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Northern Argentina: Salta Tours - City
Tour
Reception and transfer from Salta Airport
to the hotel. City Tour in Salta. Ascent
of Cerro San Bernardo. We will visit the
Cathedral, the Church of San Francisco,
the Town Hall and the Historic Museum of
the North, the craft market and the San
Bernardo Hill. The Church of San Francisco
is a magnificent Franciscan temple with
fine architecture ornaments. The Town Hall
was built in different periods, but has
a predominant Baroque style. Looms and silver
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Northern Argentina: Train of the Clouds - Salta Tours
Breakfast at the hotel. Train of the Clouds – transfers to the station included (the train is open all Saturdays from April to November. The rest of the year it is replaced by the Safari to the Clouds (4x4 trucks), Salinas Grandes y Purmamarca are included in the journey.
We'll take the Train of the Clouds to go to the viaduct La Polvorilla, ascending up to 4,220 metres above the sea level. This railroad of incredible engineering was created in 1941 to be used by heavy trains to carry minerals. It travels 220 km crossing valleys, canyons and the Puna and goes through places like the Quebrada del Toro, the zigzag of Alisal station and the La Polvorilla viaduct.
At the Alisal station, the train changes to a parallel track and the locomotive goes to the back of the train to lead it inside a tunnel. Once it crosses the tunnel the locomotive goes back to normal position. During the year, the aborigines sell their crafts, especially ponchos. |
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Northern Argentina: Quebrada de Humahuaca - Jujuy
Breakfast at the hotel. Full-day excursion to Quebrada de Humahuaca and pre-Hispanic towns. We'll leave Salta to make for San Salvador de Jujuy, where we will briefly visit the city. Then we will go on to the road that communicates Reyes with the lagoons of Yala, our first stop, to visit the lagoon in the base of the Chani Hill.
These 12 lagoons are 2000 metres above the sea level, surrounded by forests of pine trees. We'll leave Yala and El Volcán, towns that are next to the hills of Abra Blanca, Santuyo and Manzano, behind to go to Tumbaya, a place where the Omaguacas lived. Purmamarca: Here we will be able to delight in one of the greatest beauties of the Northwest: Cerro de los Siete Colores ("Hill of the Seven Colours"). First we will pass through Posta de Hornillos and Maimará, in the centre of the canyon.
We'll see the multicoloured hills that complete the "Paleta del Pintor" (Painter´s Palet). We'll turn north, to go to Tilcara where we will visit the fabled Pucará. Pucará is the reconstruction of the town of the pre-Hispanic Omaguacas, a culture that lived 900 years ago. Before reaching Humahuaca, we'll take a quick look at Huacalera and Uquía. Return to Salta |
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Northern Argentina: Salta - Calchaqui Valleys - Quilmes Ruins
Breakfast at the Hotel. We start the winding road to the Calchaqui Valleys and the towns Cachi and Molinos. Once there, we will go towards Quilmes, to spend the night among its ruins. The Quilmes Ruins is an archaeological marvel that shows the complexity of the Quilmes Indian architecture. |
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Northern Argentina: Tucuman - Calchaqui Valleys - Quilmes Ruins
Breakfast at the Hotel. During the morning, we will visit the ruins. Afterwards, we will go to Cafayate, a place full of vineyards and wineries. We will visit a wine cellar. Cafayate is the best wine-making center in the region due to its sunny climate and its soil, which has large concentrations of minerals that are ideal for cultivating the grapes, which give birth to the world famous Torrontes wine. In the afternoon we'll visit Las Conchas Canyon to admire the forms and colors which have been eroded in the rock by wind and water creating peculiar shapes like the amphitheatre and the statue of the monk. Then we'll continue on to Alemania, a town in the beautiful Lerma Valley. We will go back to Salta.
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Return to Buenos
Aires
Breakfast at the hotel.
Transfer to Salta Airport. |
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