces are unique in the world, dinosaurs, before the birth. These shaped mountains, saw the birth Diaguita of culture and the cultures Cienaga, dug during the III and X century AD, as evidenced by the mortar on the rock.

Talampaya National Park is one of three types of paths and levels, from beginners to experience. For those who love the hiking and mountaineering, this the place to go, we recommend the following tours offered by the National Park.:

The first circuit is El Murallón, said second and third Los cajones La Ciudad Perdida.

The tour lasts about 6 hours and the drive starts on a 4×4 truck, called the approach to the dry river bed Gualo. After this wonderful trip trek Watch through some sand dunes and plain desert sometime guanacos, until you reach a natural monument overlooking the entire canyon. Once here, you may be a 3 km range crater 3 km in length with fantastic formations within IT. Within a 70 m deep and endless mazes field with formations made by earlier flows.

To the hidden treasure, this is a large natural amphitheater of 80 meters depth exposed by erosion. The Talampaya National Park area was home to the small indigenous Communities that lived in more than 2000 years ago under different epochs.

To have a full picture of archaeological value of the park you have the Museum of Science from the University of La Rioja visit. In different mountain caves of the park, many tracks found and are now on display in this museum. In other locations the park, they found pieces of pottery, several cemeteries and a wooden spear darts better preserved and intact than that of the radiocarbon dates in the year 660, AC found.

Other cities and landmarks close to this goal and the national park are: Santiago del Estero, Salta, Jujuy , Catamarca, Tucuman, Cordoba , Chilecito Famatina.

Schedule for visiting the National Park of Talampaya:

Receives tourists all year round
From 1 May 31st August (including) from 8.30 bis 17.30 clock.
From 1 September-30. April (including) 8.00 bis 18.00 clock

Fixed hours for field trips:
Summer Schedule
1. Layer: Presentation 8:00 – 8:30 Departure
2. Shift: Presentation 11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
3. Layer: Presentation 14:00 – 14:30 Departure
4. Layer: Presentation 16:30 – departure 17.00

Winter Schedule
1. Layer: Presentation 8:30 – Departure 09:00
2. Layer: Presentation 11:00 to 11:30
3. Layer: Presentation 13:30 to 14:00
4. Layer: Presentation 16:00 – 16:30 Departure

For more information about the destination and tours and hotels in Argentina, La Rioja or the nearest places do not hesitate to visit our website www.exploreargentina.com

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