The sixties may be a thing of the past, but hippies are not. With alternative lifestyles that embraced peace, sexual revolution, and love, hippies had a profound influence on the culture as we see it today.
They still congregate in few corners of the world reliving the time that they fought so strongly to keep it alive.
And some of these places where his spirit wanders in Argentina we have it in El Bolsón, a town located on the Argentine border with Chile.
Without a doubt, it is a hippie paradise in the South American desert declared an ecological municipality and a "non-nuclear zone"; the town has been a magnet for adventure travelers since hippies moved to the area in the 70s.
Those "hippies" were inspired by the original US hippies who fought against the Vietnam War and then had another alternative vision of social life against the established system.
In this way, El Bolson, the first colonies of hippies were established that began to practice coexistence with nature as a rejection of the progressive industrialization and extreme capitalism that characterizes the world today.
With sustainable lifestyles being the norm rather than the exception, it is not hard to see why El Bolson is a perfect place for this community. With plenty of hiking for nature lovers and full of artisans, this true hippie hideaway awaits visitors with open arms.
El Bolsón is located in the extreme southwest of the Province of Río Negro, 130 km south of the tourist city of Bariloche and 170 km north of Esquel (Chubut). There is a shuttle service from Bariloche and daily flights to Esquel and other locations in Patagonia, since El Bolsón has a small airport for regional flights with small ships.