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Salta - 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 objects can be bought at the handicraft market. San Lorenzo is the summer village in Salta par excellence. |
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Safari to the Clouds - Salinas Grandes - Purmamarca
Breakfast at the hotel. We will enjoy a "Safari to the Clouds" covering three main routes in the Argentine Northwest: First, the "Way to the Clouds" along the railroad of the Train to the Clouds passing by La Quebrada del Toro (Bull's Ravine) up to San Antonio de los Cobres.
Second, La Puna, crossing it along Route 40 up to Salinas Grandes in Jujuy. And finally the way down Cuesta del Lipán (Lipán Hill) up to the picturesque town of Purmamarca at the foot of Cerro de los Siete Colores. We will spend the night in Purmamarca. Optional (Train of the Clouds): We will get back to Salta in the afternoon, |
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Salta – San Pedro de Atacama
Breakfast at the hotel. We will take a bus to the city of San Pedro de Atacama going through Jama Pass. Welcome at San Pedro de Atacama bus station and transfer to the hotel.
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Atacama Salt Flat & Altiplanic Lagoons
Breakfast at the hotel. We will go to the Atacama Salt Flat, we will observe crusts of salt generated by the evaporation of salt water underground. We will visit Chaxa Lagoon (Natural Reserve of Flamingoes), surrounding of flamingoes, and other birds like the Caití and the Andean Gull.
We will get to know Toconao, an oasis of fresh water and fruity trees, famous because of its bell tower of 1750.
Along the Salt Flat we will reach to the town of Socaire, located at 3.250 meters and created with volcanic rocks, to finally arrive at the Altiplanic Lagoons of Miñiques & Miscanti, at 4.000 m.a.s.l. These lagoons were originated 1 million years ago due to the eruption of Miñiques volcano. We will have lunch at Socaire and then start our way back.
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Tatio Geysers and Towns
Breakfast to the hotel. We pick you up at your Hotel to Tatio Geysers, the highest geysers field in the world, 95kms. North of San Pedro at 4300 m above sea level.We walk around Geothermic Field and then we have breakfast. Later we visit the Thermal swimmingpool to take a warm bath. Later we visit a series of charming oases and PreColumbian ruins.
Thefirst one is Caspana, beautiful and fertilevalley at the foot of a steep cliff.
Later we go to Pukara de Lasana, fortress conserved as a National Monument. Then we see Petroglyphs near to the Loaariver. Continuing we go to Inca Coya Lagoon, and Chiu Chiu town with the oldest church in our country built in 1674.
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Hito Cajón - Altiplanic Lagoons (White, Green, Red and Hedionda Lagoons)
Breakfast at the hostel. We will depart to Hito Cajón, border of Chile with Bolivia at 4,500 meters above sea level, along the last 40km on asphalt, entering Bolivia. From here we will then enjoy the colorful spectacle of nature: White Lagoon, Green Lagoon and Red Lagoon.
All the lagoons are plenty of pink flamingoes and thousands of Andean birds.
We will also see the Tree of Stone, the Desert of Siloli, going through Ramaditas and watching finally the Honda, Chiarcota, Hedionda and Cañapa lagoons. We will be at 4.000 meters height, the path has plenty of calamine, sands, and the conditions are regular. We will spend the night in the town of San Juan del Rosario. |
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Uyuni Salt Flat – Incahuasi Island – Colchani - Potosí
Breakfast at the hotel. We will leave from San Juan del Rosario to reach Uyuni passing by the world's largest salt flat of the same name with a surface area of 11,000 sq km.
Half of the way is over Uyuni Salt Flat. We will get to know in this day the Incahuasi Island, the place of Colchani. Once we finish the trip we will take a bus from Uyuni to Potosí, where we will spend the night.
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Back to Potosí
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Potosí Airport.. End of our services. |
