historic highway
Ruta 40
Argentina's legendary Route 40 runs over 5,000 kilometers along the Andes from Patagonia to the Bolivian border.
34 km · about 40 min drive
Rio Negro, Argentina · South America
El Bolsón sits on the route: 20 minutes from El Hoyo, 34km from Ruta 40.
El Bolsón is a town located in Rio Negro, Argentina. With a population of 15,537, it is an important destination in South America.
On a road trip, El Bolsón sits in Argentina, where you drive on the right. It's in the America/Argentina/Salta time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add El Bolsón to your route.
El Bolsón is a town in the southwest of Río Negro Province, Argentina, at the foot of the Piltriquitron Mountain. Due to a series of valleys through the mountains of the Andes to the Pacific Ocean, El Bolsón has an unusually mild climate for its southern location.
El Bolsón area's first non-indigenous inhabitants wereRead more
Chilean farmers Lucas Cárdenas and Elcira Estrada, a couple who came in 1885 from San Pablo, near Osorno, and established themselves in the then known as "Valle Nuevo" (New Valley); in 2018, El Bolsón inaugurated the new Public Clock Square after the couple's names. In the 1970s, hippies from Buenos Aires migrated to El Bolsón; some of them practised horticulture and made handcrafts.
El Bolsón has a tourism economy based on an outdoor artisan market, fly fishing, trekking, rafting, climbing, and other outdoor activities in the surrounding lakes and mountains. The nature tourism offers are complemented with the production of cheeses, smoked trout, special brew beer, regional chocolates and ice cream, as well as organic and wild-crafted jams and preserves, particularly elderberries.
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El Bolsón is located in Rio Negro, Argentina, South America. The coordinates are -41.9605 latitude, -71.5334 longitude.
El Bolsón has a population of approximately 15,537 people, making it a town in Argentina.
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historic highway
Argentina's legendary Route 40 runs over 5,000 kilometers along the Andes from Patagonia to the Bolivian border.
34 km · about 40 min drive
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