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  A few kilometers from the city, San Juan’s nature spreads out its magnificence.
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RECOMMENDED TRAVEL AGENCIES  
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  TURISMO MERCEDARIO  (Leg. 12399)  
    Entre Ríos 316 Sur - Capital - San Juan - Tel. 0264 4203777
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  Fauna Park  
 
Only few meters before reaching Ullum dam Reservoir, we come across with this excellent alternative to enjoy San Juan’s sunshine. This time, we can contemplate in profound admiration the region’s indigenous fauna. The park also offers a wide spectrum of entertainment for children.
 
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  Ullum Reservoir  
 
This place is perfect for water sports like rafting, boating, wind-surfing, water-skiing, and fishing. In summer, it is one of the first choices young people make to go and relax at some of the many resorts by the lake. Ullum is just the place for making new friends and improving your social life.
 
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  Zonda Ravine  
 

This amazing conjunction of hills and valleys was transformed into a provincial park in 1932 by the governor of the time Federico Cantoni and it was first called “Bernardino Rivadavia Park” but later changed to Federico Cantoni to honor its creator. In the core of the ravine, we find tourist attractions such as Poets’ Garden, Eduardo Copello Auto-racing Track and Einstein‘s Geographic Museum which is built inside a tunnel in the mountain and which exhibits over 9,500 archaeological and geological pieces. Towards the final section of the park, we get to the Historical Place where Sarmiento, proscribed by Rosas in 1840 and on his way to exile in Chile, wrote with coal in French on a piece of rock “ideas can’t be killed”.

 
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  Poets’ Garden  
 
This is the gateway to Federico Cantoni Park. The provincial emblem has been thoroughly set up by using plants, foliage, stones and flowers. This incredible sight can be appreciated in all its splendor from a 360-stepped rock ladder at a height of 70 meters. On the ground, the statues of the most renowned Argentinean writers line up all along the emblem and they are the reason why this attraction is called Poets’ Garden
 
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  El Zonda Auto-racing Track  
 
Following the entrance route to Federico Cantoni Park to the north we find El Zonda Auto-racing Track, which was renamed “Eduardo Copello” as a homage to this Sanjuanino race-car driver. The track is 3,230 meters long and it is the place where important competitions, both on a provincial and national level, take place. The racing circuit is considered to be the toughest most stunning one in the country. Being assembled among hills makes it unique in South America and challenges the most skilled drivers. The track was designed by the engineer Hugo Montes Romani in Zonda Ravine. This gorge also takes the name “The Roaring Ravine” making allusion to the sound car engines make during competitions.
 
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  Cavas de Zonda  
  In the year 1928, a flock of immigrants from Yugoslavia carried out a gigantic project in the hills of Zonda Ravine in San Juan. With big effort, relentless determination and a great deal of courage, these 2, 500 men mined the area and dug tunnels in seven levels above this peculiar geography. One of the caves is where Zonda Caves Champagne Winery is located. This is the only wine cellar in South America whose ceiling is actually the mountain itself. The temperature inside the cave is between 16ºC and 18ºC all through the year.
 
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RECOMMENDED TRAVEL AGENCIES  
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  TURISMO MERCEDARIO  (Leg. 12399)  
    Entre Ríos 316 Sur - Capital - San Juan - Tel. 0264 4203777
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