Touching the sky in Iruya
Visit a salt lake of the Puna
Almost as if it were the surface of the Moon, salares are remnants of lakes that have been dissected. In the country and in the Puna especially there are several that can be traversed, always with sunglasses because the reflection dazzles.
Salinas Grandes, one of the most visited, is a large plain of 220 km2 of infinite horizon, between Salta and Jujuy. In the distance men are seen working, shovel in hand, covered with caps and masks. From here you get a good part of the salt that is consumed in the Argentine tables.
Triangular of the calchaquíes valleys
It should be one of the circuits with the greatest variety of landscapes in the world. In a car is a party. If one part of the city of Salta, one option is to travel south-west in search of Cafayate, by an asphalted route (the 68) that reaches almost abandoned towns like Germany and natural delights like the Throat of the Devil, in a route of 183 km Which surprises at every turn. Cafayate, surrounded by wineries, is one of the ideal places to spend the night.
The next day you can go to Cachi, a small town surrounded by snow-capped peaks, with its famous neo-Gothic style church. Access is by route 40, in a zigzagging and desolate stretch of 136 km with much rubble and lime.
The last part towards Salta presents amazing scenarios, such as Los Cardones National Park.
To go by train to the clouds
It is the most famous tourist train in the country. It ascends to 4200 meters above sea level, travels 434 km (round trip) and crosses 29 bridges, 21 tunnels, 13 viaducts, 2 curls and 2 zigzags. The Train of the Clouds departs from the city of Salta and begins the ascent until La Polvorilla, where the return begins.
With onboard dining, translator and medical assistance, the tour is about 16 hours, is performed three times a week and costs $ 120 (or 140 on Easter and winter holidays). Rates include breakfast and snacks.
Travel to the past in Talampaya
The huge 215,000-hectare red desert of Talampaya National Park in La Rioja was habitat in the triassic (200 million years ago) of imposing dinosaurs.
Today, visitors have the sensation of making a trip in time between curious formations carved tirelessly by the erosion of the wind, walls and canyons.
Vibrate with the drums in Santiago
It debuted in 2003 to celebrate the 450 years of Santiago del Estero, and soon became one of the most talked about popular festivals in the country. Initiative of a group of friendly bombistas, like the luthier of bombas Froilán González, the procession of patches attracted each year more and more devotees of the chacarera. In its eighth edition, on Friday, July 16, two multitudinous columns were found after walking 10 kilometers, just in the Patio del Indio Froilán, multispace of music and regional foods that is something like the last tourist hit in Santiago to visit everything year.
