Paddling near Arauco, La Rioja
Arauco sits in La Rioja province, a largely arid Andean region of northwestern Argentina.
The nearest paddleable waters are the Río de los Sauces and, farther out, the Río de Huaco and the Dique de Chañarmuyo reservoir — a mix of mountain river and still-water paddling typical of the sierras of La Rioja.
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