Patagonia.docVIP

Contents Page Where is Patagonia? 2 Travelling to Patagonia 3 Travelling in Patagonia 4 What kind of place is Patagonia? 5 The weather in Patagonia 6 Animals of Patagonia 8 Farms in Patagonia 11 The food of Patagonia 12 Wales and Patagonia 14 A letter from Patagonia 16 Holidays in Patagonia 17 Vocabulary Page 2 Where is Patagonia? Patagonia Wales Patagonia is not a country. Patagonia is a region. A region is a large stretch of land. One part of Patagonia is in Argentina, and one part in Chile. Patagonia is in South America. Page 3 Travelling to Patagonia By aeroplane People fly to Buenos Aires airport in Argentina. Buenos Aires is the capital city of Argentina. Then, they fly from Buenos Aires to Patagonia. There are two airports in Patagonia – Esquel and Trelew. Page 4 Travelling in Patagonia Some people travel by bus from Buenos Aires airport to Patagonia. It is a very long journey. The journey from Buenos Aires to Trelew takes 20 hours! Not all the roads are very good because sometimes there is no tarmac, only gravel. Picture 1: new road Picture 2: old road Page 5 What kind of place is Patagonia? Look at the map (page 2). Patagonia is divided into three parts. 1 The Andes mountains 2 The Plain 3 The coast - Atlantic The Andes Here are the Andes. The Andes are very high mountains. There is an active volcano here. There are trees and lakes and glaciers here. The Plain / The desert This is the Plain. It is dry and flat. The coast This is the coast. There are high cliffs and big sand dunes here. Page 6 The weather in Patagonia It is summer in Patagonia in December, January and Febuary. It is winter in Patagonia in June, July and August. Patagonia summer winter The Andes very hot cold, very wet, snow The plain/desert hot and dry very cold, some snow The coast hot cold and wet In summer it is hot and very sunny in Patagon