Argentina - Patagonia (Chapter)

This is the Patagonia chapter from Lonely Planet’s Argentina guidebook.

Patagonia’s jagged peaks, pristine rivers and dusty backwater oases offer an innumerable wealth of potential experiences and landscapes. Follow Ruta Nacional 3 as it shoots south, connecting oil boomtowns with ancient petrified forests, Welsh settlements and the incredible Península Valdés.

• gaze upon the blue-hued Glaciar Perito Moreno as icebergs fall in thunderous booms
• maps
• get immersed in the millennial forests and clear lakes of lush Parque Nacional Los Alerces
• transportation
• hike in the toothy Fitz Roy Range near El Chaltén, Argentina’s trekking capital
• restaurants & accommodations

Coverage includes: Coastal Patagonia, Viedma, Coastal Río Negro, Puerto Madryn & around, Reserva Faunística Península Valdés, Trelew & around, Gaiman & around, Área Natural Protegida Punta Tombo, Camarones, Cabo Dos Bahías, Comodoro Rivadavia, Puerto Deseado, Reserva Natural Ría Deseado & Parque Interjurisdiccional Marino Isla Pingüino, Monumento Natural Bosques Petrificados, Puerto San Julián, Parque Nacional Monte León, Río Gallegos & around, the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Inland Patagonia, Esquel, Trevelin, Parque Nacional Los Alerces, Gobernador Costa, Río Mayo, Perito Moreno, Los Antiguos, Cueva de las Manos, Bajo Caracoles, Parque Nacional Perito Moreno, Gobernador Gregores, El Chaltén, Parque Nacional Los Glaciares (North & South), El Calafate & around, Chilean Patagonia, Punta Arenas & around, Puerto Natales, Parque Nacional Bernardo O’Higgins and Parque Nacional Torres del Paine.