Calingasta – Villa Nueva – Iglesia
An alternative and more direct route from Calingasta to Iglesia than the main, paved RN149. The road isn’t especially scenic and on some sections the surface is not particularly good. We didn’t see anywhere to buy supplies in Villa Nueva, so stock up beforehand in Calingasta (or Iglesia if cycling this in reverse). Between Villa Nueva and Iglesia the only place we saw to obtain water was at the police station at Tacota.
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| Distance – 119kms | Leave Calingasta (1,370m) heading north on RP412 (tarmac). After 32kms, just before Villa Nueva (1,570m), the road turns to ripio. Go through the village and climb, sometimes reasonably steeply, for 26kms to junction with RP425 (2,220m). Continue straight on and climb more gently for 24kms to a high point (2,660m) 2kms before Tocota police station. To this point the surface is ok but not great. Descend 25kms on a bad surface, then there are 10kms of reasonably flat road to meet the paved RN149 just before Iglesia. |
| Time taken – 2 days | 3 hours: Calingasta to Villa Nueva. 8 hours: Villa Nueva to Iglesia. |
| Traffic | Some traffic to Villa Nueva. 1 car in 1 ½ days from Villa Nueva to main road near Iglesia. |
| When we cycled | Early May 2010. |
| Difficulty | 2 |
| How much we had to push on this route | Not at all |
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