A massive rewilding project aims to put this under-visited part of Argentina’s Patagonia on the map
There’s a new reason to head to the Argentina side of Patagonia © Melissa Yeager / Lonely Planet
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.)
