Salitral Encantado
Live the adventure of walking around one of the largest salt fields in the world.
Walk this wild place. Go paratriking and landsailing. Find the footsteps of native people that still inhabit the area. Did you know that this place seems inhospitable, but it is home to diverse forms of life? Follow the tracks of endangered species such as the mara and the puma, the guanaco and the tortoise. Enjoy this extreme experience in the province of La Pampa.
Geographic location: Province of La Pampa, Argentine Patagonia.
How to get there: via the famous Ruta del Desierto (Ruta Provincial 20) and Ruta Provincial 23.
Area: 616 sq km. Altitude: 250 meters above sea level.
Climate: Temperate humid.
Recommended length of stay: 1 to 2 days.
Recommended clothing and gear: Warm clothing suitable for significant temperature changes. Windbreaker jacket and sunscreen.
Do you know the mythical Desert Route? From here you will arrive at a place as immense as it is wild: Salitral Encantado, also called "Gran Salitral". Walk through a landscape that changes throughout seasons. Possibly you will come across huge lagoons fed by the rains. Perhaps you will gaze at a dry and infinite desert of salt. Experience a climate where the Pampean humidity blends with the cold and Patagonian winds.