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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.

The Calchaquí Valley Circuit - Cafayate
Breakfast at the hotel. In our first day traveling around the Calchaquí Valleys, we will head for Cafayate. We will walk around the fertile Lerma Valley, an important tobacco growing area nowadays. A winding way skirting strange mountain shapes will lead us to the Devil's Gorge and El Anfiteatro where you will hear the echo of any sound with a perfect acoustic.

Little by little, the dryness of the landscape is replaced by great extensions of vineyards, which tells us we are near Cafayate. Land of the sun and wine that will offer us its craftsmanship, the archeological museum, the five-nave cathedral, and the most antique and famous wineries which will inebriate our souls with oak and torrontes wine. Return to Salta.

The Calchaquí Valley Circuit - Cachi
Breakfast at the hotel. In our second day, we will make the Circuit of the Calchaquí Valleys, but this time we will go to Cachi. We will go through captivating landscapes such as the rough beauty of Cuesta del Obispo (Bishop's Slope) and La Quebrada de Escolpe (Escolpe Ravine).

We will cross Los Cardones National Park to go quietly through red pepper plantations. We will get to Cachi Town, framed by the stunning snowy peaks of 6,384 m.a.s.l.).

In the narrow paved streets of this nice town you may still see the old church with adobe walls and cordon roofs, many pre-Hispanic establishments and mortuary urns. Watching the alfalfa, vegetables plantations and peppers dryers is a color spectacle that will make our bustling around worthwhile.

Quebrada de Humahuaca
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. 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

Train of the Clouds - OPTIONAL
Breakfast at the hotel. 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.

Note: If doesnt work Train to the Clouds it´s replaced by the Safari to the Clouds (route similar to that carried out the train but in 4X4 vehicles)

Back to Buenos Aires
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Salta Airport. Reception and transfer from domestic airport (Buenos Aires) to Ezeiza International Airport in Buenos Aires. End of our services.