PLACES THAT YOU CAN’T MISS in El Calafate

CUEVAS DE LAS MANOS, AT THE UPPER PINTURAS RIVER.

To the south of the town of Perito Moreno, there is one of the most significant displays of cave painting in Patagonia. Over 9,300-year-old handprints and hunting scenes fill the caves and rocky walls of the Pinturas River canyon.
Cueva de las Manos (Hands Cave) receives its name from the human hand stencils appearing in the cave; however, there are not only human hand but also many animal depictions, such as guanacos (Lama guanicoe), rheas, and pumas, which are still common species in the region. The hunter-gatherer communities responsible for the paintings inhabited this remote area of the Patagonia until the arrival of European settlers in the 17th century.
Cueva de las Manos was declared World Cultural Heritage by the UNESCO in 1999.

MOUNTS TORRE AND FITZ ROY

Both of them are located in El Chaltén area, inside Los Glaciares National Park, and they represent a challenge even for expert mountain climbers and trekking lovers

Other places of interest: Río Gallegos, administrative and commercial center. Laguna Azul, located inside the crater of an extinguished volcano. Cabo Vírgenes and Isla Deseada, inhabited by xerophilous vegetation and a Magellanic penguin continental colony. Puerto Deseado and Puerto San Julián are ideal places to watch sea birds and mammals in their natural habitat.