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| Half Day Salta city tour |
Salta is one of Argentina’s most attractive cities – and has some of the country’s best preserved colonial architecture. The half day city tour begins when you are collected from your hotel and taken to see the most significant of the buildings in the city. Among these include the Cathedral, the Cabildo, and the San Francisco Church. You will then be led to the Parque San Martin where you will board a cable car for a ride up to the Cerro San bernardo – where thrilling and fantastic views of the city can be observed. You will then proceed to the Convent of San Bernando, the Basilica Cathedral, the church of San Francisco, and the Catholic University. The last site seen on the tour is the Guemes Monument which you pass y before being led back to your hotel.
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| Full Day Humahuaca |
You will be collected from your hotel in the early morning and proceed to Purmamarca – a tiny yet charming village located at the foot of the of the striking Cerro de los Siete Colores (The Seven Colored Mountain). You will be invited to stop here or a while in order to appreciate the beauty of the luminescent colors of the mountain – as well as the tranquility of the old church that stands before it. You will then proceed on towards the next village called Tilcara – a slightly larger town that has an extraordinary Archaeological Museum. Several Inca mummies are on display in this museum along with other artifacts from the old empire. Following a tour around the museum you proceed onwards to the Humahuaca and the Pucara, or stronghold. The Quebrada de Humahuaca, or the canyon of Humahuaca, was declared a World Heritage site, and the many amazing ruins found in the area are unforgettable. Lodgings of Hunter Gatherers, fortresses of the Inca, and remains of the fight for independence are all found within the area. After being guided around this fascinating site you will return to Salta.
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| Full Day Movitrack Safari Humahuaca |
You will be collected from your hotel in Salta in a special open air Movitrack vehicle and proceed through the city of General Guemes to the picturesque Humahuaca Valley. The large open vehicle makes it possible to travel to some of the more remote areas in the valley – where one can admire the natural beauty of the region and its expanse of wild flowers and cactai. You will then precede though the small and seemingly forgotten towns of Vulcan, Tumbaya, Maimara, and Pumamarca – a village that lays at the base of the ever impressive Cerro de los Siete Colores (Mountain of the Seven Colors). You will then proceed on towards Tilcara where you visit the impressive Archaeological museum where a number of Inca mummies and artifacts are on display. Following this you proceed on towards the Pucara ruins – the age old Inca and pre Inca ruins of fortresses set amongst the brilliance of a colorful valley. You will then be led on towards Humahuaca – the largest and most important city in the Valley. Later in the afternoon you will return to Salta over a mountain road that passes through the lush Las Yungas rain forest. You will then be transferred back to your hotel in Salta.
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| Full Day Cafayate |
Alter being collected from your hotel you will be lead out towards Cafayate for a full day’s tour around this impressive area. The road passes through the awe-inspiring Quebrada de las Conchas where bizarre and awesome rock formations jut out from the arid landscape in a symphony of mineral-rich medicinal color. An impressive site to see at this point on the tour is the Devil’s Gorge and Amphitheatre. You then proceed onwards to Cafayate – famous for its excellent wines and exquisite vineyards. The drier climate in the area is said to help produce a finer and more flavorful grape. Whatever the reasons – Cafayate’s wines are World renowned. The vineyards are all open to the public and you will be guided around a few of these and invited to sample some of each vineyards’ finest vintages. The first vineyards in Salta were planted by Jesuit missionaries who brought over the Torrontes grape from Spain. Originally thought to produce a somewhat mediocre wine, the Torrontes grape thrived in the dry climate and the initial wines produced were superb. Following the tour you will return to Salta and be transferred back to you hotel.
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| Full Day Movitrack Safari Cafayate and Quilmes |
You will be collected from your hotel in Salta in a special open air Movitrack vehicle and proceed along route 68 until you reach Calafate. Along this road one passes through a number of charming towns such as La Merced, Coronel Moldes, Cerillo, and Carril. A number of farming activities take place in the area – the cultivation of tobacco being the most important. The route then takes you and the group on through the Cafayate Valley as and along the Las Conchas River where a multitude of beautiful natural formations are found. Valley walls, large natural amphitheatres, and huge chimneys – all streaked with luminescent desert colors – are such natural formations that are found in the area. You then proceed onwards to Cafayate – famous for its excellent wines and exquisite vineyards. The drier climate in the area is said to help produce a finer and more flavorful grape. Whatever the reasons – Cafayate’s wines are World renowned. The trip in the special Movitrack vehicle then continues on towards the ancient city of Quilmes in the Yokavil Valley. The Quilmes area is dotted with the ruins of the old Diaguitas civilization. You will be led around these ruins of houses, temples, and fortresses before returning to Salta through the Quebrada de Humahuaca where you can stop and enjoy the breathtaking views. The tour ends when you are transferred back to your hotel in Salta.
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| Full Day Molinos and Cachi |
You will be collected from your hotel early in the morning for the full day tour to Molinos via Cachi. This tour is one of the most breathtaking in the area and begins as you make your way out of Salta and continue west towards Cachi where you will be able to admire beautiful white washed stone buildings and churches. From Cachi you continue onwards to the Molinos – an elegant old colonial town with some spectacular buildings including a picturesque church built in 1639. The Hacienda of Nicolás Severo Isasmendi is another of the town’s attractions and you will almost pass through it on this tour. The town is also famous for its fine quality vicuña woolen goods. Vicuña farms such as the one found in the close lying town of Colquena, provide excellent quality hand woven goods including ponchos, rugs, and jerseys, while protecting the survival of vicuñas at the same time. After the tour you will return to Salta where you will be transferred back to your hotel.
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| Full Day Train to the Clouds |
The train over the clouds is famous world wide for its unforgettably beautiful sites and unbelievable structural engineering. Available only on Saturdays from April to November – the train runs for 14 hours to the Chilean border and back. The structural genius of constructing a rail-road above the cloud line in the Andes is truly extraordinary and the many bridges you cross and tunnels you pass through will surely take your breath away. The train crosses 29 bridges, passes through 21 tunnels, over 13 viaducts and, most famously, two zig-zags and two full circle curves. The mountain landscape the train passes though is of course amazingly beautiful, and as you pass over tall thin bridges, with the clouds beneath you, and a few mountain peaks above in a clear blue sky, you will surely understand why this train ride is so revered world wide.
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| Full Day Movitrack Safari a las Nubes |
The large vehicles operated by Movitrack make it possible to follow the famous railway track of the Train of the Clouds. You will be collected early in the morning in one of the comfortable Movitrack vehicles before proceeding towards the Quebrada del Torro and up to San Antonio de los cobres. You then continue towards the famous Polvorilla Viaduct. The out then returns to Salta going back through the Quebrada del Torro. The views on this tour are both stunning and spectacular. The railroad is without a doubt a masterpiece of structural engineering, and the sites of its passing along ridges, and zig zagging up mount faces is extraordinary. Following the tour you will be transferred back to your hotel in Salta.
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| Overnight at an Estancias |
| Spend the night in one of the many charming estancias found in the Salta area. Class Adventure Travel offers the finest selection of estancias available in the area and arranges transfers between Salta and the estancia, and back. More information on the most recommendable estancias follows: Los Lapachos
Los Lapachos is an ideal base from which to visit some of the major landmarks in the provinces of Salta and Jujuy, such as the Quebrada de Humahuaca, the great salt pans, the Yala Lagoons or Calilegua National Park, in the tropical terrain to be found further north in Jujuy. One of Argentina’s largest privately-owned sugar-cane plantations, Los Lapachos lies just 15km from Jujuy airport in the north-west of the country. Built in the late 18th century, the house was constructed in the Spanish colonial style with the high ceilings and large rooms typical of the period. El Bordo de las Lanzas
El Bordo de las Lanzas is set in the flat, fertile Siancas Valley, thirty seven miles east of Salta city and over twenty-five hundred feet above sea level. This estancia of twenty-two hundred acres is one of the oldest found in the province. Its colonial roots go back to 1609, when it belonged to Salta’s celebrated patriot, General Martín de Güemes who led his unorthodox gaucho cavalry to exhausted victories over the Spaniards in the war of independence. The estancia is still owned by his descendants. It holds an outstanding and lordly collection of colonial furniture. Large and lovely rooms have been appointed with religious paintings and furniture from the 17th and 18th centuries. El Manantial del Milagro
El Manantial del Milagro is a pretty colonial estancia located in the surroundings of Salta City at the foothills of the Andes Pre-Cordillera with soothing views of the green Lerma Valley; an ideal starting point to explore the beautiful Salta region. The lovely gardens were designed by the French landscaper Charles Thays with beautiful red-blossomed ceibo trees – the Argentine National flower.
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