PURMAMARCA

Dare to know the Argentine North! With this 4-day tour you can get to know the 4 most important points of Salta and Jujuy. Cafayate, Cachi, Salinas Grandes, Humahuaca, Hornocal, Purmamarca, Tilcara and more!! Departures are daily from Salta Capital, although you can also ask us about departures from Jujuy. All excursions included in this promotion start and end from Salta Capital. You can contact us to coordinate a search for accommodation in jujuy, purmamarca, tilcara or humahuaca.

This excursion will delight us with the variety and contrast of the landscapes that we will visit, we leave Salta by route 9 for the town of Purmamarca from where, after a technical stop, we will start climbing the Lipan Hill that will allow us to reach after 25 km of the 2500 mts of height above sea level at 4200 mts amid imposing landscapes, and from there descend to the majestic Salinas Grandes, where we will be in contact with the salt workers, and teach us about their trade. Back we can appreciate the native fauna composed of llamas and vicuñas. Once back in Purmamarca, where we will have lunch, we will visit Los Colorados imposing formation located behind the 7 colors Hill. After touring the town we start the return to Salta through it.

We start from Salta city heading north on National Route 9, passing through the outskirts of San Salvador de Jujuy to enter the Quebrada de Humahuaca, Cultural and Natural Heritage of Humanity. The first village we will visit will be Purmamarca, typical village with a multicolored fair in the central square, adobe houses, church of St. Rose of Lima and the spectacular Hill of the Seven Colors. The next village to be visited is Maimará where we can appreciate the colors of the Painter's Palette. In Tilcara we will make a city tour and in Huacalera we will know the monolith with the legend Tropico de Capricorn and its symbol. In Humahuaca we will have lunch and you can appreciate the Monument to the Inca, Heroes of Independence. Finally, we will visit the Serranía del Hornocal (Cerro de los 14 Colores) where "Mi Obra Maestra" was filmed. It's about the end of cretaceous time when the last dinosaurs lived 75 million years ago.