Ischigualasto National Park - Moon Valley
Overview
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12 hours
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Visit to the Ischigualasto Provincial park, world natural heritage and natural science museum. Is located in the northeast of the province of San Juan, 205 miles from its capital city.
Popularly known as the Moon Valley, this fascinating and strange place covers about 153 000 acres and, together with its neighbor, Talampaya in the province of La Rioja, it was declared Mankind’s Heritage.
Its importance resides in the scientific value of the paleontological findings made in the area: an almost complete sequence of the Triassic Period of the Mesozoic Era. To visit Ischigualasto means walking on the lands that dinosaurs inhabited 180-million years ago. The moon-like soil and strange geoforms sculpted by the water, sun and wind on the rocks over million of years, has turned this place into an otherworldly site.
Return by Nacional Route 150, taking a new route to Cuesta del Huaco. Return to San Juan in the afternoon.
Additional Info
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
A minimum of 02 people per booking is required
Cancellation Policy
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
What‘s Included
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Air-conditioned vehicle
Local Spanish guide
Food and drinks
Gratuities
Admissions to the Park
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup points
Nuevo Hotel San Francisco
Av. Espana 284 sur, San Juan Argentina
Del Bono Park Hotel Spa & Casino
Av Ignacio de la Roza Oeste 1946, San Juan Argentina
What To Expect
San Juan
We pick up all the travellers from hotels in centrally located hotels.
Parque Provincial Ischigualasto
Moon Valley in Argentina
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Ischigualasto National Park - Moon Valley
Pickup included
Reviews
43 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Wonderful place, very well preserved and prepared for tourism
danieliW3774UC,
Jul 14, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00excellent visit, in your own vehicle the guides take you along 42 km of incredible roads. We were lucky to have to take the guide, Luján, who made us enjoy the experience with enormous professionalism. It has all services, bathroom, bar, resting places, etc.
Very good!
OnAir128987,
Nov 19, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Stunning place, super exploited to tourism and everything perfectly organized. Carry water and sunscreen if or if Many foreigners, I think they miss a lot because the guide only speaks Spanish...
Advised
lisandroamavet,
Aug 1, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00very nice, clean and tidy, quite organized for the tourist. I like it. Recommended places to enjoy that have
Prices Valle de la luna...san juan capital and crossing to mendoza
FrequentFlier762322,
Feb 17, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
2.00The amount of entry seemed excessive to me...in February 2024 if you are Argentine $10 thousand per person. If you are a foreigner, $20,000 per person, just to take the tour. You have to do it in your own vehicle, approximately 3 hours and there are no gas stations nearby. There are few artisans and there is a business with coffee and food that is very expensive. They receive debit. If you go along the RN150 there are tunnels but there is not a kiosk nor a sign on the route to the capital. Bring water and ice. Dry rivers and dead cows on the way. In the capital there is a nice park (May) and around different museums...church...casa de sarmiento...history with earthquakes etc...most of them do not charge... When you go from San Juan to Mendoza there is health control $1250 you cannot enter with fruits
Excellent !
Mercedes F,
Dec 20, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Imposing landscape. Very good guide. There were only a few cars in the caravan and the explanation was well appreciated and photos were taken.
Safety pin
P7197TRlilianar,
Dec 7, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.003rd time there. The walk under the moonlight is not to be missed. All park staff excellent. I want to come back! Going to San Juan was the great excuse to visit it again!
It was a very good experience and the information about the landscape we were seeing was very interesting.
499marilir,
Oct 9, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00A different landscape on a tour of more than three hours with a very good guide at the car caravan stops. It's worth it! Also interesting is the museum that can be visited at the beginning or end of the excursion.
Unmissable, another wonder to know
EzeY163,
Aug 5, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Safety pin!!! incredible nature, the origin of humanity, history to see, it is advisable to book the guided car tours through the park and we did the walk-trekking to the salt river for almost 3 hours, it is quiet and worth it
Very disappointed with the overnight visit.
JuanCruzArgentina,
Apr 19, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
2.00I was for a month scheduling my visit to the valley with full Moon 4/4/23. The day came and with great emotion I was present. The excursion was very good in terms of seeing the topography of the place with the moonlight. However, the visit was quite limited. We did practically nothing. We saw a couple of formations, the guide was correct but very incomplete in terms of definitions. It seemed more like a mystical tour than anything else. In a moment we sat down to breathe. We never saw the bowls court or the characteristic Hammer as "you don't visit them on night visits" To highlight that this is the most expensive of all. I felt conned.
Staordianrio park
pierreboy,
Aug 30, 2022
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00One of the most fascinating parks you've ever visited. Both during the daytime visit (each with its own car, in a caravan, with 5 stops) and in the extraordinary one of the night full moon (to be booked, few places available), this magnificent park gives its best. Not to be missed, especially with the night visit.
From US$200.00
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