National Park Talampaya Photo: national Park Talampaya

Park Talampaya is a reserved area with a total area of 2,150 square meters. In 1997, Talampaya received the status of a national Park, and in 2000, UNESCO has included it in the list of world heritage.

The main purpose of education of the Park is the preservation and protection of archaeological and paleontological excavations, which are located in a huge number within Talampaya. On many rocks you can find a variety of images of people, animals and abstract designs. Remarkable place is considered a "Lost city", it is not only famous petroglyphs, but also a large cluster of boulders bizarre. There also were found the remains of ancient dwellings, and cemeteries. In addition, in the dried-up riverbed of Talampaya scientists have found the bones of one of the first in the Land of dinosaurs and fossils of turtles, whose age has 210 million years.

In a local Botanical garden talampaya can using to see the most unique representatives of flora of this region of the country. Among the rich fauna is remarkable guanaco, MAARS, gray Fox.

Attention tourists information center, walks in the Botanical garden, a trip to the "Lost city" and to the riverbed, Talampaya. Numerous shops offer Souvenirs with images of petroglyphs and rock paintings. To preserve the original appearance of the Park, it was decided to restrict access to it. Therefore, all excursions are led by local guides. Tourists are recommended to store drinking water for excursions in the Park, so as to find her in the territory of the protected zone is quite difficult.

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