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Trip to the Clouds with Salinas Grandes and Purmamarca

Salta from Gray Line Argentina
  • Duration12 hours
  • Max Travelers10 people
  • Free CancellationUp to 24 hrs
  • Category4WD Tours, Additional fees

Overview

This tour offers you the chance to see the Argentine Puna’s highlights in one trip: the Train Tracks to the Clouds, Salinas Grandes, and Purmamarca. Travel comfortably with exclusive service! You’ll visit Salinas Grandes, passing through San Antonio de los Cobres in the heart of Puna Argentina. Enjoy the highland landscapes and wildlife. Experience traveling along the famous Train to the Clouds tracks. In San Antonio de los Cobres, you’ll have a break for lunch (not included) and exploration. At Salinas Grandes, you’ll stop at the impressive salt flat. Descend through Cuesta de Lipan to Purmamarca, where you can see the Hill of the Seven Colors at sunset.

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What's included

  • Bilingual English/Spanish professional Tour Guide.

What's Not included

  • Lunch

  • Admission to Salt Fields (approx value)

Itinerary

  • Departure from Salta (downtown) u2013 1180 meters above sea level (6:30 u2013 7:15 am)nRoute 51

  • Campo Quijano Stop u2013 1520 maslnRoute 51nCloud Train PathnnYou will depart from the city of Salta, heading to the gateway to the Andes, Campo Quijano along Route 51, where you can enjoy the variety of landscapes that this road offers.nCampo Quijano is a melting pot of sweet and salty flavors, where empanadas, humitas, spicy dishes, locro, stews, masiteru00eda and its ripe fruit sweets stand out.nIn this municipality is one of the most nationally recognized dulce de leche factories: Dulce de Leche Campo Quijano. A multi-award-winning dulce de leche, which won the gold medal at u201cMercolu00e1ctea 2008u201d, several local awards and was chosen the best at the u201cFeria Caminos y Saboresu201d.

  • Stop next to the train tracksnRoute 40nTowards Salinas GrandesnnSan Antonio de los Cobres is the capital city of the Los Andes department, located in the central-west of the province of Salta and in the northwest of Argentina. Deserts, mountains and salt flats surround San Antonio de los Cobres, a landscape that the Train to the Clouds travels through and where the Puna is manifested in all its immensity.

  • Stop at Salinas Grandes (Salt Fields) u2013 3400 maslnRoute 52nCuesta de Lipu00e1nnnYou will travel to the Salinas Grandes, passing first through San Antonio de los Cobres, in the heart of Puna Argentina. On this excursion you will travel to the Salinas Grandes, shared territory between Salta and Jujuy. In this way, you will be able to enjoy the best landscapes at their best, where you will capture the best and most creative selfies in the vast and stunning Salinas Grandes

  • Stops at Mirador el Balcu00f3n and Maximum Height u2013 4170 maslnRoute 52nCuesta de Lipu00e1nnnIt is part of the road that leads us to the border with Chile on National Route No. 52, characterized by the winding of the road and the imposing landscape represented by the Quebrada de Sepultura and Lipu00e1n.nAdvancing in height from Purmamarca along the winding Cuesta de Lipu00e1n, the vegetation disappears. The colors of the hills are lost in the distance. Only a few animals, some llamas, a couple of donkeys, can be seen on the side of the road. As if suddenly, a vast white desert looms on the horizon.nnIt is a cornice road - with a completely paved route and in very good condition - made up of hundreds of curves around which the vegetation disappears until it is practically nothing.nnStopping at some point on this slope allows you to enjoy magnificent panoramic views of the Quebrada de Humahuaca, the Nevado del Chau00f1i u2013 the limit of the Quebrada and the Salinas u2013 and even the Andes Mountains.

  • Stop at Purmamarca u2013 2324 maslnnWe will tour the beautiful town of Purmamarca. We will see the Plaza 9 de Julio, where you will find many artisan stalls, as well as some historical buildings such as the Santa Rosa de Lima Church and the Cabildo. The Purmamarca Cabildo, where a library operates today, holds the title of being the smallest Cabildo in all of Argentina. Around Plaza 9 de Julio, you will also find the Santa Rosa de Lima Church, which was built in 1648 and declared a National Historical Monument in 1941. It is worth a visit, without a doubt.nWithout a doubt, the Cerro de los Siete Colores is another of the unmissable things to do in Purmamarca, it is the star of Purmamarca and the most photographed thing in the place. This wonder of nature can be seen from almost the entire town, but one of the best points to photograph it is from the street that begins in the main square where you will find the contrast of the typical buildings with the hill in the background.

  • Technical stop at Volcu00e1n u2013 2084 maslnnIn Volcu00e1n we can see the General Belgrano Railway Station, built in 1905, it was the last in the region and has a repair workshop, the Crafts Market with original, symbolic and significant crafts from the towns of Jujuy. In this market you can find products made by the townspeople, made of leather, wood, images, fabrics, looms, pottery, musical instruments, baskets made of stones and antlers.

  • Arrival at Salta (downtown) (8:00 p.m. u2013 9:00 p.m.)

Good to know

  • Service animals allowed

  • Public transportation options are available nearby

  • Infants are required to sit on an adultu2019s lap

  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health

  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

100% Refund 24 hours or more before the start time
0% Refund Less than 24 hours before the start time
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