Journey to Ischigualasto: Discovering the Valley of the Moon

Overview

Available languages

English

Spanish

13 hours

Mobile ticket

You cannot miss the visit to the Ischigualasto Park "Valle De La Luna", a unique destination and outside the conventional itineraries, which surprises with its formations and unusual soil characteristics. The astonishment for the place and the richness that it contains for the study of the archaeological and paleontological sites of the area caused that UNESCO declared World Heritage Site. Its geoforms of curious forms (The Submarine, The Mushroom, the Bocce Court) and the remains of the oldest dinosaur are some of the attractions of this site, which is also known as "Valle de la Luna".

Additional Info

Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Entrance Park Fee not included.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What‘s Included

Professional guide

Full Day Experience

Air-conditioned vehicle

Hotel pickup and drop-off (centrally located hotels only)

National entrance fee

Gratuities

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Nuevo Hotel San Francisco

Av. Espana 284 sur, San Juan Argentina

Aire Andino Aparthotel

Hotel Sargento Cabral 701 Oeste, San Juan Argentina

Pueblo Viejo - Apart Hotel

Juan Jufre Este 16 San Juan Argentina

Del Bono Park Hotel Spa & Casino

Av Ignacio de la Roza Oeste 1946, San Juan Argentina

Hotel Plaza San Juan

Domingo Faustino Sarmiento 344 Sur, Between Santa Fe Street and Mitre, two blocks from the main square of the city. San Juan Argentina

Alkazar Hotel

Laprida 82, este, San Juan Argentina

Alhambra Inn Hotel

General Acha Sur 180 San Juan Argentina

What To Expect

Province of San Juan

We will leave from the selected hotels in San Juan from 7 Hrs, and we will travel on National Tourist Route 150 to reach the Ischigualasto Park, or "Valley of the Moon".

4 hours • Admission Not Applicable

Parque Provincial Ischigualasto

The circuit covers about 40 km and has 5 stations, where the most important geoforms are visited, receiving the explanation and interpretation of them by the guides, whose assistance is essential to interpret the signs that nature has left here over more than two hundred million years. The stations are: The Worm (El Gusano), The Painted Valley (Valle Pintado), The Bowls Court (Cancha de Bochas), The Sphinx (La Esfinge), The Submarine (El Submarino) and The Mushroom (El Hongo)

4 hours • Admission Not Included

Options

Full Day Experience in English

Departure from 7am
Pickup included

Full Day Experience in Spanish

Departure from 7am
Pickup included

Reviews

4.77

26 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

Recommendation
daniestudio2000,
Oct 14, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
It is a fascinating journey that takes us to the 7 stages of the Triassic unique place in the world.
Wonderful.
I3766BDsandrac,
Sep 3, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
The experience is wonderful. It's very interesting. Unique place in the world. Guides explain how much detail this place was formed millions of years ago
Trip to the Valley of the Moon
mabyg2018,
Aug 14, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00
Beautiful landscape .excellent the guide.it travels by caravan at times stipulated by the park.recommend 15 hs in winter..17 hs in summer to enjoy the sunset
Excellent car tour
RobertoP136,
Sep 7, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Excellent circuit to visit and the prices to enter are “Chordes” and worth visiting is something wonderful and incredible, equal to the lunar landscape as the name suggests
Valley of the Moon
PamelaL2279,
Jul 1, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Beautiful scenery and Wonderful Place!! Extensive, very diverse colors and fauna. The entry seemed reasonable regarding Parque Talampaya, June 2024 we paid $25,000 in total. Super recommended! The visit is long, in vehicles, so people with low mobility can do it, at the end of the tour there is a cafeteria. Best time to visit we were recommended in September.
Incredible Talampaya
mariagiselam2024,
Apr 25, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Beautiful for Where do I know it? Look!!! The beautiful complex and the incredible excursions!!! We did talampaya vañon and teecking on balconies!!!! Beautiful
Safety pin!!
372irmal,
Apr 13, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Safety pin!!! Beautiful place!! A very nice experience. Beautiful tour, a guide explains very well on each descent. General admission 10,000. Retirees 3,000. There is a restaurant "Los Rastros" where you can have a drink or lunch at affordable prices. Bathrooms in the restaurant or outside, very clean. There are stalls with crafts for sale.
Visit to the provincial park
jorynicoa,
Mar 26, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Excellent 4-hour excursion visiting all the figures in the park, just keep in mind that you have to go by car because it is done only by car in a caravan with the guides and you visit the most notable points of the park… beautiful unique place
Obligatory and typical stop in San Juan
Q1811FLdanielap,
Oct 6, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Needless to say, if you visit San Juan you have to stop by and see what they taught us in school as kids. The road to Ischigualasto can be done perfectly alone, until you reach the entrance where you currently pay (October 2023 $3,500 per person) and wait for the caravan of cars to leave. They leave approximately every hour. If you have to wait or at the end of the tour, you can visit the museum, which is free, and use the bathrooms. Quite the opposite of what happens on the Talampaya side (which I am going to detail in that topic)
A place we should all go at some point in our lives.
GoPlaces54712761781,
Aug 29, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
An incredible place, a wonder of humanity. Where the oldest dinosaur in the world was found and where we can find evidence of evolution on earth in a few kilometers.