subject: Trekking Fan? Come and Stay at the Executive Hotel and Get to Know the Best Trekking Locations of South America [print this page] Trekking Fan? Come and Stay at the Executive Hotel and Get to Know the Best Trekking Locations of South America
Just 37 kilometers away from the city of Mendoza, the Atuel Canyon lies. Here, most adventure sports can be practiced. Atuel Canyon is in the Valle Grande, in San Rafael Department. So, Mendoza offers a unique blend for those who love adventure, but at the same time want to be lodged in a luxury hotel, like the Executive Hotel, in Mendoza city.
Surrounded by mountain formations that hides its magnificence, the Rio Atuel runs with blue and green flashes. Tourists will find all kind of services in the surrounding areas: hotels, cottages, holiday homes and camping sites make this place an earthly paradise for visitors.
A tour to the Canyon constitutes a great way to appreciate the amazing patterns that the weather have carved after eons. They are known with curious names: the Wax Museum, President Rivadavia's armchair, The Lizard, The Old, The Monsters, the Enchanted City, The Beggar, The Hanging Gardens, The Monks, are a few of the most incredible works of nature.
Idyllic destination for appreciating the serenity that gives the environment, it is also ideal for sports and adventure fans. Tough elevations go into the rapid river, and natural tall gullies are the perfect place to admire the scenary in all its dimensions. By all means, it will be an unforgettable and thrilling tour for those who are privileged to visit it. This rural setting is ideal for the practice of adventure activities, being the Pentathlon the most tough competition, in which athletes must compete practicing windsurf, jet enduro, kayaking, biking, hiking and rafting on the river Atuel.
Downriver, the Valle Grande Dam and Reservoir Nihuil are most definitely worth a tour, if fishing and nautical sports are the passion of the visitants. In the span concentrated among the reservoirs of Valle Grande and El Nihuil dams have been built to regulate water course and are used in the generation of electricity. A high percentage of this electricity is transmitted to the Province of Mendoza and a percentage is linked to the National Electricity Network in Argentina. Nihuil dyke has created an artificial lake, surrounded by pretty and steep rocky walls that can be watched from the wall of 115 m height. You should take advantage if you have the opportunity to visit this site, while staying at the Executive Hotel. Simply ask their dedicated staff, and they will be ready to make all the arrangements.
