Tour at the Patagonian steppe in which you visit La Leona Petrified Forest, located near Parador La Leona and between El Calafate and El Chalten. This tour is aimed to those looking for outdoor activities and adventure, ready to discover a land where the wind and water have uncovered an ancient petrified forest that remained hidden for millions of years. The tour includes an approximately 3 hours discontinuous trekking on a terrain where you will see dinosaurs fossils and trunks of an ancient Patagonian forest.

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La Leona Petrified Forest is a tour in which you visit a Patagonian steppe area located between El Calafate and El Chalten, aimed to those who enjoy outdoor activities and adventure. The tour includes 3 hours discontinuous walking on a terrain where wind and water were responsible for uncovering dinosaur fossils and trunks, which remained hidden for millions of years.

The tour can be booked departing from El Calafate or directly starting at La Leona. La Leona Petrified Forest is halfway between El Calafate and El Chaltén. When the tour is booked with the transportation service, after leaving your hotel, you can see Lake Argentino, Rio Santa Cruz, and Rio La Leona, having majestic panoramic views of the Andes Mountains, including Cerro Fitz Roy. The tour starts at Parador La Leona where you will make a 15 minutes visit to to the historical site to then continue the journey along the southern margin of Lake Viedma until reaching Cerro Los Hornos at Estancia Santa Teresita.

Upon arriving at the petrified forest and Cerro los Hornos, you will see for the first time the massive depression of the terrain where the trunks and petrified fossils are. The exploration trek begins, lasting approximately 3 hours, including time to eat a lunchbox. Throughout the trekking, you will see large numbers of petrified trunks lying on the surface, some with a diameter of 1.2 meters, testimony that during ancient times the climate was very different from today and allowed the existence of a full forest. There have also been uncovered fossils of different types of dinosaurs that can be discovered with the help of the guide.

As the petrified forest is located in a natural depression of the terrain and next to Cerro Los Hornos, it is sheltered from the wind and in general climatic conditions are very good, thus facilitating the exploration of the area.

At the end of the trekking, you return to Parador La Leona where the tour finishes. If booked with transportation service the shuttle will take you back to your hotel in El Calafate.

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9:00		Pick-up at hotel
		100 km distance
10:15		Visit to Parador La Leona
		Arrival Ea. Santa Teresita
		Trekking in the petrified forest
		3:00 hs duration
14:00		Return to Parador La Leona
		Return to El Calafate
16:00		Drop off at hotel

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The schedule, order and the activities can vary depending on the organization of the day.

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