··· Budget Tour 8 NIGHTS ···
Tour North Argentina: Iguazu and Salta ITINERARY
Day 1: Departure to Puerto Iguazú

Day 2: Arriving to Puerto Iguazu. Accommodation at hostel and free day.

Day 3: Breakfast. In the morning we leave to Iguazú National Park to visit the Argentine side Iguazu Falls. We can walk around two paths, one upper and an other one lower in which we can have panoramic views and appreciate the 275 falls from the footbridge and vantage points.

Day 4: Breakfast. In the morning we leave to Parque Nacional Do Iguacu to visit the Brazilian side Iguazu Falls.. In the evening departure to Salta

Day 5: Arrival to Salta during the night.

Day 6: Breakfast. Full day tour to Cachi or Cafayate

*Cachi: We are starting our trip taking the route 68 to the South passing through little towns. We will be travelling across Escoipe Gorge, The Enchanted Valley until Mill ´s Stone (3400 masl), from where we´ll be entering into the National Park Los Cardones. We´ll take an old Inca road, passing through the town of Payogasta until we arrive to Cachi, village that still keeps the architecture of its colonial past. There we´ll visit the church, the main square, the antropological museum and the craft market. At the end of the wisit, we are coming back to Salta through the same road.

*Cafayate: We are leaving from Salta to the South, taking the route 68, passing through little towns like Cnel. Moldes, La Viña (agricultural area which main production is tobacco). We are visiting the willage of Alemanía, and from there we are entering to Cafayate Gorge, where we´ll see in the mountains the erosion of millions of years, created by wind and water (Devil´s Throat, Amphitheater, The Monk, The Castles, Parrot´s House, The Windows and The Toad). After wisiting these places, we are arriving to the town of Cafayate to visit some wineries and to taste the speciality of the region, torrontés wine. After walking through the town, we are coming back to Salta through the same gorge, which will offer us a different landscape in our way back to the city.

Day 7: Breakfast. Full day excursion “Backpackers to the clouds”. We´ll take route 51 to the West, to San Antonio de los Cobres where we will travel parallel to the railway track of the famous Train to the Clouds. We´ll travel across Bull Gorge, Chorrillos, Ingeniero Maury, Alfarcito, Las Cuevas and Santa Rosa de Tastil, where we visit the ruins with the same name, the town and the antropological museum. We continue to San Antonio de los Cobres where we´ll walk around in this old mining town. Once finished this visit, we´ll change direction, this time to the North passing through route 40 towards the Big Salt Flats, shared with the province of Jujuy. There we´ll see the pools where the salt is extracted. After visiting the salt lakes, we continue to Purmamarca through Lipan´s Slope and Los Amarillos. Once in Purmamarca we´ll visit the town and after this visit we´ll go back to Salta.

Day 8: Breakfast. Free morning. In the evening departure to Buenos Aires

Day 9: Arriving to Buenos Aires. and end of our services.

The TOUR includes:

• Bus Buenos Aires – Puerto Iguazú
• 2 nights accomodation with breakfast in hostel in Puerto Iguazu (DORM room)
• Transfer to Argentine side Iguazu Falls
• Transfer to Brazilian side Iguazu Falls
• Bus Puerto Iguazú – Tucumán – Salta
• 3 nights accomodation with breakfast in hostel in Salta (DORM room)
• Tour Cachi “or” Cafayate
• Tour Backpackers to the clouds
• Bus Salta – Buenos Aires
  
  The TOUR does not include:
  • National Parks tickets
  • Extra meals and drinks