{"id":1613,"date":"2011-08-29T13:55:48","date_gmt":"2011-08-29T16:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/?p=1613"},"modified":"2021-04-28T20:10:21","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T23:10:21","slug":"ruta-40-rio-senguer-rio-mayo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/route-40-rio-senguer-rio-mayo\/","title":{"rendered":"Route 40: From Alto R\u00edo Senguer to R\u00edo Mayo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing along this solitary stretch of Route 40 we begin to be able to see guanacos (large mammals similar to llamas) and \u00f1and\u00faes (large birds similar to ostriches) grazing in the distance. There are only 3 km of asphalt on this stretch of road, the other 85 km are gravel. A little before arriving at R\u00edo de Mayo the plateau turns into stunning cliffs about 100 meters in height, allowing for beautiful views of the river.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Guanacos\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/images\/ruta40_guanacada.jpg\" alt=\"Guanacos\" width=\"240\" height=\"170\" \/>R\u00edo Mayo is a cattle ranching center<\/strong>\u00a0with about 2,500 inhabitants. It also\u00a0<strong>offers a complete array of services as it lies at a road junction.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During November R\u00edo Mayo hosts the national Sheep-Sheering contest, which is the most competitive in Patagonia. It has strict rules that not only take into account the duration and quality of the work (whether or not the fleece is broken) but also the treatment of the animal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is also one of the towns in the Province of Chabut that has a pilot program of harnessing the powers of the winds to generate energy.\u00a0<\/strong>You can visit the windmill park if you wish. Also, from R\u00edo Mayo you can reach Chile via Paso Huemules, without crossing through mountains.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing along this solitary stretch of Route 40 we begin to be able to see guanacos (large mammals similar to llamas) and \u00f1and\u00faes (large birds similar to ostriches) grazing in the distance. There are only 3 km of asphalt on this stretch of road, the other 85 km are gravel. A little before arriving at&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/route-40-rio-senguer-rio-mayo\/\">Read on<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[61,119,117],"class_list":{"0":"post-1613","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-patagonia-hoy","8":"tag-ruta-40","9":"tag-rutas-de-la-patagonia","10":"tag-rutas-y-rincones-para-conocer"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1613"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9740,"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1613\/revisions\/9740"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}