Hualfín

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It is a town of Catamarca, Argentina, located 58 kilometres from the city of Belen and 113 kilometres from Santa Maria. The Hualfín River flows alongside it, which can have a good water flow or be almost dry depending on the time of the year.

It has some basic shops, lodgings and a fuel station. To get there, take the asphalted National Route 40, which leads to a fork in the road, from where you have to walk 1 kilometre, also paved, to get to the village.

It has a tourist information office, which houses an archaeological museum. Right next to it is the Nuestra Señora del Rosario Chapel, which dates back to 1770, making it the second oldest in the province. In front of it there is a hill with a virgin and two crosses on the top. If you go approximately one kilometre you will reach Pozo Verde, a place with a natural environment where there are remains of the original cultures that inhabited the place.

Undoubtedly a great attraction is the municipal thermal complex of the Quebrada de Hualfín, which is located in the outskirts of the city. To reach this place you take a fork in the road 40, from where you drive about 3.5 kilometres of partially gravel and asphalt to the hot springs (on the way you cross the Villa Vil River, which has footbridges). The complex is in the middle of reddish mountains and has cabins for accommodation, toilets and barbecues. There are 3 thermal pools (when I went there were 2 working) inside some rooms.