PLACES THAT YOU CAN’T MISS in El Calafate

BOSQUES PETRIFICADOS NATURAL MONUMENT.

130 million years ago, this area was covered by giant forests. Volcanic eruptions took place simultaneously with the rising of the Andes mountain range, burying the landscape with ashes. As time went by, trees were fossilized and, later on, an authentic rock forest with trees of up to 35 m. long and a diameter of 3 m. was unveiled by the action of the wind and the rain.