Safari Ruta 40

We leave at 6.30 a.m. from the Movitrack Office, located in the center of the city of Salta and begin to travel through the Lerma Valley, with villages such as Cerrillos, La Merced, and El Carril. All dedicated to the agricultural production, standing out the exploitation of the tobacco, whose plantations we can observe in the route. After ascending by Cuesta del Obispo, we arrive at Los Cardones National Park, which protects the widest variety of cacti. After a refreshment, we leave for the old town of Seclantas where we visit the museum and the church. We continue our tour of the mythical RUTA 40 by visiting the Quebrada de las Flechas formations in the town of Molinos, Angastaco and San Carlos, where we then go back to Salta on route 68 accompanied by the Conchas river, where we We go through the “Quebrada de Cafayate”, whose scenic, colorful and varied attractions surprise us … unique Salta landscape …. The return is stipulated at 10:00 pm
Departures 6:30 AM
Duration 1 day

Tolar Grande (2 días)

Day 1 / Salta – Tolar Grande
Departure from Salta to Tolar Grande, passing by Santa Rosa de Tastil, San Antonio de los Cobres, arrival to Tolar Grande prior to Visit to Ojo de Mar. (small but deep and very salty lagoons) where some of the few living stromatolites of The present in the world, even more these stromatolites as others also found in the same Puna of Atacama -region where is located Tolar Grande- are the only known in the planet Earth that live in heights near the 4,000 meters, with an environment Very similar perhaps to that which originated the first living beings about 3.5 billion years ago.
Day 2 / Tolar Grande – Cone of Arita – Salta
In the morning, departure from Tolar Grande to Salar de Arizaro, where we will visit the “Cono” or “Cono de Arita” hill which is located in the salar, then to San Antonio de los Cobres and finally return to the city of Salta.
Departure 7 AM
Duration 2 days

Safari a las Nubes (full day)

Experience a different adventure, we propose to cross the Puna Salteña in an off-road vehicle VIVI THE MOVITRACK EXPERIENCE!
Departures: Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
Highlights
I traversed the abrupt geography of the Argentine North in an off-road vehicle.
Cross ravines, valleys and walk the train path to the clouds while you disguise charming landscapes.
This route offers the unique possibility of combining three unforgettable landscapes of the Argentine Northwest in an unforgettable day: first, the “Way to the Clouds”, following the tracks of the famous Tren a las Nubes, admiring this magnificent engineering work begun in the 1920s Through the Quebrada del Toro to the famous Polvorilla Viaduct.
Second, the junction of the Puna Route 40 where we will see flames and vicuñas, and then reach the Salinas Grandes on the border with Jujuy.
And third, Cuesta de Lipán, a descent of 2,000 mts in 35 km and the transition from the desert of the puna to the fertility of the humid valleys to arrive at the picturesque village of Purmamarca located at the foot of the famous Hill of Seven Colors. The circuit ends with the arrival in Salta.

Itinerary
We leave the offices Tastil – Movitrack Salta at 06:30 to start one of the most exciting trips of the North: the Puna, crossing Valles and Quebradas, by mountain paths.
The first part of our tour is the Valley of Lerma. After crossing some summer villas we arrive at the village of Campo Quijano, during the route, we permanently cross bridges, viaducts, and tunnels as well as passing through small villages such as Alfarcito where we will have breakfast and Santa Rosa de Tastil to visit the pre-Inca ruins Of Tastil.
We will disembark San Antonio de los Cobres and then head for the famous viaduct of La Polvorilla, one of the highest viaducts in the world, the culminating point of the Train to Las Nubes,
Later, we will have lunch, then head for the Salinas, Cuesta de Lipán, a descent of 2,000 meters in 35 km and the transition from the desert of the puna to the fertility of the wettest valleys to arrive at the picturesque village of Purmamarca located at Foot of the famous Cerro de los Siete Colores.
The circuit ends with the arrival in Salta.

Safari a las Nubes con Humahuaca (2 días)

Departures: Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
The “Safari Clouds with Humahuaca” combines the itinerary of the “Safari to the Clouds” in Movitrack vehicle with the classic “Quebrada de Humahuaca” route in Tastil Minibus in a single 2 day excursion. Not only do we avoid the same stretch of road (Salta-Purmamarca), but we also take advantage of the times, so we do not have to get up early on the 2nd day, so we can start the day much more relaxed .
To the attractions of the “Safari to the Clouds” on the first day are added, on the second day, the Quebrada de Humahuaca, declared by the United Nations as a World Heritage Site, which delights us with its intense colors and rock formations An immense combination of minerals and agents of nature. Each of its villages: Purmamarca, Maimará, Tilcara with its Pre-Columbian Indigenous Ruins, Uquía and Humahuaca, reflect and transmit the idiosyncrasy of the northern, calm, warm, like time. In the afternoon we return to Salta
Accommodation Not Included.