Departamento Las Heras Essentials

Departamento Las Heras encompasses the highest peaks of the Andes, including the 6,961-meter Mount Aconcagua. The region features the natural sulfur-encrusted arch of Puente del Inca and the turquoise reservoir of Potrerillos Dam. Historically significant as the staging ground for General San Martín’s liberation campaign, it preserves 18th-century adobe vaults at Uspallata and ancient Inca road ruins at Tambillitos. The high-altitude border crossing at Christ the Redeemer marks the boundary between Argentina and Chile.

Inca Natural Bridge

Puente del Inca is a natural arch that forms a bridge over the Las Cuevas River, a tributary of the Mendoza River.

Aconcagua Provincial Park

Aconcagua Provincial Park is a Provincial Park located in the Mendoza Province in Argentina.

Potrerillos Dam

Potrerillos Dam is located on the Mendoza River, in Argentina's Potrerillos Valley.

Christ the Redeemer of the Andes

Christ the Redeemer of the Andes is a monument high in the Principal Cordillera of the Andes at 3,832 metres above mean sea level on the…

Uspallata Pass

The Uspallata Pass, Bermejo Pass or Cumbre Pass, is an Andean pass which provides a route between the wine-growing region around the…

Aconcagua Mount viewpoint

An accessible lookout within Aconcagua Provincial Park providing views of the mountain's south face and the Horcones glacier.

Museo Histórico de Las Bóvedas

18th-century U-shaped adobe vaults in Uspallata originally built for mineral processing and used as a military depot by the Army of the Andes.

Cerro siete colores

A geological formation near Uspallata featuring distinct layers of sedimentary rock colored by various mineral deposits.

Capilla Historica El Plumerillo

Historic chapel located at the site where General San Martín trained his troops for the 1817 crossing of the Andes.

Ruinas Inca (Tambillitos)

Archaeological remains of a 'tambo' or roadside station along the Qhapaq Ñan Inca trail, used for storage and shelter.