Almost immediately after my arrival in the province of Catamarca, I started planning my itinerary as to what things I could do there during my stay. The great thing about being in a totally new province is that there are so many things to discover, and I was looking forward to it. Before my visit, I knew almost nothing about the city of San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca where I was staying, but it didn't take me long to find out what there was to do in the surrounding area. This city has a lot of museums to visit, and one of them and the most beautiful one I visited was the Quebrada's Lost Village 😃.
Casi inmediatamente después de mi llegada a la provincia de Catamarca, empecé a planificar mi itinerario sobre qué cosas podría hacer ahí durante mi estadía. Lo bueno de estar en un provincia totalmente nueva es que hay muchas cosas para descubrir, y yo tenía muchas ganas de hacerlo. Antes de mi visita, no sabía casi nada sobre la ciudad de San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca en donde estuve hospedada, pero no tardé mucho en interiorizarme sobre las actividades para hacer en los alrededores. Esta ciudad cuenta con gran cantidad de museos para ir a conocer, y uno de ellos y el más lindo que visité fue el del Pueblo Perdido de la Quebrada 😃.
Although I had read comments that tourism in this province is not so well exploited, when I arrived in the capital I found a much better picture than I expected. Being right in the centre, there were several bus lines that took you to different parts of the city, each with something interesting to see. This was very useful for me, as I don't have my own transport but I really wanted to be everywhere. To visit the museum I wanted to visit, I had to take a bus that dropped me right at the door, but I arrived an hour before the guided tour, which forced me to have an impromptu lunch by the river 😃.
A pesar de que había leído comentarios de que el turismo en esta provincia no está tan explotado, cuando llegué a la capital me encontré un panorama mucho mejor del que esperaba. Al estar en pleno centro, habían varias líneas de colectivos que te llevaban a distintos extremos de la ciudad, cada uno con algo interesante para ver. Esto fue muy útil para mí, que no tengo transporte propio pero sí muchas ganas de estar para todos lados. Para visitar el museo que quería, tuve que tomarme un colectivo que me dejó justo en la puerta, pero llegué una hora antes de la visita guiada, lo que me obligó a tener un almuerzo improvisado al lado del río 😃.
By the time it was time, I was finally able to enter the museum and walk around a bit before the guide gave the tour. This activity was free and included a tour inside the museum and then a short trek to the interesting part of this place. It was an ancient settlement of the original peoples, and before starting the walk there was an interpretative display of what these ancient civilisations were like. I love these recreations about life in those days, it is very interesting to know how they managed back then 😃.
Para cuando se hizo la hora, finalmente pude entrar al museo y recorrer un poco antes de que la guía diera el tour. Esta actividad era gratis e incluía un recorrido por el interior del museo y luego un pequeño trekking hasta la parte interesante de este lugar. Se trataba de un antiguo asentamiento de los pueblos originarios, y antes de empezar la caminata había una muestra interpretativa de cómo eran estas antiguas civilizaciones. Me encantan estas recreaciones sobre la vida por esos días, es muy interesante saber cómo se manejaban en ese entonces 😃.
Once outside, there was a path with a drop of about 50 metres on a mountain road. It wasn't that steep, but it was still a bit tiring because of the dryness of this province. At the end of this road, you could find a plain with a lot of archaeological remains. This place used to be a settlement and the guide explained to us the hierarchical organisation of these villages and how they organised the houses as the population increased 😃.
Una vez afuera, había un camino con un desnivel de unos 50 metros en un camino de montaña. No era tanto, pero igualmente cansaba un poco por lo seca que es esta provincia. Al final de este camino, se podía encontrar una planicie con un montón de restos arqueológicos. Este lugar solía ser un asentamiento y la guía nos explicaba como era la organización jerárquica de estos pueblos y como fueron organizando las casas a medida que iba aumentando la población 😃.
The guide told us that ancient civilisations looked for places like this, high and with a good view of the whole valley in order to be on the alert for possible invasions. It was incredible to think how they managed to build all that up there, because those stones were the same ones that were on the banks of the river. It probably took many years to build all that, and it was good that they have preserved it now 😃.
La guía nos contaba que las antiguas civilizaciones buscaban lugares como estos, altos y con buena vista a todo el valle para poder estar alerta de las posibles invasiones. Era increíble pensar en cómo ellos hicieron para construir todo eso ahí arriba, porque esas piedras eran las mismas que estaban a la orilla del río. Seguramente tomó muchos años construir todo eso, y fue bueno que lo hayan preservado ahora ahora 😃.
The guide also told us that this place became a museum only a year ago, because it used to be a free access area. In order to preserve it, they decided to close the place and regulate its entrance. This seems to me to be a good reason to preserve the good condition of these ruins so that many more people can enjoy them over time 😃.
La guía también nos contó que este lugar se convirtió en museo hace apenas un año, porque antes era una zona de libre acceso. Con el objetivo de preservarlo, decidieron cerrar el lugar y regular su entrada. Esto me parece un buen motivo para conservar las buenas condiciones de estas ruinas y que mucha más gente pueda disfrutar de ellas a través del tiempo 😃.
I really enjoyed this first visit to get to know the surroundings of the province. This place was a good plan for a half-day excursion, to get to know a bit of history and to see a bit of the mountains up close. I was surprised that for this activity you don't have to pay any ticket, which in my opinion, means that the province of Catamarca is investing in developing its tourism. There is still a lot of work to be done on spreading the word about the interesting things to do in these places, but at least they are starting to spread the word at least a little bit more 😃.
Me gustó mucho esta primera visita conociendo los alrededores de la provincia. Este lugar fue un buen plan para una excursión de medio día, para conocer un poco la historia y para ver un poco de montañas más de cerca. Me sorprendió que para esta actividad no haya que pagar ningún ticket, lo que en mi opinión, significa que la provincia de Catamarca sí que está invirtiendo en desarrollar su turismo. Aún queda mucho trabajo que hacer sobre difusión de las cosas interesantes que hay para hacer en estos lugares, pero por lo menos ya están empezando a divulgarlo al menos un poco más 😃.
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Very beautiful, hopefully it will be a pleasant trip, with the plan ❤️
Yes, it was a nice walk!
Tus posts son casi un reportaje periodístico gráfico, como este que nos ofreces hoy. Es una zona de algún modo desértica; su vegetación xerófila así lo muestra. Es una disposición loable de parte de los organismos oficiales salvaguardar estos espacios y su memoria atávica. Saludos, @lauramica.
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Are those plants called cactus? They look like one though just the bigger version
Yessss, all of they are cactus !
It's great when you're in a place and you can access tourist sites just by taking buses, which is much less expensive.
I'm glad you arrived before the museum opened and were able to see this natural river and take advantage of the time to eat something
It's wonderful that you went up to the colony where the native peoples made their settlements; I love that the guides included indigenous topics in their itinerary and showed them their settlements
It's incredible that the museum is only one year old, and it's great that they did it to preserve the history of the place
Beautiful photographs, dear friend @lauramica, another province that I would love to visit
Yes, I think that as I still don't have my own car it is best to be in a central place like this where you can go for a walk to several places from there :) Everything was very beautiful 😃.
Con esos enormes cactus, este parece un escenario de las películas del viejo oeste jejeje.
Jajajaja siiii, eran enormes 😅
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