El Calafate, which gives access to Perito Moreno and El Chaltén, the national capital of trekking, are the most outstanding tourist destinations of the province.
The tourist diversity of the province includes large estancias that allow experiencing the Patagonian rural life and also sites that show the remains of pre-historical civilizations such as Cuevas de las Manos (Cave of the Hands), the Río Pinturas Valley and the Petrified Forests.
Patagonian Region
Río Gallegos
Between 5°C and 10°C
273,964 inhabitants
15 municipalities. The main cities area Río Gallegos, Caleta Olivia, El Calafate, Puerto Deseado, Pico Truncado, Puerto San Julián, and Las Heras
In the plateau 200 mm per year, in the Andes region 2,000 mm per year
243,943 Km²
Patagonian arid and humid cold
Central plain, Atlantic coast, Fuegian Andes
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