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Patagonia is a region in southern Argentina. It is famous as a rugged backcountry destination for experienced outdoorsmen. Its landscapes comprise Andean mountain peaks with mammoth glaciers whose melting ice mass feeds scenic highland lakes, but also includes dry forests of scrubby dry brush, an arid Atlantic coast, and desert landscapes that are part of the Patagonia Desert, South America's largest desert.
Visitors come for skiing, hiking and fishing.
Home to the beautiful lake district near San Carlos de Bariloche, and whale-watching on the Atlantic coast .
A region where Welsh speakers established a settlement in 1865; home to hundreds of thousands of penguins.
Home to Los Glaciares National Park and a number of glaciers
By car
National Route 40 borders the Patagonian Andes from north to south, connects the region with Mendoza (province) and is a major tourist route.
By bus
In Argentina many travellers usually travel by long distance buses. These trips are much longer than travel by plane, but can be much cheaper, too.
By train
There is a fairly well-maintained night train service connecting Viedma, San Antonio Oeste and Bariloche. All other long-distance passenger service are suspended.
By thumb
Once you are sufficiently south in Argentina and Chile it is easy and safe to hitch-hike. Save money on bus travel and hitchhike your way up and down Ruta 40 or Ruta 3.
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The largest city in Patagonia and the cultural centre of the Upper Río Negro valley, a modern city with good river beaches, about 260,000 inhabitants.
Beautiful small city in the mountains, next to a lake, with a nearby ski resort and parks.
A lake side town opposite from Bariloche with access to National Park Los Arrayanes and the 12-km trail to the famous Bosque Arrayanes.
A picturesque village with Swiss origins near Bariloche.
A busy tourist destination and ski resort with 100,000 inhabitants, located in a stunningly beautiful landscape in the Southern Andes at the shore of the Nahuel Huapi lake inside the Lake District with many popular national parks nearby.
A small hippie town (founded in the 1970s) in a mountainous valley about 120 km (75 mi) south of Bariloche. There's a twice weekly outdoor flea market, and nearby are many decent hiking opportunities, like Lago Puelo.
In the North-West of Chubut, a ski resort with about 40,000 inhabitants and a popular steam train.
The traditional center of Welsh settlement in Patagonia, with tea rooms, souvenirs, and the whole nine yards
Often called the capital of trekking, an impressive and inexpensive must-see town bordered by glaciers of the surrounding Parque National Los Glaciares with the popular Mount Fitz Roy and Cerro Toro, as well as the largest glacier of Argentinia, the Viedma Glacier.
A popular and very touristy destination with access to the famous Perito Moreno Glacier, though a little over-commercialised and not much hiking.
The capital of the Río Negro Province in the east with the El Cóndor beach resort, along Ruta 3 between Bahía Blanca and Las Grutas.
A spa on the coast of Río Negro known internationally for its colony of burrowing parrots, one of the largest in the world.
A port city with the popular Las Grutas beach resort town, as well as the picturesque Playa Las Conchillas and Playa Piedras Coloradas nearby.
A tranquil city and gateway to the Valdes Peninsula nature reserve and the penguin colony Punta Tombo, with a good beach and a well known diving destination; about 100,000 inhabitants.
known for its Welsh heritage, and its seaside location with beaches, rocky shoals populated by sea lions, and its fishing fleet
Trelew is a city in eastern Patagonia, founded by settlers from Wales and located southwest of Puerto Madryn, about 20 km from the Atlantic coast. With about 100,000 inhabitants, it is the second town by population in Argentina's Chubut province.
At the Atlantic coast, a busy city located between colourful hills and beaches, with about 200,000 inhabitants and Argentina's petrol industry centre.
At the east coast, notable as the winter camp for Magellan's round the world expedition.
South-east before Tierra del Fuego, travelling hub to reach Ushuaia and Tierra del Fuego.
Near Puerto Madryn, an important nature reserve at the Atlantic coast (whales, sea lions, dolphins, penguins) which was listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1999.
In the South-West, with the Perito Moreno Glacier near El Calafate, as well as Mount Fitz Roy, Cerro Torre and the Viedma Glacier near El Chaltén.
large ski area with dramatic landscapes in western Argentina, near the Nahuel Huapi National Park
a picturesque UNESCO World Heritage Site with paintings of hand over 9,000 years old
ski area in Chubut province
ski resort in Nuequen province
protected natural area along the Atlantic coast protecting six rocky promontories that are occupied by colonies of sea lions and penguins
petrified forest created 150 years ago at start of cretaceous period
a mountainous highland park that attracts mountain climbers, anglers, naturalists and outdoorsmen for the hiking and camping
a scenic mountainous highland park preserving a forest of flowering myrtle trees
seaside park in Patagonia where waves crash into sheer cliffs while sea lions, penguins and aquatic birds cluster on myriad beaches, trying to avoid the hungry jaws of pumas
huge park in the Andean highlands with a serpentine pristine lake and outstanding hiking and mountaineering activities
highland park protecting Patagonia forest and steppes with a lake formed by retreating glaciers
A world-heritage national park with highland forests and sparkling glacial lakes
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