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4 days and 0 nights

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Spanish / English

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1 passenger

Tour Cafayate, Cachi, Salinas Grandes and Humahuaca

By hiring the pack of 4 excursions you will get an additional discount !!

Departure place

Search for hotels located in the central radius.
Otherwise the meeting point is in Buenos Aires 105 - Salta

Hours are from 7.10 to 7.45

Itinerary

Day 1

Cafayate

With this excursion we will discover one of the most impressive landscapes that Salta offers, La Quebrada de las Conchas, for which we will head south on RN 68 through the towns of Cerrillos, La Merced, El Carril, Coronel Moldes and La Viña, All these inserted in the Valle de Lerma, a livestock farming area where the main production is tobacco, so you will be able to appreciate the tobacco stoves, from the old adobe to the modern ones, the tobacco leaves spread along the fences drying in the sun, after a stop at the goat post (dairy farm), where you can see different breeds of goats and cheese making, we enter the Quebrada de las Conchas through Alemanía, in this part of the tour you will be able to appreciate the most diverse colors and rock formations, among the most important, La Garganta del Diablo, El Afiteatro, La Yesera, Casa de Loros, Los Castillos, Los Medanos, El Fraile, El Obelisco, Las Ventanas, between o after.
Once in Cafayate we visit a winery to discover all the secrets of Salta wines, mainly the famous Torrontes Wine. After lunch we will visit the town with its most significant places, and then return to Salta where we will discover, thanks to the position of the sun and water and wind erosion, a completely different landscape from the one appreciated on the way out. Once the tour of the Quebrada de las Conchas is finished, we will continue our way back enjoying the beautiful landscape that this region offers us.
The order of the excursions can be changed. They do not need to be running days.

Day 2

Cachi

As in the Cafayate excursion, we left by RN 68 through the towns of Cerrillos, La Merced, El Carril, from where we will take the RP 33 towards the west, to enter the Andes Mountains through the Quebradas de Los Laureles and Escoipe, after touring them and discovering imposing landscapes and appreciating the terraces of crops where the peasants of the area grow vegetables in the same way as their ancestors did, we will begin to walk through the famous Cuesta del Obispo , a winding path surrounded by impressive rock formations and natural walls where we can see condors, among others.
We arrive at Piedra del Molino, our highest point at 3348 meters above sea level. From this point our landscape will change radically as we leave the subtropical valley, we will cross the Tin Tin straight, part of the Inca Trail, we will make a stop in Agua de los Loros where the viewpoint of the Nevado de Cachi is located, we will cross the Los Cardones National Park, Payogasta, and our final destination, Cachi. There after lunch we visit the town with its colonial architecture that is preserved intact, its Church, its Museum that keeps the history of the indigenous communities of the area, and the artisan market where the craftsmen of the area are offered textiles. the return to Salta.
The order of the excursions can be changed.
They do not need to be running days.

Day 3

Salinas Grandes

It is a complete excursion that allows us to know and enjoy different landscapes and leads us to discover the life of the inhabitants of our extensive puna.- We leave the city of Salta towards the west, through the Lerma Valley towards the Quijano field town to begin to climb the mountain range through the toro ravine next to the tracks of the world-famous train to the clouds with stops at panoramic points such as the toro viaduct, chorrillos, ing. Maury, Finca el Gólgota, appreciating each of the bridges and viaducts that it crosses, as well as the tunnels, the stations, in addition to enjoying the wonderful landscape, where we will make stops to enjoy each of the different landscapes that we offer.
After the toro ravine, we will enter the Tastil ravine, visiting the pre-Inca ruins of a unique civilization in northern Argentina with a town located at 3,200 meters above sea level. After this visit, we headed towards San Antonio de los Cobres, a small mining town in the puna of Salta, capital of the old government of the Andes, after lunch, and heading north we headed towards the large salt flats, passing along the RN 40, where we can appreciate the autochthonous fauna composed of vicuñas, llamas, zuris, foxes, condors, among others and we will discover how towns appear in the middle of nowhere where the locals live, we arrive at large salt flats, an impressive sea of salt formed ago Millions of years, there we will be in contact with the salt miners who will tell us about their life in that place, we will be able to observe a building made entirely of salt. The form of salt extraction and the pools where the salt is washed for industrialization is observed.
After an incredible experience, such as the large salt flats, we take east direction by national route 52, climbing to the top of the purple highest point of this with 4170 meters above sea level, and then descending through one of the most spectacular roads in the world such as the slope of Lipan, of infinite beauty that is positioned as one of the most beautiful slopes in Argentina. From the top of the hill you can enjoy incredible views of the Humahuaca ravine (World Heritage Site), and reach Purmamarca, a unique place, a town stopped in time and whose stenography is the spectacular hill of the 7 iconic colors of Jujuy, and from there we will return to Salta.- an unforgettable tour !!

* In the months of January to March, due to the intense rains that affect Route 51, in case the road to San Antonio is cut off due to weather or other factors, the excursion is made roundtrip through Purmamarca.

* As it is a high altitude excursion, the passenger must take the proper precautions in health matters or consult their doctor in case of any altitude-related pathology.

* In case of staying in Purmamarca, it is recommended to carry only a handbag.
Recommendations: bring sunglasses, sunscreen, a coat and comfortable walking shoes

The order of the excursions can be changed. They do not need to be running days.

Day 4

Humahuaca

We will depart from Salta through RN 9, enjoying the beautiful landscapes that the road offers us.
Once in San Salvador de Jujuy we will begin to visit the wonderful towns of the Quebrada de Humahuaca, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
There, we will discover their customs, traditions, beliefs, always enjoying excellent landscapes. We will arrive at Purmamarca with its square where artisans congregate, its Church full of history and the well-known Cerro de los Siete Colores, then our tour reaches Tilcara, where in addition to knowing its square and its Church, we will visit the Museum of Anthropology To discover the life of our ancestors, then we will visit the pre-Inca ruins of Pucara de Tilcara (optional).
Our next point will be Humahuaca where we will visit the town with its beautiful buildings and the imposing Independence Monument.
In the afternoon on our way back we will visit the town of Uquia, an old chapel of hundreds of years and inside it preserves its gold-laminated altar, and paintings of the Cuzco school of an invaluable value, from there we will arrive at the Tropic of Capricorn, and then Huacalera and Maimara where we can appreciate its famous Palette of the Painter. From there we return to Salta. It constitutes a region rich in history and traditions. This region has been used as a road and settlement for over ten thousand years, and today it still preserves archaeological and architectural sites that are testimony to its long history, as well as a population that maintains ancient customs.
The order of the excursions can be changed. They do not need to be running days.

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