where are they and how are the protected areas of the country, and how much does the entrance cost

Next April the announced measure of revoke the mandatory for travel agencies to hire guides To visit the protected areas that are exploited tourist, a decision that brought controversy.

The president of National Parks, Cristian Larsen, said that the measure continued with “the regulatory deregulation and simplification in national parks, providing more freedom to tourists and companies. Now (…) the hiring of tourism guides in the parks will be optional for conventional activities and mandatory only for risk activities such as mountaineering or rafting“He said from Calafate, adding that the tourism providers sector is” regulated. “

Beyond the consequences of the measure, the truth is that throughout the year, in the plans of many of the travelers who move in Argentina, both Argentines and foreigners, National parks have a great presencefor its spectacular landscapes and its ecotourism and adventure activities.

Four of them were even declared a World Heritage for Unesco. They are the Iguazú National Park, in Misiones; Los Glaciares National Park, in Santa Cruz; the Talampaya National Park, in La Rioja; and Los Alerces National Park, in Chubut. To them are added other natural protected areas such as Peninsula Valdés, in Chubut, and the Ischigualasto Provincial Park (Valle de la Luna), in San Juan.

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Here we remind you of 11 parks in which income is charged (the rest has free access), and the implementation of the Flexipass promotional ratesthat invite the same park to visit several days: two days are paid and three can be accessed; or pay for three and a half days and you can access seven.

The great novelty then was the Incorporation of an annual passsomething unpublished in the history of this organism, in addition to a new category for those who are exempt from the entry payment.

The following are the 11 parks that charge entry and the rates of each of them for Argentine residents (there is a general rate paid by foreigners and another rate for residents of the province in which the park is located).

The novelty released last November was the incorporation of passes to encourage visits dand several days.

Then, Cristian Larsen said that with the new passes it was sought to promote “that people Visit the parks more times and stay for more timeeither. Thus, for the price of two days, three can remain; for the price of three and a half days, a whole week; And there is an unlimited annual pass for the price of five days. ”

The annual pass with unlimited tickets to all parks for twelve months costs $ 225,000 per person.

Children from 0 to 5 can enter all national parks for free, while from 6 years of age they pay the general adult rate.

Since last November, students access a differentiated rate of $ 7.000 for access to the Iguazú parks, the glaciers and Tierra del Fuego, and $ 5.000 For the rest of the parks that charge entrance.

“Students” are considered “people of any formal educational level, regardless of their place of residence and educational level,” according to the official national parks website.

In addition to those under 5, there are other people who have right to enter free to protected areas: