Lonely Planet: A massive rewilding project aims to put this under-visited part of Argentina’s Patagonia on the map
If you tell people you are headed to Patagonia, they may immediately assume you’re headed to Chile. And that’s one of the many reasons you should consider stopping in this under-visited spot in Argentina to see the massive – and exciting – rewilding effort taking place in this part of Patagonia.
Outdoors lovers tend to flock to the more popular, established parks in Chile. Meanwhile, my cab driver in Buenos Aires who was shuttling us to the airport was visibly confused, insisting I had confused Perito Moreno, the glacier, with Perito Moreno, the town in Argentina. (You’ll find the name Perito Moreno all over Patagonia, as it pays tribute to Francisco “Perito” Moreno, who donated land and helped spur the formation of the first of Argentina’s national parks.)
Yet what’s clear is the tremendous momentum happening on this part of the Patagonia steppe at the relatively new Parque Patagonia Argentina, which has a landscape vastly different from that of neighboring Chile. The views are equally stunning, and will enchant outdoors enthusiasts for entirely different reasons.
