Puente del Inca

Puente del Inca is a small village in the Andes of Mendoza province at about 2700 m altitude. It is remarkable for a natural bridge crossing Río Las Cuevas made up of sinter coming from a hot spring nearby.

The bridge

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Train station

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Vegetation and flora near the bridge

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  shrubland dominated by Adesmia pinifolia
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  Acaena magellanica
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  Acaena pinnatifida
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  Acaena sericea
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  Adesmia echinus
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  Adesmia pinifolia
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  Baccharis juncea,
  on the margin of Río Las Cuevas
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  Berberis empetrifolia
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  Chuquiraga oppositifolia
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  Euphorbia collina
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  Phacelia secunda
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  Senecio eruciformis
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  Senecio polygaloides
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  Tropaeolum polyphyllum

Crafts

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