Desierto del Diablo , Argentina

Desierto del Diablo

Salar del Diablo

Desierto del Diablo. The Argentinian Altiplano along Routa 27

between Pocitos and Tolar Grande

 

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El Desierto del Diablo, el paisaje argentino más similar a Marte. Foto: Instagram @recorreargentina40.

Desierto del Diablo, en la provincia de Salta. Foto: Instagram @recorreargentina40.

 

Hay una serie de recomendaciones por seguir al visitar el Desierto del Diablo. Foto: Instagram @viajando.arg

 

Tolar Grande, la versión más extrema y fascinante de la Puna salteña. (Foto: La Ruta Natural)

 

 

 

Desierto del diablo en Tolar Grande, Provincia de Salta (Argentina)

 

Desierto del Diablo, Argentina

 

Desierto del Diablo, Argentina

 

South of Bolivia's otherworldly salt flats and east of Chile's famous Valley of the Moon lies an Argentine landscape many liken to the surface of Mars. Explorers who named the area had another comparison in mind, branding it Desierto del Diablo—the Devil's Desert. Whether it deserves its dastardly title is up to you, if you're willing to drive 9 hours from the nearest sizeable city to judge for yourself. Truth be told, you'll probably find neither Martians nor devils living in this extension of the larger Atacama Desert—one of the world's driest and most inhospitable regions.

 

 

 

 

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 Cone of Arita & Arizaro Salt

 

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Cone of Arita & Arizaro Salt

An almost perfect pyramid of 147 metres rises in the middle of the Salar de Arizaro, to impose its mystery in the Puna region.

Perhaps a half-formed volcano made of salt and lava, this strange vestige of the geology of Salta was a sacred place for pre-Inca civilisations. The solitude of the environment has ignited the myths and legends of the original peoples, in which the cone claimed to be a god, perhaps shaped by the whims of the wind.

 

 

 Galan Volcano & Diamond Lagoon

 

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Galan Volcano & Diamond Lagoon

The crater of the Galan volcano is the second largest in the solar system.

In the middle of the crater is the hill itself, towards which mountaineers from all over the world set out to conquer.

Pre-Inca silver statuettes were found on the top of the hill and are on display at the Museum of Anthropology in Buenos Aires.

Inside the crater is also the spectacular Diamante Lagoon, populated by pink flamingos. Further north, there is a hot spring.

Access is only possible in 4 x 4 vehicles, or on horseback, always under the guidance of baqueanos, the guides of the region.