Campo del Cielo
In southern Chaco, visit the place where a shower of metallic bodies fell down.
Over 6,000 years ago, an asteroid exploded in the Earth’s atmosphere and generated a meteor shower. Do you know where the meteorites fell? Right here: in Campo del Cielo. Visit a space revered by Chaco locals, where the evidence of that cosmic phenomenon awaits you. Metal bodies weighing over 30 tons. Remains that, as they fell, were scattered around an area of 150 kilometers.
Did you know that one of these meteorites is the third largest in the world? It is called "Meteorito El Chaco." Find it amid the quebracho and carob tree forests. Would you like to discover a myth hidden by this land? Follow the traces of the Qom culture, which associated aerolites with sweat drops from the Sun. Are you into celebrations? Here the Meteorite Festival, celebrated every year, is waiting for you as well. Live this experience in the province of Chaco.
Geographic location: Provinces of Chaco and Santiago del Estero, in the Litoral and North regions, respectively.
How to get there: From Resistencia, the provincial capital of Chaco, via Ruta Nacional 16 and Ruta Nacional 89 (346 km).
Climate: Subtropical.
Recommended length of stay: 1 to 3 days.
Recommended clothing and gear: Light, comfortable clothes, mosquito repellent and sunscreen.