Today it has a fairly accelerated growth in tourism and is known worldwide for its wines and the spectacular geography of the different tourist circuits: the Atuel Canyon, Diamante Canyon and El Sosneado, where various Adventure Tourism activities are developed, the City circuit and the 'Wine Roads', in which tourists can visit the most important wineries guided by professionals.

The canyon is formed by the Atuel River, the Valle Grande reservoir, the Atuel Canyon and the El Nihuil reservoir. It is a journey of about 160 km round trip from the city, along the paved roads going up the nervous river Atuel. The landscape is a finished sample of the Andean ecosystem. The erosion of the water and the wind carved with the patience of the centuries the imposing and extensive tunnel of the canyon, which capriciously wounds the mountains adorned with vegetation, in an area of about 100 km. You can see La Torta de Hojaldre, El Cinturón de San Martín, La Procesión, El Hongo, el Búho, the submarine and many other formations.

The Diamante river is an Argentine river, in the province of Mendoza. It is born from glaciers in the Maipo volcano, on the Argentine-Chilean Andean border, and flows east until it empties into the Desaguadero river. It has a hydrographic basin of 2,750 km² in the central region of Mendoza.

El Diamante feeds on the thaw that enters Diamond Lake. It has a flow of 33 m³ / s, with maximums in spring and summer; between October and March it accounts for 70% of the annual volume of water.

The upper course of the river goes south and ends going north, and enters the deep and narrow 'Agua del Toro Canyon', where it is used to produce hydroelectricity by the Agua del Toro Reservoir, at 69 ° W, downstream in the Los Reyunos Reservoir. Together they generate 500 MW.

Upon reaching the plain, the Diamond loses part of its flow through infiltration and evaporation. It makes a great arch, passes to the south of the city of San Rafael, in the geographic center of the province of Mendoza, where it is used for irrigation (along with the Atuel river).

The river opens in multiple arms shortly until it reaches the Desaguadero (here called Salado), on the border with the province of San Luis.

El Sosneado is a district and locality of the San Rafael Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina. The town of El Sosneado is located 50 kilometers from Malargüe; 140 kilometers from the city of San Rafael; 300 kilometers from Mendoza Capital.

From Malargue you can reach this town by taking National Route No. 40 and then Provincial Route No. 101. From the city of San Rafael, you must take Provincial Route No. 144; National Route No. 40; and finally Provincial Route No. 101. From Mendoza Capital, National Route No. 40 and Provincial Route No. 101.

The 'High Mountain Circuit' includes El Sosneado, Hot Springs, Posts and Volcanoes.

The imposing Andes mountain range, the transparency of the sky, bear a mark: El Sosneado, 'where the sun is first seen.'

A surprising mix combines the most diverse events: inactive volcanoes, hot springs, springs, which place us almost in another world nestled in the Andean massif.

To be able to travel it, you must walk 135 km to the Hot Springs and Laguna del Atuel, using buses or smaller vehicles for excursions.