El Sauzalito
Come to the Argentine Litoral region and travel around a city where you’ll hear two languages.
Do you like to learn about traditions? On the banks of the Teuco river, El Sauzalito awaits you. Walk its streets, where the Spanish language is integrated with the Wichí. Find out about the wisdom and the traditions of the native communities that are transmitted generation after generation. See the handicrafts that the locals create with materials from the Chaco forest. Enjoy the trees surrounding you, and the plains landscape embracing you.
Would you like to discover the charms that the city offers you? Visit the Municipal Handicrafts Center and El Vizcacheral, the Santa Rita circuit and the Route of the Wichí Culture, the Teuco river and El Palmar lagoon. Walk along its banks. Tread along wild trails. Watch the local wildlife. And in the surroundings, visit the town of Nueva Pompeya. Live this experience in the province of Chaco.
Geographic location: Province of Chaco, Argentine Litoral region.
How to get there: From Resistencia, the provincial capital, via Ruta Provincial 9 (418 km).
Area: 2.28 sq. km.
Altitude: 132 meters above sea level (average height).
Climate: Subtropical.
Recommended length of stay: 1 to 2 days.
Recommended clothing and gear: Light clothes, and comfortable footwear.