Malargüe City

Malargüe is a young city, head of a young department, and in truly growth and progress. It is an ideal complement that offers all the services tourists need in the middle of the impressive landscapes in which nature blesses the department. Some tourist landmarks worthy to visit in the city surroundings are: Malal-hue Fort (12km from the city), Malargüe regional museum (north of the city), Thesaurus exhibitions center (north downtown), La orteguina establishment (few km to the north), Pierre Auger international astronomic project (just steps from downtown).

Llancanello FaunisticReserve

It is a protected site as a reserve, part of a small group with similar characteristics in the world. Technically it is a humid reservoir in an extremely arid area, in which several species of birds fly into every year worldwide. The area includes a delicate ecosystem in which the human action must be extremely controlled in order not to harm it, for that reason hunting and fishing are prohibited.

La Payunia Full Reserve

It is the greatest reserve of the Mendoza province. It concentrates one of the greater volcano concentrations in the world, all of them with no activity at the moment Great lava mantles cover the territory which gives to the landscape an impressive aspect for those who visits it. The zone counts on a truly faunistic wealth and flora worthy to be protected, thats the reason of all the projects to extend and to equip with greater protection this reserve. New conservation systems and rational and sustainable operations of the guanaco population are standing out at the present.

High mountain Circuit

taking provincial route 222 travellers will accede to this wonderful circuit. Los Molles and Las Leñas invite the traveller to make a pause in the route and to enjoy their multiple comfortable tourist services. Or, in addition, it is well-known the quality of the services in Las Leñas resort in either winter or summer season. Few km to the west, we get ourselves into the Valle Hermoso valley, in the heart of the Andes Mountain range, zone of magnificent beauty that counts on a rich fish fauna, a place to go camping, and a small restaurant.