2018-01-12 Day 253 Fri

A dirt road into Malargue. Finally a supermarket so did a shop keeping in mind our Chile crossing in 8 days, no fresh fruit veges or meat allowed into Chile. Parked at the back of town by a water canal and in some shade. Good internet connection so caught up on emails. Tried to find somewhere to buy more data but most places were closed. They have a long siesta here. Finally found a little then headed out of town.
We were going to do a loop in towards the Andes but a yellow road turning to white and already we are feeling the pinch of a dead line.
We headed for the witches caves. The main road was sealed and fast with traffic. When we finally reached the caves around 18:30 we were informed that the last tour was at 6 and we’d have to wait till tomorrow. Can only camp there in car park no where else in park. This time this was made very clear. However did we have a booking? No then we needed to phone a number for a booking and sorry no reception here. All this in Spanish…….. Challenging.
So we left.

Found a nice little camp outside the park on the river.