Encaint valle, Cultural heritage site in Ovalle, Chile.

Valle del Encanto is an archaeological site in a rocky ravine of the Punitaqui stream, about 19 km west of Ovalle in the Coquimbo Region. Its petroglyphs and pictographs, including the circular or quadrangular "cabezas-tiara" faces with large headdresses, are grouped in three sectors reached by marked trails. Some carvings are low relief, others only scratch the rock's surface oxide.

The site shows evidence of hunter-gatherer groups from around 2000 BCE and later Molle culture settlements between 500-700 CE. The rock art was created over many centuries as different peoples inhabited the valley.

The site is the type-site of the Limarí rock-art style, whose best-known motifs are the cabezas-tiara: circular or quadrangular outlines of human faces wearing large headdresses, interpreted as masks. Since the 1990s, researchers working in the Choapa valley have questioned whether all these designs belong to a single Molle-period tradition.

The site lies about ten kilometers west of Ovalle and is accessible via route D-45. Parking facilities, picnic areas, and marked trails make it easy to explore the archaeological remains.

The cup-shaped hollows called piedras tacitas measure 10 to 15 cm across and 4 to 8 cm deep, in three forms: cupuliform, ellipsoid and quadrangular. Some rocks carry more than ten holes, and following the small stream through the valley the hollows grow until they become pools large enough for one or two people.