The history of the evolution of
the earth left its traces on this so special strip of land that
extends from the Atlantic Ocean to the Andes. Its rugged coasts
outlined by several gulfs, bays, estuaries and cliffs that plunge
into the green waters of the Argentine Sea form an exceptionally
beautiful natural reserve of invaluable species.
However, the coast is not all what this sector
of Patagonia has to offer. Piercing into the central plateau is
a virtual voyage into the past of flora and fauna, of the earth
and of mankind. A land of legend where millenary petrified woods,
marine fossils outstanding for having been found so far away from
the sea, relics of prehistoric plants and animals, bluish glaciers
formed by the patient labor of the centuries up in the high Andean
peaks, and ancient rupestrian paintings sheltered in the same caves
that protected their primitive inhabitants, seem to tell old stories
that date back to immemorial times.
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