Aconcagua
Highest mountain in the Americas
A mountain of the Andes' Principal Cordillera, in Mendoza Province, Argentina. At 6,967.15 metres, it is the highest mountain anywhere outside Asia.
Photo: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Argentina: 10 places worth the journey
Aconcagua, Tierra del Fuego, Iguazu Falls and 7 more — what each one is, and why it is worth the detour.
- Places
- 10
- World Heritage
- 2
- Language
- Spanish
- Currency
- ARS
What to see in Argentina
Chosen from everything Wikidata knows about Argentina and ranked by how many Wikipedia language editions describe them, which is about as close to "famous" as open data gets. 2 are on UNESCO's World Heritage list.
Tierra del Fuego
Archipelago off the south of South America
An archipelago off the very southern tip of mainland South America, on the far side of the Strait of Magellan.
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0
Iguazu Falls
Waterfalls on the IguazĂş River on the border of Argentina and Brazil
Also spelled Iguaçu Falls, the waterfalls of the Iguazu River where Brazil's Paraná state meets Argentina's Misiones province. Together they form the world's largest system of waterfalls.
Photo: Mariordo (Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz), CC BY-SA 4.0
World Heritage
Cueva de las Manos
Cave with paintings in Santa Cruz, Argentina
A cave and group of rock art sites in Argentina's Santa Cruz province, lying 163 km (101 mi) to the south of Perito Moreno, a town. It takes its name from its hundreds of stencilled paintings of hands, layered in many collages on the rock walls.
Photo: Mariano, Public domain
World Heritage
Quebrada de Humahuaca
UNESCO World Heritage Site in Jujuy Province, Argentina
A narrow mountain valley in the province of Jujuy, northwest Argentina, 1,649 km (1,025 mi) north of Buenos Aires. About 155 km (96 mi) long and running north–south, it has the Altiplano on its west and north, the Sub-Andean hills on its east and warm valleys on its south.
Photo: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0
Ojos del Salado
Earth's highest volcano
Properly Nevado Ojos del Salado, a dormant complex volcano of the Andes on the border between Chile and Argentina. No volcano on Earth is higher, and it is Chile's highest peak.
Photo: Janne Corax, CC BY-SA 2.5
Monte Pissis
Mountain in Argentina
An extinct volcano straddling the line between Argentina's Catamarca and La Rioja provinces, 25 km (16 mi) east of the Chilean border and roughly 550 km (340 mi) north of Aconcagua. No volcano on Earth except one is taller, and only two mountains in the Western Hemisphere are higher.
Photo: John Biggar ( 2005biggar at en.wikipedia ), CC BY 3.0
Llullaillaco
Dormant stratovolcano in South America
A stratovolcano, now dormant, on the Chilean–Argentine frontier, inside Llullaillaco National Park. It rises from the Puna de Atacama, a high plateau of tall volcanic peaks beside the Atacama Desert, among the driest places on Earth.
Photo: uploaded by Salix with consent of the author : Jaime E. Jimenez, Laboratorio de EcologĂa, Universidad de Los Lagos.…, Attribution
Ischigualasto Provincial Park
Protected area in the San Juan Province, Argentina
Also called Valle de la Luna for its moon-like look, a protected area of San Juan Province, in its north-east, in Argentina's north-west, bordered on the north by Talampaya National Park in La Rioja Province. Both lie on the same geological formation, the Ischigualasto Formation.
Photo: user:idobi, CC BY-SA 3.0
Tupungato
Mountain in Argentina
One of the highest mountains of the Americas, a huge Andean lava dome from the Pleistocene. It stands on the Argentina–Chile border, between Mendoza province and Chile's Metropolitan Region, some 100 km (60 mi) from Aconcagua, which lies to its north and is the highest peak of the Southern and Western hemispheres.
Photo: WeHaKa, CC BY-SA 4.0
About Argentina
Officially the Argentine Republic, a country in the far south of South America. Covering 2,780,085 km² (1,073,397 mi²), it is second in size in South America after Brazil, fourth in the Americas and eighth in the world. It shares most of the Southern Cone with Chile, to its west; its other borders are with Paraguay and Bolivia to the north and Brazil to the northeast, with Uruguay and the South Atlantic to the east, and with the Drake Passage to the south.
Officially The Argentine Republic.
Based on the Wikipedia article, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0: the facts are Wikipedia's, the wording is this site's.
Questions travellers ask
What is worth seeing in Argentina?
This guide lists 10: Aconcagua, Tierra del Fuego, Iguazu Falls and Cueva de las Manos and others. Cueva de las Manos and Quebrada de Humahuaca are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
How were these places chosen?
By machine, from open data, with no human ranking them and nobody able to pay for a place on the list. Everything Wikidata records in Argentina that is a building, a landform, a protected area or a tourist attraction, has coordinates, a photograph and an English Wikipedia article, is ranked by how many Wikipedia language editions wrote about it. Provinces, cities, airports, stations and stretches of sea shared with the neighbours are filtered out.
Which places here are UNESCO World Heritage Sites?
2 of the 10 in this guide: Cueva de las Manos and Quebrada de Humahuaca. That is not the full count for Argentina, only the listed sites that made this guide.
What language is spoken in Argentina, and what currency?
Spanish. The currency is ARS.
How do I get mobile data in Argentina?
A travel eSIM is usually the cheapest way, and avoids a roaming bill. The plans suggested at the foot of this guide start at $3.22 for 1GB per day. The eSIM is data-only and sits alongside your normal SIM, so calls, texts and WhatsApp keep working on your own number.
Which networks would my phone use in Argentina?
Movistar and Claro. Your phone picks whichever has the best signal where you are, the same way a local phone does.
One practical note: staying online
Maps, tickets and translation all want data, and roaming is the expensive way to get it. A Computatus eSIM eSIM connects to Movistar and Claro once you land, and installs by QR code before you leave.
See 10 Computatus eSIM plans for Argentina from $3.22
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No app needed. Install by QR code before you fly, keep your own number for calls, and it connects the moment you land.
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