• It is located at a height of 88 meters, in Estancia Cueva de las Manos, between the towns of Perito Moreno and Bajo Caracoles, Lago Buenos Aires department.
  • How to get to the Cave of the Hands. The Cueva de las Manos is often considered an intermediate stop and a prehistoric highlight on the legendary Route 40.
  • Although the Cueva de las Manos is the most important site, there are also comparable paintings in other caves and on rock faces in the gorge.
  • In conclusion, the Cueva de la Manos is the best-preserved and most spectacular rock art site I've visited to date.
  • Prehistoric Cueva de las Manos. The ledges and caves in the deep Pinturas River gorge display the imprints of indigenous hunters who lived over 9000 years ago.
  • Preserved in fabulous condition for over 9000 years, the rock art of Cueva de las Manos in Argentinian Patagonia is a sight to behold.
  • In 1964, professor of archeology Carlos Gradin conducted research here and made Cueva de las Manos famous all over the world.
  • Some of these people eventually arrived at Monte Verde, directly west over the spine of the Andes from Cuevas de las Manos 12,500 to 14,500 years ago.
  • Quite by accident, in 1941, a simply unique cave was discovered in Argentina, which was called Cueva de las Manos, which in translation sounds nothing more than.
  • The most famous of them are images of hands, hence the name: "Cueva de las Manos" - "Cave of Hands" in Spanish.