This amazing tour of Discovery through Northern Argentina, combines walking
on beautiful landscapes with the possibility of enjoying the culture and
customs of its inhabitants. Places such as the community of the Hornaditas,
and the Quebrada de Sapagua in the northeast of Argentina, will allow
us to have a much more intimate and complete look at the region.
This is a regular group activity but with a minimum of 2 passengers.
Departures 2013/2014:
8 days - 7 nights
Season: All
year
Begins: Saturdays
Starts at:
Salta Airport (SLA).
Ends at: Salta
Airport (SLA).
Itinerary
Day 1: Salta Airport - City of Salta
We welcome you at the Airport and transfer you to your accommodation in
Salta. We will have the rest of the day to enjoy this nice colonial town
full of traditions and good empanadas.
Lodging at Hosteria Double or Single Room
Included meals: none
Day 2: San Antonio de los Cobres -
Salinas Grandes - Tilcara 
We depart early on our way to Campo Quijano, going through the Quebrada
Del Toro, and the finally arriving to the pre Hispanic city of Rosa de
Tastil with its legendary ruins. Our trip continues to San Antonio de
los Cobres, a typical town located at 4000 meters altitude. Later, through
the Paso de Jama we will be able to appreciate the “Salinas Grandes”;
then descending over the path of the Lipan, we will make a stop at the
town of Purmamarca and its famous Mount of ‘Los Siete Colores’. Later
we arrive to our lodge at the picturesque town of Tilcara.
Lodging at Hosteria Double or Single Room. 
Included meals: breakfast (B)
Day 3:
Devil’s Throat - Tilcara
We will have the morning free to walk and discover the town and its unique
places such as: la Plaza Grande, la Plaza Chica, the town Church and the
Pucará de Tilcara, an important milestone in the Quebrada de Humahuaca.
In the afternoon we will do a small trek to the devil’s throat, walking
along the old Kollas paths and watching the amazing view. After 3 or 4
hours we finally go back to Tilcara.
Lodging at Hosteria Double or Single Room.
Included meals: breakfast (B)
Day 4: Tilcara – Iruya
- Humahuaca
Early in the morning we travel out of Jujuy towards the North in a local
bus and go to a 
picturesque
village located right in between the mountains, Iruya, just in the north
of Salta. From it we can have a special view since its right on the end
of the valley. We will have enough time to walk around the town, discovering
its beautiful cobbled streets and its typical chapel. After enjoying the
town we return back to the Quebrada to spend the night at Humahuaca.
Lodging at Hosteria Double or Single Room.
Included meals: breakfast (B) and box lunch (BL)
Day 5: Uquia - Quebrada de las Señoritas
Alter breakfast we leave Humahuaca by bus and after 10 km we arrive to
the small town of Uquía. Once there we visit the church of “San Francisco
de Paula” with its altar laminated in gold by the Jesuits in 1691
- year in which it was built - and adorned with the pictures of the 'arcabuceros
angels' brought from Cuzco. Then we do a small trek to La Quebrada de
las Señoritas or Yacoraite. The intense red color makes of it a shocking
place; also because it’s known for its paleontological deposit where fossils
of the last great mammals that inhabited the Earth have been found, like
milodontes and gigantic perezosos. Back in Uquía we visit a place where
vicuñas are raised and an old hydraulic mill. At the end of the day we
go back to Humahuaca.
Lodging at Hosteria Double or Single Room.
Included meals: breakfast (B) and box lunch (BL)
Day 6: Pueblo de Santa Ana - Miradores
de la Yunga
We depart early to the view point of the cloudy forest with our 4 x 4
van until we reach the 4400 meters, lowest point between the mountains
of the Zenta. From there we descent to the small village of Santa Ana,
last town before the jungle region of Yungas. After lunch we take a small
trek through the area until we reach the Abra, natural balcony to the
subtropical forest of the Yungas. Finally, we go back to our lodge in
Humahuaca. During this night we will enjoy the northern ‘’Peñas’’.
Lodging at Hosteria Double or Single Room.
Included meals: breakfast (B) and box lunch (BL)
Day 7: Quebrada de Sapagua - Hornaditas
Community
We travel in our mini bus from Humahuaca to the Quebrada de Sapagua, where
we will take a
walk around the area. For there we continue to the small community of
Hornaditas, where we will be able to share the life experience of the
natural inhabitants of the area, who will open the door of their homes.
Finally we go back to the city of Salta.
Lodging at Hosteria Double or Single Room.
Included meals: breakfast (B) and box lunch (BL)
Day 8: Salta – Salta Airport
After breakfast we are transferred to the Salta airport where our tours
ends.
Included meals: breakfast (B)
Price:
1364 u$d (Hosteria - Double room)
1744
u$d (Hosteria - Single room)
Included services: Incoming services,
7 nights in Hostería double or single with breakfast (2 nights in Salta,
2 in Tilcara and 3 in Humahuaca), Bilingual guide (Spanish – English)
during all the excursions, 7 breakfast(B) and 4 box lunch (BL), all transportation
as shown in the itinerary combining private and regular buses, transfers
from/to Salta airport.
Not included services: international
and domestic flights, airport taxes, transfers in Buenos Aires, nights
in Buenos Aires, drinks, foods not detailed, optional excursions, medical
covering, tips, services not detailed in the program. More
information