We welcome you at Salta airport. Upon arrival a transfer will be waiting for you to take you to your hotel. The rest of the day is at leisure to visit the city on your own.
Accommodation in Salta - Double or Single Base
Included Meals: None
Immerse yourself in this trip through the Quebrada de Humahuaca, declared a World Heritage Site, where the landscape and the colors of the hills combine with the equally colorful cultures that inhabit this area. It is a journey of social contact and a view of the ancestral.
– Enjoy the unique landscape in Salinas Grandes on the border crossing between Salta and Jujuy Province
– Immerse yourself in this trip through the Quebrada de Humahuaca, declared a World Heritage Site
– Marvel yourself with the seven colors of the hill in the charming town of Purmamarca
– Visit the small village of Humahuaca and its Hornocal Hill
– Enjoy of a traditional dinner at a Peña in the city center of Salta
We welcome you at Salta airport. Upon arrival a transfer will be waiting for you to take you to your hotel. The rest of the day is at leisure to visit the city on your own.
Accommodation in Salta - Double or Single Base
Included Meals: None
Start point
Aeropuerto Internacional de Salta - Martín Miguel de Güemes (SLA), Ruta Nacional 51 Km. 5, Salta, Salta A4412, Argentina
06:00 - 23:00
Early, after breakfast we start our day of traveling through incredible landscapes. We make a parallel route of the Train of the Clouds railway by Quebrada del Toro. Then we continue, starting the ascent until reaching 4080 meters above sea level and get to San Antonio de los Cobres. We make a break for lunch and enjoy some of the typical meals offered in the village. Back in the vehicle, we cross route 40 until we reach Salinas Grandes, right on the border between Salta and Jujuy. Then we start the descent by Cuesta de Lipán where condors are usually seen. We arrive at Purmamarca town and its Hill of Seven Colors, where we spend the night.
Accommodation in Purmamarca - Double or Single Base.
Included Meals: Breakfast
Today is at your leisure to explore this charming town.
Accommodation in Purmamarca - Double or Single Base.
Included Meals: Breakfast
At the indicated time we move to the neighboring town of Tilcara. We recommend visiting the famous Pucara de Tilcara, an archaeological site made up of numerous constructions made by the Tilcaras, a group of the Omaguacas, at a strategic point on the Quebrada de Humahuaca.
Accommodation in Tilcara - Double or Single Base.
Included Meals: Breakfast
Today we leave Tilcara and we go to Humahuaca. Upon arrival at Humahuaca we travel 42 kilometers that separate us from the viewpoint. From Humahuaca we head east along provincial route 73, which takes us into the agricultural valleys of Coctaca. We traverse an uphill path towards 4200 meters above sea level where we can enjoy excellent views of the multicolored Cerro de la Serranía del Hornocal. Beautiful panoramic views where we can appreciate and understand the geography of the entire Quebrada de Humahuaca region. A unique attraction that deserves to be visited. Then we go back to Humahuaca where we will spend the night.
Accommodation in Humahuaca - Double or Single Base.
Included Meals: Breakfast
We leave by mini bus from Humahuaca to Quebrada de Sapagua, where a 60-minute walk awaits us in which we can observe ancient rock art. From there we continue by mini bus to the community of Hornaditas, where we can enjoy a shared experience with the inhabitants of the community that open their doors to receive us. We can collaborate with the preparation of the typical meal that we will later share, observe the daily activities in the field with the animals or the artisanal harvest or go for a walk around. At the end of the afternoon we return to Humahuaca.
Accommodation in Humahuaca - Double or Single Base.
Included Meals: Breakfast
Early in the morning we will pass through the Posta de Hornillos, continuing towards the town of Tilcara. We continue to Huacalera, passing through the Tropic of Capricorn, from where you can see the colors of the hill called “Pollera de la Colla”. We visit the mystical Church of Uquía, where the paintings of the Arcabuceros Angels (important vestige in the area of the Cuzqueña school) are located. Then we arrive in Humahuaca and admire its important Cathedral and the Independence Monument (El Indio) by the sculptor Soto Avendaño. After lunch we return to observe “Paleta del Pintor” mountain range that frames the town of Maimara from the route. And at the end of the afternoon, we arrived in the city of Salta.
Accommodation in Salta - Double or Single Base
Included Meals: Breakfast
The city of Salta deserves a whole day off to explore it. We recommend that you do not miss the High Mountain Museum, located in front of the main square.
Accommodation in Salta - Double or Single Base
Included Meals: Breakfast
Aft the indicated time, according to your flight, transfer to Salta airport.
Included Meals: Breakfast
End point
Aeropuerto Internacional de Salta - Martín Miguel de Güemes (SLA), Ruta Nacional 51 Km. 5, Salta, Salta A4412, Argentina
06:00 - 23:00
Standard Accommodation
- 3 Nights’ Accommodation in Hotel Antiguo Convento or similar in Salta - Double or Single Base
- 2 Nights’ Accommodation in Hostería del Amauta or similar in Purmamarca - Double or Single Base
- 1 Nights’ Accommodation in Refugio del Pintor or similar in Tilcara - Double or Single Base
- 2 Nights’ Accommodation in Hotel Azul Humahuaca or similar in Humahuaca - Double or Single Base
Superior Accommodation
- 3 Nights’ Accommodation in Hotel Villa Vicuña or similar in Salta - Double or Single Base
- 2 Nights’ Accommodation in Hotel Terrazas de la Posta or similar in Purmamarca - Double or Single Base
- 1 Nights’ Accommodation in Hotel las Marias or similar in Tilcara - Double or Single Base
- 2 Nights’ Accommodation in Hotel Huacalera or similar in Humahuaca - Double or Single Base
Transfers from / to the airport are included
- Flights are non included
- Entrances to National Parks / Reserves / Museums
- Tips
- Flights
- Meals non shown in the itinerary
- Optional Excursions
- Private Transfers from / to Salta Airport
- 3 Night´s Accommodation in Salta – Double or Single Base
- 2 Night´s Accommodation in Purmamarca – Double or Single Base
- 1 Night´s Accommodation in Tilcara – Double or Single Base
- 2 Night´s Accommodation in Humahuaca – Double or Single Base
- Full Day Tour Salinas Grandes Salt Flat x Purmamarca (Spanish / English Guide)
- Transfer from Purmamarca to Tilcara
- Tour Hornocal Hill from Tilcara (Spanish / English guide)
- Visit to a home in Hornaditas Comunity
- Full Day Tour to Quebrada de Humahuaca - Salta (Spanish / English guide)
- 8 Breakfasts, 1 Lunch in Hornaditas Comunity.
- 8 Breakfasts, 1 Lunch
- Billingual Guide is included during all tours
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