Something that I liked about Talampaya National Park in the province of La Rioja is that it offered a service area so you could wait comfortably until the time of your walk. At the entrance of the park you could find a large restaurant, a bicycle rental service and the ticket office where you could hire other types of excursions within the place, such as night expeditions or 4x4 tours. Like the entrance ticket, everything in this park was quoted at international prices, expensive for us Argentines. However, there was also a free short walk option and it was a self-guided trail with full-scale dinosaur sculptures 馃槂.
Algo que me gust贸 del Parque Nacional Talampaya en la provincia de La Rioja es que ofrec铆a una zona de servicios para poder esperar de manera c贸moda hasta el horario de tu paseo. En la entrada del parque pod铆as encontrar un gran restaurante, un servicio de alquiler de bicicletas y la boleter铆a en donde contratar otro tipo de excursiones dentro del lugar, como expediciones nocturnas o tours en 4x4. Al igual que el ticket de entrada, todo en este parque cotizaba en precios internacionales, caros para nosotros los argentinos. Sin embargo, tambi茅n hab铆a una opci贸n gratis de peque帽o paseo y se trataba de un sendero autoguiado con esculturas de dinosaurios a escala real 馃槂.
Fortunately, when I arrived at the park in the private transportation that I had hired to cover the 250 km stretch from the capital of San Juan to this part of the province of La Rioja, I just got a tour ticket that started in a few minutes. I didn't have to wait long to go see the beautiful landscapes inside the park, so I barely had time to explore the area around the entrance of the place. What I did do was eat the humble lunch that I had brought from home because I already expected that everything would be expensive there, and so it was 馃槄.
Afortunadamente, cuando yo llegu茅 al parque en el transporte privado que hab铆a contratado para cubrir el tramo de 250 km desde la capital de San Juan hasta esta parte de la provincia de La Rioja, justo consegu铆 un ticket de tour que empezaba a los pocos minutos. No tuve que esperar mucho para ir a ver los paisajes hermosos dentro del parque, por lo que apenas hab铆a tenido un rato para explorar los alrededores de la entrada del lugar. Lo que s铆 hice es comer el humilde almuerzo que me hab铆a llevado desde casa porque ya me esperaba que ah铆 fuera todo caro, y as铆 fue 馃槄.
When the walk that lasted almost three hours was over, I took the opportunity to go for a walk on the so-called Triassic Trail. Accessing this part of the park is free and a good option to spend time, as well as learn a little about the animals that were here. At the entrance you could already see a large life-size sculpture of one of the giants of this area, which gave an idea of the ancient inhabitants of these lands 馃槂.
Cuando termin贸 el paseo que dur贸 casi tres horas, aprovech茅 para ir a dar una vuelta en el llamado Sendero del Tri谩sico. Acceder a esta parte del parque es gratis y una buena opci贸n para pasar el rato, adem谩s de conocer un poco sobre los animales que se encontraban por ac谩. En la entrada ya pod铆as ver una gran escultura a escala real de uno de los gigantes de esta zona, que daban idea de los antiguos habitantes de estas tierras 馃槂.
This trail is self-guided and takes about half an hour, where you can find informative signs about each of these species and how they were related in the past. Like its neighbor, Ischisgualasto Provincial Park, this Talampaya National Park is a site of archaeological exploration to this day and is a source of countless fossil remains. With its more than 2,500 m2 of surface area, it surely continues to hide a lot of mysteries and other specimens 鉂ｏ笍.
Este sendero es autoguiado y se recorre en una media hora, en donde pod茅s encontrar carteler铆a informativa sobre cada una de estas especies y sobre c贸mo se relacionaban en el pasado. Al igual que su vecino, el Parque Provincial Ischisgualasto, este Parque Nacional Talampaya es un sitio de exploraci贸n arqueol贸gica hasta hoy en d铆a y es una fuente de innumerable cantidad de restos f贸siles. Con sus m谩s de 2500 mk2 de superficie, seguramente siga escondiendo un mont贸n de misterios y otros ejemplares 鉂ｏ笍.
It is incredible to think that these dinosaurs inhabited the earth before us and that millions of years later, humanity was able to find their remains to study them. This walk is very educational for adults and children, because the sculptures allow you to see their real sizes. I am glad that this place functions as a dissemination center and that to this day these giants that will never stop being interesting continue to be explored and studied 馃挅.
Es incre铆ble pensar que estos dinosaurios habitaron la tierra antes que nosotros y que millones de a帽os despu茅s, la humanidad haya podido encontrar sus restos para estudiarlos. Este paseo es muy educativo para grandes y chicos, porque las esculturas permiten ver los tama帽os reales que ten铆an. Me alegra que este lugar funcione como centro de divulgaci贸n y que hasta hoy en d铆a se siga explorando y estudiando a estos gigantes que nunca van a dejar de ser interesantes 馃挅.
The entrance to Talampaya Park cost about $15, a quite expensive price compared to the other national parks in Argentina, but visiting it was worth it because it has landscapes that I had not seen anywhere else. Furthermore, the fact that they include other types of activities such as these types of tours is great to finish learning a little more about this place. In conclusion, this whole walk was very beautiful and in addition to having taken another step towards my goal of visiting all the provinces, I was able to have another approach to those who were ruling this place before us humans 馃槂.
La entrada al Parque Talampaya cost贸 unos $15, un precio bastante costoso a comparaci贸n de los dem谩s parques nacionales que hay en Argentina, pero visitarlo vali贸 la pena porque tiene unos paisajes que no hab铆a visto en ning煤n otro lugar. Adem谩s, que incluyan otro tipo de actividades como este tipo de recorridos es genial para terminar de conocer un poco m谩s acerca de este lugar. En conclusi贸n, todo este paseo fue muy hermoso y adem谩s de haber dado un paso m谩s dentro de mi objetivo de visitar todas las provincias, pude tener otro acercamiento a los que estuvieron reinando este lugar antes que nosotros los humanos 馃槂.
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