After Breakfast at Hotel you will leave for a 5 hours Excursion to Talampaya National Park located 70 kmts of Villa Union. It covers an area of 2,150 km², at an altitude of 1,500 m above sea level. Its purpose is to protect important archaeological and palaeontological sites found in the area.
 
The landscape is the result of erosion by water and wind in a desert climate, with large ranges in temperature - high heat by day and low temperature at night, with torrential rain in summer and strong wind in spring.
 
In the park you will find:
 
The dry bed of the Talampaya River, where dinosaurs lived millions of years ago - fossils, whilst not as interesting as Ischigualasto, have been found here; the Talampaya gorge and its rock formations with walls up to 143 m high, narrowing to 80 m at one point; the remains of indigenous peoples' settlements, such as the petroglyphs of the Puerta del Cañón; a botanical garden of the local flora at the narrow point of the canyon; regional fauna, including guanacos, hares, maras, foxes and condors.
 
In 2000, UNESCO declared the park a World Heritage Site.
 
Transfer to La Rioja 213 kmts away.
 
Overnight at Plaza Hotel La Rioja
 
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