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Museo Akatushun
Museo Akatushun The skeletons of marine mammals and seabirds are poignantly displayed at the Museo Akatushun, at Estancia Harberton.The museum is part of ongoing scientific research into Tierra del Fuego’s dolphins and other wildlife, and was established more than 35 years ago by Natalie Goodall,
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Mount Mercedario
Mount Mercedario What adventurer could resist an assault on Mount Mercedario, one of the Americas’ highest mountains?The highest peak of the Cordillera de la Ramada range, and the eighth highest Andean peak, this snow-capped mountain towers over the surrounding volcanic plains.Mount Mercedario was
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Mirador del Traful
Mirador del Traful In Patagonia, north of Bariloche, Argentina, lies a glacial lake called Lago Traful. It is a popular place for hiking as well as other typical water activities. Along the hiking trail is a lookout point called Mirador del Traful which offers spectacular views of the lake and the
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Mataderos Fair
Mataderos Fair While the weekly San Telmo antiques fair is the most famous of the outdoor markets in Buenos Aires, the Mataderos Fair is considered to be the most authentic. Staged in and named after the Mataderos neighborhood, the fair features more than 700 vendors selling traditional Argentine
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Mascardi Lake
Mascardi Lake Mascardi Lake is a glacial lake in the province of Rio Negro south of Bariloche, Argentina. It was named for a Jesuit priest named Nicolas Mascardi who did missionary work in the area during the 17th century. The lake is within Nahuel Huapi National Park, which is the oldest national
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Martial Glacier
Martial Glacier The Martial Glacier sits high above Ushuaia, but its still only a few kilometers away. It’s open year-round, too, but the different seasons do bring about a striking change of scenery.In the summer, the chairlift that runs from the end of Martial Glacier Road to the glacier itself
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MALBA - Museum of Latin American Art of Buenos Aires
MALBA - Museum of Latin American Art of Buenos Aires With its vast collection of Latin American art, the MALBA (Museum of Latin American Art of Buenos Aires) is Buenos Aires’ leading modern art museum, located in the city’s trendy Palermo district. Since opening its doors in 2001, the museum has a
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Maipu
Maipu Maipú is a small city in the Mendoza province of Argentina, with fewer than 100,000 inhabitants. It is located about 10 kilometers from the city of Mendoza. Maipú is one of the most important wine-growing regions in Argentina, and produces up to 2/3 of the country’s wine. It is located on th
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Lujan de Cuyo
Lujan de Cuyo Luján de Cuyo is another part of the Mendoza wine-producing region (in addition to Maipú), and was the first Argentine wine-producing region to establish its own appellation of origin. It has a long history of wine production, and is best recognized for Malbec, which is made from a g
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Los Cardones National Park
Los Cardones National Park Los Cardones National Park is located in the central part of the Salta Province, and it occupies approximately 160,000 acres. It was established in 1996 to protect the high elevation vegetation located in the colorful sierras and dry gorges of this area. The cardones are
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Los Alerces National Park
Los Alerces National Park When visiting Los Alerces National Park, you’ll have the chance to commune with some of the oldest organisms in the world. Here in this protected swath of land on the mountainous border with Chile, collections of large Alerce trees have silently grown in this rugged terra
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Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse
Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse The Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse marks the dangerous rocks at the entrance to Ushuaia Bay in the Beagle Channel. Locals often wrongfully call this the Lighthouse at the End of the World, which is technically incorrect because the lighthouse Jules Verne made famous in his nov
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La Payunia
La Payunia Volcanic cones, pumas, llamas and the prairie lands of the Patagonian steppe are preserved in La Payunia nature reserve, where the Rio Grande carves its way through a landscape of basalt and lava flows, black pampas, volcanoes and caves.One of the largest volcanic areas in South America
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Lanin National Park
Lanin National Park Covered in native Araucaria trees and riddled with dozens of lakes, Lanin National Park is a Patagonian treasure in the Argentine state of Neuquén. This park was established in 1937 at a time when the border with neighboring Chile was still hotly disputed. Both of the nations c
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La Leona Petrified Forest
La Leona Petrified Forest Before Patagonia was peppered with glaciers and jagged, snow-capped peaks, it was a vast plain of lush forests where dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Granted, that was 100 million years ago, and Patagonia today is vastly different from those early days of its founding. At La L
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Lake Steffen
Lake Steffen Lake Steffen is a glacial lake in the providence of Rio Negro near Bariloche, Argentina. The lake was named for geographer and explorer Hans Steffen, who was hired in the late 1800s to investigate the border dispute between Chile and Argentina. Lake Steffen covers an area of more than
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Lake Moreno
Lake Moreno Lake Moreno is a glacial lake in the providence of Rio Negro near Bariloche, Argentina. The lake covers an area of more than 4,000 acres, and mountains, such as Lopez, Capilla, and Catedral, are the predominant feature of the surrounding landscape. The lake is divided into two sections
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Lake Gutierrez
Lake Gutierrez Because its waters are warm and teem with fish, Lake Gutierrez is one of the most popular destinations near the Argentinean resort city of San Carlos de Bariloche. Situated within Nahuel Huapi National Park, Argentina’s oldest protected land, the lake has two common access points th
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Laguna Nimez Reserve
Laguna Nimez Reserve The Laguna Nimez Nature Reserve is an important conservation spot and stopover for many migrating bird species. It’s also home to dozens of Patagonian bird types, and in all, there are about 80 species that can be seen here. Most notable are the flamingoes and black-necked swa
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Lago Lácar
Lago Lácar With its shimmering blue waters and forest-lined shoreline, Lake Lacár is one of the most popular attractions in San Martin de Los Andes. In the peak of summer, when the temperature can regularly reach 70 degrees and the sun hangs high in the sky, bask on a beach beneath snowcapped peak
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