Better known for the Valley of the Moonvineyard tours, the National Festival of the Sun, and its nature reserves, San Juan also offers other tourist attractions, less exploited, but no less important.
The Cuyo province is developing a little-known, but quite popular oneo. It is about the skydiving which attracts hundreds of national and international visitors captivated by the experience and the feeling of adrenaline that the activity generates.
What activities can I do in San Juan?
Anyone interested can go skydiving and there are no medical contraindications. The minimum age is 15 years and the maximum accepted weight is 96 kilograms, although each situation is assessed. To arrange a jump, it is necessary to make a reservation in advance. Before carrying it out, the instructor shows videos with instructions and points out some safety tips to keep in mind.
Skydiving: Pocito (San Juan Civil Aviation Center) Jáchal (Frontera Jáchal Aero Club)
Jump and enjoy the 35 second free fall sensation that just a jump from a plane at 3000 meters high It can give you 7-8 minutes of flight with the parachute open, plus 20 minutes of flight in a plane surrounded by an incomparable setting with the best landscape of the mountain range and vineyards. Are you up for it?
Baptism flights in paragliding accompanied by a certified instructor by the Argentine Federation of Free Flight. We walked 40 minutes up to take off at Cerro Tres Marías located in the Ullum Dam. The flight It lasts half an hour with spectacular views of the Zonda Valley, Ullum Dam, Las Tapias and Punta Negra Dam.
Other activities offered by Jáchal
The Provincial Festival of Tradition, During November, there are shows with local and national performers, crafts displays, sales of typical foods, etc. Also from San José de Jáchal you can start various walks, for example, to the old flour mills in the area.
Jáchal River Gorge: Spectacular canyon that rises 30 meters above the level of the Jáchal River, offers the most beautiful and impressive landscape for rafting and kayaking. The narrow passage combines with the unstoppable movement of the water to create abundant rapids and waterfalls.
How to get to Pocitos and Jáchal in San Juan
Pocitos and Jáchal are two departments in the province of San Juan. The first, located in the south-central part of the province, approximately in the center of the Cuyo region, in the central-western sector of the Tulúm Valley, approximately in central-western Argentina. Jáchal, for its part, is located in the north-central part of the province of San Juan, almost in the west-central part of Argentina.
These are accessed via National Route 40which crosses the country in a north-south direction, and as regards the east-west direction, it connects with the Barreal-Los Berros corridor (National Route 153), which is growing in importance, in addition to the Andean corridor and connectivity with the Pacific Ocean through the Uspallata corridor, via National Route 149.
Source: Ambito
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