Es un pequeño y hermoso valle en el cual puedes encontrar muchos petroglifos y pictografías. muy antigua de la cultura Molle. aunque esta señalizados muy pobremente, se pueden encontrar. El punto negativo es que falta información en el lugar. a pesar que entregan un mapa fotocopiado al ingreso algo pobre. igual en el lugar hay sitios de camping, para pasar una tarde en familia.
Liked the fact that like so many tourist spots in Chile that are off the beaten track there were few other people. Unspoilt nature with petroglyphs and rock carvings of the ancienct Molle civilization. A great detour on the way to Ovalle and before or after a visit to the Tabali winery if you so wish.
On a side trip through the valleys that line the Chilean coast, our guide took us through the Valle del Encanto, a flower-lined arid valley littered with the petroglyphs and geoglyphs of the long-disappeared Diaguita and Molle people who inhabited northern Chile before the Inca conquest in the 1490s and subsequent Spanish colonization a few decades later. Don't expect a large scale attraction...just revel in the fascinating array of pre-columbian art in a valley held sacred by the native peoples.
No es un paseo corto ya que queda fuera de Ovalle. Vale la pena si se puede coordinar con una visita a la viña Tabalí.Imperdible para los amantes de las culturas originarias.
Vale cada km rodado! Fica ha 1:30h de La Serena e é um lugar mágico. Seja pela energía, pelo silencio ou pelas dezenas de pinturas e gravuras nas pedras. Falta um pouco de sinalizacao na saída de Ovalle!
There are three main areas, stretching around a kilometre along the bottom of a valley that has plentiful bird life and numerous small rodents (chinchillas?) running around among the varied vegetation – cacti and aromatic bushes, with some larger trees where the stream ran through the valley bottom. The rock carvings themselves were a little underwhelming; many were hard so see in the sunlight, and lacked the wow factor that I had perhaps hoped for. Maybe I was hoping for obviously spaceship-like carvings in the fashion of Erich von Daniken. Nonetheless there were a large number, as well as a lesser number of painted ones (again very indistinct). The area beyond the picnic area at the Western end is possibly the best, with one rock in particular covered with several primitive stick figure carvings and lusher vegetation including willow.It's easy to reach by car from Ovalle - just take the main road towards the coast and Santiago (which is not signed, of course in Ovalle itself), and after a few kilometres turn left onto an unmade road following the signpost. Although you can park at the barrier, most people seem to take their cars into the valley proper - in June (winter) it was very quiet and peaceful.
Children ages 6 and 9. We went with a guide and it was a great experience. It was a site you could really explore and imagine life 3000 years ago. Not a formal site. Easy for all ages. Some walking.
We drive there from La Serena passing uninteresting town Ovalle. After long drive we arrive the small canyon with few petroglyphs. It was not so interestinh for us. There are several picnic tables but no water stream.
We were based in beautiful old colonial town of La Serena, and used local tour operator Encanto Chile to show us the hidden gems all around this area. Lots of outdoor stuff, but blue skies every day. We visited old gold mines beyond the Elqui Valley at Andacollo, where there is a massive Church built almost entirely of wood, even the pillars. We took a trip into the Andes - high, remote and beautiful. In the Limari Valley we did a wine tour and then a visit to the valle Encanto to see ancient petroglyphs. Highlight was trip out to Islas Damas - offshore wildlife reserve - a sort of mini Galapagos. Every evening we ate out in one of the many excellent fish restaurants strung out along the miles of beach in and around La Serena. We've done a lot of the main tourist trails in Chile, but this area is worth a try for something completely different