How to go to Martín García Island?
The exits to Martin Garcia are made Saturdays, Sundays and holidays at 9 a.m. from the Tigre River Station. The journey takes a little over two hours. Different ecosystems coexist on the island: the gallery forest, where the ceibo and the creole laurel abound, the dry forest with espinillos, cardones and lapachitos, and the coastal area where coronillos and reeds stand out.
What is on Martin Garcia Island?
It has a wide variety of animal species such as otters, capybaras, lizards, lizards, jararás, aquatic turtles and also with more than 200 types of birds. “Living among the wildest nature is a language that few know how to read. Here there is a significant amount of flora and fauna to appreciate and learn about”assured Facundo Baraldo Martineza student of the technical degree in organic vegetable production, who has been working there for ten years.
In that line, mabel latorre -local guide, expert in the elaboration of preserves and jams, and who for more than four years decided to return to the family land- said that “The island has magic and so much history and vegetation that catches you”. His preparations transcended the island limits and many tourists who return to the destination go in search of these delicacies.
Visitors who travel to Martín García Island are also attracted by the history, the mysteries and the personalities that passed through there. “One of the most surprising places is that of the leaning crosses on the graves in the cemeteryLatorre said.
As the guide explained, one of the theories about this provision is that they belong to cadets who died of yellow fever after applying a vaccine in poor condition at the beginning of the last century. During the cholera and yellow fever epidemics on the island, pesthouses where the sick carried out their isolation. She was also a health control post for ships with immigrants coming from Europe.
Another curious fact was the Belgian King Leopold II’s intention, who wanted to buy the island with the idea of expanding his power to other territories. While, in the old prison that functioned until the middle of the 20th century, four national presidents were detained: Hipólito Yrigoyen, Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, Juan Domingo Perón and Arturo Frondizi.
On the insular surface, the only land border between Argentina and Uruguay. At one end is Martin Garcia and, in the other, Timothy Dominguez, which belongs to the neighboring country. It turns out a union that occurred naturally in the 60’s.
Due to its unique characteristics, in 1998, Martín García Island was declared by the province of Buenos Aires as multiple use nature reserve.
Source: Ambito
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