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Packing for Patagonia: A Quick Guide

Patagonia, promises and delivers unforgettable adventures to its visitors and each destination offers unique experiences that require meticulous preparation. This article aims to be your packing companion, ensuring that you arrive in Patagonia prepared for everything this land of contrasts...

Tierra del Fuego National Park

Located in southwestern Tierra del Fuego province, over the borderline with Chile, this National Park is the southernmost example of the Andean - Patagonian forest. It was created in 1960 and has a surface of 63.000 hectares. In this area...

The Patagonian Plateau

Valcheta and Somuncura Tableland / Neuquén (Capital) / Choele Choel / Cipolletti / General Roca / Villa Regina / Sarmiento and the Petrified Wood / Ingeniero Jacobacci / Gobernador Gregores Staggered plateaus with groups of low, flat and isolated hills are...

Patagonian Weather and Climate Chart

Please bear in mind that our summer starts December 21st. Area North Atlantic South Atlantic Tierra del Fuego The Glaciers Northern Lakes Negro river Upper Valley and Neuquén Rio Negro Province (south) Features In this zone western winds predominate and,...

Patagonian Climate

The main characteristics of the Patagonian climate are: short falls and springs, and long winters. Great thermal amplitude between summer and winter, as well as a substantial temperature difference between day and night. Please click here in order to access a comprehensive...

Tips for skiers and snowboarders

What to wear In the mountains climate changes are usually abrupt. The essential thing is to wear warm underwear and then a jacket, pants and waterproof over-pants. You also need a hat to protect the ears and gloves and wool...

Sea Lions: Features and habits

From the pinniped (sea mammals with fins and feet), the sea lions are the only ones who also have ears. The aspect of this species varies a lot according to age and sex. Adult males have very long necks covered with a thick...

Mud Therapy at Copahue Hot Springs

Dr Hugo Torres tells us about mud therapy as a treatment for rheumatic and skin diseases. It is developed in the wonderful Copahue Hot Springs, in the north of the Province of Neuquén, a location that also offers many tourism...

The Burrowing Parrots

A group of German researchers has closely studied the evolution of a very important colony of burrowing parrots at the El Cóndor beach, near Viedma, and discovered that its number is dramatically decreasing. One of the reasons is that local...

This is a train hold up!

The Old Patagonian Express Railway adds yet another attraction to its tourist circuit. On one hot January afternoon, the passengers who had boarded the train looked out their windows and saw a group of men on horseback, with their faces masked...