Full Day Excursion to Calchaquies Valleys and Cachi

Departure from Salta city in the morning, through Cerrillos, El Carril, Pulares, La Quebrada de Escoipe acts as a prelude to the winding Cuesta del Obispo, reaching its highest point at Piedra del Molino 3348 meters above sea level. This high point represents a gate between two valleys: Lerma (lower and more temperate) and Calchaquíes (between foothills, around 1200 meters higher and drier). Then, continuing along the Tin Tin Recta, from a strange perfect construction drawn at about 3000 meters high, in Inca times, and stopping at Los Cardones and Payogasta National Park, to the typical colonial town of Cachi, on the banks of the Calchaquí River. at 2210 meters above sea level at the foot of Nevado de Cachi. The picturesque town is surrounded by hills and mountains belonging to the Andes Mountains. It has a colonial style, mixed with what its primitive inhabitants left behind. It has a central square surrounded by cobbled streets and houses with stone bases, adobe walls covered with white lime and sand, wrought iron bars, cardón or cane roofs covered with mud. The excursion visits the Archaeological Museum and the parish church. Return to Salta in the afternoon.