Secrets of Humahuaca Gorge
Secrets of Humahuaca Gorge
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5 Days / 4 Nights Salta / Purmamarca / Tilcara
Artisan, Humahuaca Gorge, Jujuy. Courtesy of Jujuy’s Tourism Secretary. PH Hernan Paganini
TBK0602 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 4 nights Salta (1) - Purmamarca (1) - Tilcara (2) • Tours: Salta: Walking tour with MAAM Jujuy: Humahuaca Gorge - El Hornocal • Meals: 4 breakfasts - 2 lunches 1 dinner • Needed tickets to museum
Day 1 Salta. Arrival, reception at Salta’s airport and transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, the city awaits us to explore Salta by a walk through its streets, churches, colonial buildings and the MAAM (Museum of High Mountain Archaeology), which is in charge of sharing and conserving the ‘Niños del Llullaillaco’. Max. altitude: 1.152 MASL (3.779 ft.)
Day 2 Salta / Purmamarca. B L We leave towards Humahuaca Gorge, Natural and Cultural Heritage Site, in order to share a community-based tourism
experience, in which we will be both actors and guests. According to availability, we will be able to discover the secrets of northern gastronomy thanks to a local chef who will receive us in a farm located at the foot of Del Lipán Slope, to give us a regional cooking lesson or just enjoy a different afternoon in the house of someone very special. With this person, we will prepare and drink tea, using herbs that are native from the gorge and Jujuy’s Puna, with bread-derived products that we will learn how to cook while we learn the history of that community. Accommodation in Purmamarca. Travelled distance: 156 km (96 miles) Travel time: 3 hours Max. altitude: 2.300 MASL (7.045 ft.)
Day 3 Purmamarca / Tilcara. B We begin this day stopping at Tilcara to visit the Pucará, which is the town’s ancient fortress, and then continue towards Humahuaca, where we will have time to explore the town and have
lunch (optional). In the afternoon, we visit El Hornocal, best-known as the Fourteen Colours Hill, which is a colour palette that totally deserves being contemplated. After that, we return through the Gorge to Tilcara.
wines. We choose the wine to pair lunch and then we descend to taste local products. In the evening, we enjoy a dinner in a local restaurant in order to continue discovering the Andean cuisine.
Travelled distance: 172 km (106 miles) Travel time: 10 hours Max. altitude: 4.380 MASL (14.370 ft.)
Travelled distance: 70km (43 miles)Travel time: 6 - 7hours Max. altitude: 3.640 MASL (11.942 ft.)
Day 4 Tilcara. B L D In the morning, we go to Uquía in order to visit quite a special winery. Once there, we meet the host and on board 4x4 we will ascend to visit high altitude vineyards. Among breath-taking landscapes we cross Moya’s vineyard located 3.329 MASL in order to reach the highest wine cellar in the world, which is situated 3.640 MASL and from where every August the wines from the previous year are transferred on the back of llamas in order to store them in bottles. It is an abandoned mining cave that was transformed into a wine cellar which presents the ideal natural conditions to the store, ideal for the maturation of high altitude
Day 5 Tilcara / Salta. B Time at leisure. At due time, transfer to the city of Salta. Max. altitude: 1.200 MASL (3.937 ft.) Operational notes: Day 1: The Town Hall and Museum of High Mountain Archaeologyclose on Mondays. San Miguel’s Market closes on Sundays. During these days, the itinerary could be modified. Day 2: Community-based tourism activities are subject to availability. To keep in mind: • Due to Puna’s characteristics we recommend that people with respiratory, cardiac or pressure diseases should take special care.
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