Paso del Sapo

Paso del Sapo is in the Languiñeo department in north-western Chubut, on the banks of the Chubut River beside the junction of provincial routes 12 and 13. It has 500 residents (2022 census).

Things to do

• Piedra Parada: on provincial route 12, by the Chubut River and 40 km from Gualjaina, a huge rock formation protected as a provincial nature area since 2006. It was first climbed in 1993 and is now a well-known climbing destination: in 2012 it hosted the Petzl RockTrip.
• Regional Creole Skills and Chamamé Festival.

The name

It was first known as Rincón de los Leones (“Lions’ Corner”), after the pumas. The current name, “Toad’s Crossing”, recalls Biciara, a resident who helped people cross the Chubut River; accounts differ on whether he looked like a toad, swam like one or wore a green suit. The bridge over the river was built in 1963.

Distances: North-western Chubut · on the Chubut River · provincial routes 12 and 13