The southern extreme of Patagonia
offers tourist resources unique in the world. A thousand emotions
invade the spirit when discovering the region situated just at the
end of the world. A land of legends that many audacious spirits
in the world have dreamt to travel. A land rather bleak, barren,
inhabited only by those who have accepted to challenge of loneliness.
A land where the visitor will be enraptured by such beauty. Due
to its geographical position, it is exposed to strong winds, which
explains the low constructions and the lack of vegetation in the
cities, whose only trees grow bent following the wind direction
and are thus called "flag-trees" for the shape they adopt.
Los Glaciares National Park heads the long list of sites that, passing
by the mythical Tierra del Fuego and the Islands of the Southern
Atlantic Ocean, ends in the captivating "white continent":
Antarctica. A visit along these vast lands will make it possible
to get in touch with some of the wonders of nature in constant creation.
But once one has been there, it is impossible not to be prompted
to return again and again.
The main cities of this region are: Ushuaia, the
southernmost city in the world and El Calafate, the gateway to an
impressive land of glaciers.
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