We took a short detour from our route west and headed north to Valle Fertil. This little town is one of the main access points for two national parks. During our trip we have met a number of travellers who have great suggestions. The more you talk to people, the more things you add to the list of things to see. Our hostel was nice and inviting. I´ll try to summarize both parks which can be toured in a single day.
Ischigualasto: AKA Valle De Luna. The tour was about two hours which had five stops where we were dropped off to look around. The park looks similar to a desolate landscape of a deserted plant. There were some interesting rock formations especially the round moon rocks which are created by CaCO2 seeds which attract minerals to form round rocks. The color of the ground in this area is a combination of grey and orange due to differing layers exposed over time. Further north was the red walls of Talampaya.
Talampaya: Wind and water erosion dug out very tall vertical walls. The walls of the canyon are 450 meters tall. The sides of the canyon has depressions created by years of erosion. The guide had the entire tour group stand in one of the depressions and we yelled HOLA! We could hear up to four echoes bouncing off the walls. Both parks offer different things to see. I suggest that visitors see both. One issue with this park is that it has been privatized, so it costs 65 pesos to see.
Picutres are from the parks.
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