page_title: Lobos Island (Rio Negro)
section_title: Tourism
hierarchical_section_title: Lobos Island (Rio Negro) / Tourism
caption_attribution_description: Español: Veleros fondeados en Boca Falsa frente a playa de Isla de Lobos
context_page_description: Lobos is a big island in Uruguay, at the confluence of Negro River and Uruguay River. Politically it belongs to Rio Negro department. Up to the XIX Century, the island was actually three islets, the largest called Vizcaíno, same as the island across the Yaguarí Creek.
  Lobos and Vizcaino Island were the debarkation site of the first bovine herd in the Eastern margin of the Uruguay River. In 1611, Hernando Arias de Saavedra left heifers and bulls for breeding, and repeated the action in 1617. These herds rapidly propagated originating Uruguay present export quality rodeo. It also had an important role in the foundation of Villa Soriano, the first European settlement in Uruguay.
context_section_description: Lobos is part of the governmental program Painted Birds Region (Spanish: Corredor de los Pájaros Pintados), named after the poetic interpretation of the Guaraní word Uruguay. The program reinforced the touristic infrastructure of departments along the Uruguay River and encourages regional attractions in sports, gastronomy, traditional activities and popular feasts. In Villa Soriano, the historic wooden pier was restored and equipped for pleasure vessels and is the first tourist landing place on the Negro River.
caption: Sailboats anchored in Negro river False Mouth with Lobs Island beach
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