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mountain lions, foxes, weasels and river otters.
There are fewer species of birds here than in
other parks but Magellanic woodpeckers are
common.
Getting There
See “Bariloche” in
Around Argentina
, page 270
.
Perito Moreno National Park
Unless you're a rugged outdoor type, you should
skip right over Perito Moreno National Park,
Argentina's most remote park. No public trans-
portation serves the park and it is over 100
miles from the nearest town, Gobernador
Gregores, which is not exactly a metropolis.
Needless to say, the park gets few visitors - so
few that the park service does not station park
rangers there. There are a few sheep
estancias
nearby whose owners distribute maps, hot
mate
, a bed and trekking advice.
Why go? Perito Moreno is a terrific place to see
the barren yet stunning landscapes that exem-
plify Patagonia and the park is filled with inter-
esting fossils and Indian artifacts.
South America's Continental Divide traverses
the semi-circular park. A series of snow-capped
mountains run along its borders, almost sur-
rounding the eight interconnected lakes at its
center. Seven of the lakes drain into the Pacific,
while the eighth empties into the Atlantic. Due
to their differing depths and sizes and the stage
of erosion of the limestone in the mountains
