Talampaya

The Talampaya River cuts through an arid landscape of towering red walls and ravines east of the Andes. Its canyon holds traces of human occupation stretching back thousands of years, including rock engravings left by earlier inhabitants. The river valley also offered a route through the rugged country between the western ranges and the eastern slopes of Famatina. Rain and erosion have shaped the dramatic cliffs that rise above its dry bed.