Journey to Ischigualasto: Discovering the Valley of the Moon
Description
You cannot miss the visit to the Ischigualasto Park "Valle De La Luna", a unique destination and outside the conventional itineraries, which surprises with its formations and unusual soil characteristics. The astonishment for the place and the richness that it contains for the study of the archaeological and paleontological sites of the area caused that UNESCO declared World Heritage Site. Its geoforms of curious forms (The Submarine, The Mushroom, the Bocce Court) and the remains of the oldest dinosaur are some of the attractions of this site, which is also known as "Valle de la Luna".
Tour Options
Itinerary
We will leave from the selected hotels in San Juan from 7 Hrs, and we will travel on National Tourist Route 150 to reach the Ischigualasto Park, or "Valley of the Moon".
The circuit covers about 40 km and has 5 stations, where the most important geoforms are visited, receiving the explanation and interpretation of them by the guides, whose assistance is essential to interpret the signs that nature has left here over more than two hundred million years. The stations are: The Worm (El Gusano), The Painted Valley (Valle Pintado), The Bowls Court (Cancha de Bochas), The Sphinx (La Esfinge), The Submarine (El Submarino) and The Mushroom (El Hongo)
At the end of the tour, we will visit the Interpretation Center and Museum of Natural Sciences, installed at the entrance to the Park. There are exhibited parts of the paleontological pieces found on the site and its importance is exposed. We will also receive the explanation of the guides about how research, tracking, fossil recovery, and dinosaur assembly are developed.
Return to the city of San Juan in the evening hours.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
The pick up transfer is only from selected centrally located hotels. If your hotel is outside the geographic area, we will confirm you the closest meeting point. Indicate the name and address of your hotel.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Entrance Park Fee not included.
Reviews(27)
Beautiful place that takes us through time. Didactic tour. Fully recommended
It is a fascinating journey that takes us to the 7 stages of the Triassic unique place in the world.
The experience is wonderful. It's very interesting. Unique place in the world. Guides explain how much detail this place was formed millions of years ago
Beautiful landscape .excellent the guide.it travels by caravan at times stipulated by the park.recommend 15 hs in winter..17 hs in summer to enjoy the sunset
Excellent circuit to visit and the prices to enter are “Chordes” and worth visiting is something wonderful and incredible, equal to the lunar landscape as the name suggests
Beautiful scenery and Wonderful Place!! Extensive, very diverse colors and fauna. The entry seemed reasonable regarding Parque Talampaya, June 2024 we paid $25,000 in total. Super recommended! The visit is long, in vehicles, so people with low mobility can do it, at the end of the tour there is a cafeteria. Best time to visit we were recommended in September.
Beautiful for Where do I know it? Look!!! The beautiful complex and the incredible excursions!!! We did talampaya vañon and teecking on balconies!!!! Beautiful
Safety pin!!! Beautiful place!! A very nice experience. Beautiful tour, a guide explains very well on each descent. General admission 10,000. Retirees 3,000. There is a restaurant "Los Rastros" where you can have a drink or lunch at affordable prices. Bathrooms in the restaurant or outside, very clean. There are stalls with crafts for sale.
Excellent 4-hour excursion visiting all the figures in the park, just keep in mind that you have to go by car because it is done only by car in a caravan with the guides and you visit the most notable points of the park… beautiful unique place
Needless to say, if you visit San Juan you have to stop by and see what they taught us in school as kids. The road to Ischigualasto can be done perfectly alone, until you reach the entrance where you currently pay (October 2023 $3,500 per person) and wait for the caravan of cars to leave. They leave approximately every hour. If you have to wait or at the end of the tour, you can visit the museum, which is free, and use the bathrooms. Quite the opposite of what happens on the Talampaya side (which I am going to detail in that topic)
