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Valentin Fuentes

Yerba maté routes offer a journey through South American ancestral culture

Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay offer visitors interesting thematic routes dedicated to maté. The famous drink has been consumed in the region for millennia and is symbolic of South America's cultures. The enormous veneration these three nations have for maté, which they enjoy in tea, has allowed the routes dedicated to knowing their history and cultural value to be very popular with national and foreign tourists.

Travelers from all over the world know about their origins and cultural importance in various tours that take them through the most critical regions of production through a lush nature where, in addition to knowing the facilities of the production factories, they have the opportunity to perform ecotourism activities and enjoy rich gastronomic that includes food based on maté, as well as a variety of typical products of the region.

In Argentina, the main routes are in the provinces of Corrientes and Misiones, regions that produce the best maté in South America. These routes allow visitors to tour various plantations where producers show the characteristics of the crops. In addition, the region's industries know closely the craftsmanship done to obtain the best product quality.

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