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EVP - Exploring Volcanoes and Salt flats in the Puna.
8 Days - 7 Nights
| Day | Itinerary |
|---|---|
| 1 | Airport - Salta |
| 2 | Salta – Cafayate - Hualfín |
| 3 | Hualfín – Quilmes – Antofagasta de la Sierra |
| 4 | Punice Field – Antofagasta de la Sierra |
| 5 | Antofagasta de la Sierra |
| 6 | Antofagasta – Cono de Arita – Tolar Grande |
| 7 | Tolar Grande – Salta |
| 8 | Salta - Aeropuerto de Salta |
| Lodging | |
|---|---|
| x7 | Lodge |
This Discovery Tour through the Puna of Salta and the Calchaqui Valleys combines beautiful landscapes with the possibility of enjoying the culture and customs of its inhabitants. Salt flats, pumice fields, volcanic lava fields, craters, beautiful dunes and fabulous Cone Arita, surrounded by stunning mountain scenery. Discover this region is venture into the heart of the valleys and the puna, a virgin, and unexplored, and fascinating puna.
» Itinerary
(ID 23)
Day 1 Airport - Salta
We are greeted at the Salta Airport and transferred to our accommodations. The rest of the day will be free for us to discover this unique city.
Lodging: Lodge
Provided meals: None
(ID 75)
Day 2 Salta – Cafayate - Hualfín
The journey starts from Salta city to the south, through route 68, in the Lerma Valley visiting devil s throat and other typical landforms. We enter the Quebrada de las Conchas arriving at Cafayate.
Lodging: Lodge
Provided meals: Breakfast
(ID 76)
Day 3 Hualfín – Quilmes – Antofagasta de la Sierra
This day our trip we continue on Route 40 from Hualfin to El Eje, Cuesta de Indalesio and Cuesta de Randolfo, with spectacular sand dunes and entered the Puna, where we can see the elegant vicuñas, usually gathered in flocks near a vega. Finally we arrive at El Peñon, a very little village near Carachi Pampa volcanic plains. Here we enter a volcanic world.
Lodging at Hostería double or single.
Lodging: Lodge
Provided meals: Breakfast, Box Lunch
(ID 77)
Day 4 Punice Field – Antofagasta de la Sierra
This day we will have our excursion through pumice field, a strange but dazzling landscape carved into the rock unique in the world. This field has been caused by a big volcanic explosion and we will see a great number of holes produced by the escape of gases during the cooling period.
Lodging: Lodge
Provided meals: Breakfast, Box Lunch
(ID 78)
Day 5 Antofagasta de la Sierra
Today we have to choice to perform different activities, such as visiting the Real Grande with its fields of tuff stones, the pucará of Coiparcito or the slopes of the volcano Antofagasta to have a great view of the area.
Lodging: Lodge
Provided meals: Breakfast
(ID 79)
Day 6 Antofagasta – Cono de Arita – Tolar Grande
After breakfast we begin our journey. We cross the Punilla stream, ascending the Cabalaste canyon and then descending to the Salar de Antofalla, a salt flat that will amaze you for its beautiful landscape. We arrive at Antofalla town, where 40 people live. After leaving Antofalla we will go into the fabulous Salar de Arizaro to reach “Cono de Arita”, volcanic formation inside the Salar where we take a short trek 30 minutes to get to its base. After lunch we also visit “Ojos de Mar” and “El Arenal”. In the afternoon we reached the town of Tolar Grande, where we stayed.
Lodging: Lodge
Provided meals: Breakfast, Box Lunch
(ID 80)
Day 7 Tolar Grande – Salta
We depart early on the morning by the immensity of the altiplano, with salt lakes and volcanoes, to get into the Devil Desert and the Domes Desert, passing through small villages that had their development in times of mining and railroad. We cross Abra del Chorrillo (4560 mmsnm.) descending to San Antonio de los Cobres a typical village nestled over 4,000m. After visiting San Antonio we arrive at the pre Hispanic city of Santa Rosa de Tastil with its legendary ruins. We continue through Quebrada del Toro towards Campo Quijano, finally arriving in Salta city.
Lodging: Lodge
Provided meals: Breakfast
(ID 37)
Day 8 Salta - Aeropuerto de Salta
After breakfast we are transferred to the airport where our tour ends.
Lodging: None
Provided meals: Breakfast
» Services
| Lodging | |
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| x7 | Lodge |
| Provided meals | |
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| x7 | Breakfast |
| x3 | Box Lunch |
| Transfers | |
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| x | 5 |
| Excursions | |
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| x | 5 |
| Days including Guides | |
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| x | 6 |
» Services detail
Included services
Services not included
• Medical and life insurance.
• Tips.
• Drinks and beverages (provided meals are without alcoholic or non alcoholic drinks).
• Optional excursions.
• Services not shown or detailed in this program.
• Flights or airport taxes.
• Entrance to National Parks.
Recommended gear
Notes
The travel agency holds the right of changing the itinerary or cancel any of the activities when any natural cause (or any other cause of any type) justifies it in order to look after the group safety.
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