Bajo de Véliz Provincial Park

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It is a protected area in San Luis, with a depression where you can see a valley crossed by the Cautana Stream. It is a paleontological site where stones were found with remains of flora and insects from the Paleozoic, among which the fossil of a giant spider was found. On the other hand, there are mortars from the Comechingones culture, and a specimen of guayacán tree that is 300 years old and unique in the province.

To get there, it is 24 kilometres from Santa Rosa del Conlara. From this locality, take the Provincial Route 5 towards Los Duraznitos (in the opposite direction to Merlo) for 8 km, where another road comes out to the left and after 16 km you will reach Bajo de Véliz.

At the entrance to the protected area, there are guides that explain and take you to see its different attractions. The road that takes you there also crosses part of the park and runs parallel to the Cautana Stream, where there are several picnic sites.

The place is excellent for the observation of the typical fauna of the dry Chaco ecoregion. For example, among the birds you can see species such as the greater wagtail-tyrant (Stigmatura budytoides), black-bodied woodpecker (Hylatomus schulzii) and cinereous black-tyrant (Knipolegus striaticeps).