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Buenos Aires Zoo

Palermo district of Buenos Aires is home to Buenos Aires Zoo that contains a large number of animals pertaining to different species. This zoo can be divided into several sections. There is the Farm of the Zoo or in Spanish La Granja Del Zoo where people can see some domestic animals which can al...

Palermo district of Buenos Aires is home to Buenos Aires Zoo that contains a large number of animals pertaining to different species. This zoo can be divided into several sections. There is the Farm of the Zoo or in Spanish La Granja Del Zoo where people can see some domestic animals which can also be seen on farms such as chickens, turkeys, rabbits, cows, ponies, donkeys, sheep, goats...

Aquarium part, of course, is a home to different fish species of which most famous are piranhas, sea bass, cat fish... Here visitors can attend seal show, of course, for an extra fee.

The third part is dedicated to reptiles and is called the Reptile house while the Tropical Rainforest section contains more plants and artificial waterfalls than animals. But this doesn´t mean there isn´t any animal in this section. There is an iguana which is really impressive near the exit of this section.

Big cats are somehow separated as they deserve special attention while other animals like pandas, elephants, hippos, llamas... can also be seen in the zoo. Animals like hippo have also water and people can see them from underwater.

Since camels are mostly seen in Africa they are housed in an area which resembles on Moroccan architecture while elephants are surrounded by an area that resembles to the ruins of a temple in India.

This is really beautiful and spacious zoo interesting both for children and adults.

The Inca´s Bridge

Because of the name of this site many people suppose that this is a bridge that the Inca tribe built. Well, it isn´t. This site is in fact still very important and it is a natural arch that goes from one bank to the other bank of the Vacas River. The site is located on 2 700 m above the sea...

Because of the name of this site many people suppose that this is a bridge that the Inca tribe built. Well, it isn´t. This site is in fact still very important and it is a natural arch that goes from one bank to the other bank of the Vacas River. The site is located on 2 700 m above the sea level. This natural bridge is of an impressive size. It is 48m long, 28 m wide, about 8 m thick and 27 m high.

Besides the actual arch there are also hot springs called Puente del Inca.

Since the site is located on a territory where there are cold winters with lots of snow and the hot springs going onto the surface that this mutual effect caused beautiful formations that can be seen here. One can also notice various colors due to the minerals.

There is also an old railway station which is now converted to a mountaineering museum called Museo del Andanista and that is opened during summer months.

It is also believed that the hot springs have a good effect on the people´s health, as it is the case with many hot springs.
During the colonial period this site was on the route to Chile.

There are several legends about the creation of the place which include stories about the Incas and this is from where the bridge got its name.