Departing East from El Calafate, we turn left at \u201chighway\u201d 40 and drive North. We travel mostly trough open steppe with magnificent views of the lake Argentino, cross mighty Santa Cruz river, coast along the valley of La Leona river and panoramic sight of the mount Fitz Roy. We reach La Leona hotel (historical landmark) and stay for 15 minutes.<\/p>\n
Continue west for other 10 km along the southern shoreof lake Viedma until we get to Los Hornos hill. Near the top stars a large depression formed by water erosion where most of the fossils can be found.Here our walk starts trough a loose, dry and claylike soil almost saturated with petrified wood that \u201csprouts\u201d from the soil. Wind and water erosion takes place at a very fastrate, so every season we encounter new surprises.<\/p>\n
We get to see tree trunks in diameters that range from 0.50 to 1,20 meters, heaps of fossilized<\/p>\n
After 3 hours of walking about (including the time for lunch) we return to El Calafate the same way with stopover of 15 minutes at Hotel La Leona.<\/p>\n
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