Day 1 : Arrival at Salta
Arriving at Salta
Airport or bus terminal, you will be tranfered to your Hotel in the
city center.
The rest of the
day is free for you to spend it as you wish.
Day 2 : Excursion to
Cafayate for the day
Cafayate, 12 hours
excursion
After
having breakfast at your hotel, you will be picked up by your private
guide to start the tour from Salta city to the south, through route
68 traversing the Lerma Valley and its historical towns. We reach
Quebrada de las Conchas (the Shell´s Gorge), where wind and water
erosion carved curious shapes on the rocks (The Amphitheater, Devil´s
throat, The Toad, The Castles, among others).
When
we arrive to Cafayate, we visit some wineries, famous for their
production of Torrontes, with special characteristics due to the
particularities of the climate and land.
You
will be served lunch, you will return to Salta through the Quebrada
de las Conchas (the Shells´ Gorge) and the Lerma Valley again, but
with a whole new light !
Your
guide will dropp you off at your hotel in Salta
Free night.
Day 3&4 : Humahuaca's Gorge &
Iruya - 2 Days excursion
After
having breakfast at your hotel, you will be picked up by your private
guide to start the 2 days excursion to Iruya. It begins
with the arrival at Pueblito de Purmamarca to observe the Cerro de
los Siete Colores, the Church and the Craft Market Square.
Then, ontinuing to the town of Tilcara
where you will visit the Pucara and the Archaeological Museum.
Afterwards, you will go on to
Humahuaca, passing the Tropic of Capricorn, where you can see the
colors of the hill called the Pollera the Colla.
On the way, you will visit the Church
of Uquía, where are the paintings of Angels Arcabuceros (important
vestige in the Cuzco school).
Arriving at Humahuaca with its
important cathedral and the Independence Monument (El Indio), you
will take time to visit the place.
Passing through the village of Iturbe
and Abra del Condor (3900 m), you will the mouth of a small creek
where is located this village of Iruya, from Hispanic origin.
There, you will spend the night in a 4
star hotel and on the other day, you will slowly start going back to
Salta. On the way, you will visit the city of San Salvador of Jujuy,
to then get back to Salta during the afternoon.
Free night
Day 5 : Salta Farewell
After
breakfast, you will check out from the hotel and you will have a bit
of free time before we pick you up to take you to the airport or bus
terminal.
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