Patagonia Park is located in the Northwest of Santa Cruz province, Argentina, and contemplates the protection of about 53,000 hectares representing an area of plateaus and canyons of the Pinturas River; populations of threatened, rare, or endemic species such as the hooded grebe, austral rail, Patagonian weasel; as well as healthy populations of guanacos, pumas, Darwin's rheas, and other large Patagonian vertebrates. Scenically, it encompasses the Buenos Aires Lake plateau, the coast of Buenos Aires and Pueyrredón lakes, the Zeballos Road, and the Cueva de las Manos Provincial Park, with rock paintings over nine thousand years old.