Fodor's Expert Review Monumento Natural Pichasca

Ovalle Cave

Heading along the Hurtado River in the spectacular Limari Valley, you come across this nature reserve covered with a forest of petrified tree trunks imprinted with dozens of leaf and animal fossils. Nearby is a cave beneath a stone overhang that housed indigenous peoples thousands of years ago, and where cave paintings by the Molle people are still visible. This archaeological site was also the discovery site of the Antarctosaurus dinosaur. 

Cave

Quick Facts

Ovalle, Coquimbo  1840000, Chile

9-8923--0010

www.conaf.cl/parques/monumento-natural-pichasca

Sight Details:
Rate Includes: 7400 pesos, Closed Mon., Tues., and Wed. in high season

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