The Triangle of the Altiplanic Deserts – 14nts – 14 Nights
Offer ID: PK6606
Valid for travel from 01 Apr 14 to 31 Mar 15
Last date to purchase 31 Mar 15
Destination: XXX
Country: xxxxxxxx
- Return Flights to Sao Paulo on SAA from Johannesburg
- Return internal flights from Sao Paulo to Buenos Aires on JJ Airlines
- All internal flights within Argentina
- DAY 01: Buenos Aires Reception at the airport; transfer to your hotel. Afterwards; city tour visiting the most interesting places in Buenos Aires. At night; transfer to El Querandi to assist to a dinner and Show where you will enjoy the magnetism of tango.
- DAY 02: Buenos Aires | Salta Transfer to the airport to board the scheduled flight to Salta. Arrival and reception. In the afternoon; enjoy a visit to the beautiful city of Salta including a must: the MAAM
- DAY 03: Salta | Cachi | Cafayate Departure from Salta to the Calchaquies Valleys visiting Cachi; Route 40; De las Flechass Gorge (Arrows ravine) to finally arrive at Cafayate. Accommodation
- DAY 04: Cafayate | Salta In the morning we will take a brief tour of the town including a visit to a winery. After lunch (not included) departur towards Salta visiting Quebrada de Cafayate (Cafayate Gorge). Arrival at Salta and transfer to the hotel.
- DAY 05: Salta | San Antonio de los Cobres Early departure following the route of the Train to the Clouds rails. Travelling this route we will see this impressive engineering masterpiece with its viaducts; switchbacks and loops. We finally arrive at the small village of San Antonio de los Cobres. After lunch we will continue towards Polvorrilla Viaduct; one of the most impressive engineering masterpieces. Return to San Antonio de los Cobres. Accommodation at Hosteria de las Nubes
- DAY 06: San Antonio de los Cobres | San Pedro de Atacama Early departure towards Salinas Grandes; the third biggest salt plain in the world. Later we will arrive at Susques; have lunch and visit the village with its enchanting church. We continue to Paso de Jama to reach Atacama.Accommodation.
- DAY 07: San Pedro de Atacama Departure toward Atacama Salt Lake. We continue to arrive to the Atacama Salt Lake. It is located in the center of the most barren desert of the world. We will have the opportunity to admire the great variety of flamingoes and migratory birds that have found in the enormous salt their natural habitat; these birds give a very peculiar atmosphere to the sector
- DAY 08: San Pedro de Atacama Early departure to the El Tatio Geysers. This is a geothermal field located in the Andes Mountains which presents at the early hours of the morning an impressive steaming fumaroles activity produced by high temperature of its craters. Return to San Pedro and in the afternoon visit the Valley of the Moon. It is an interesting area of formation of stone and sand and it was declared Sanctuary of the Nature. During the excursion you will climb a giant dune to observe the sunset; one of main attraction of San Pedro de Atacama
- DAY 09: San Pedro de Atacama | Hito Cajon | Villa Mar Departure from San Pedro de Atacama to the border with Bolivia; Hito Cajon. We continue to Malku Cave visiting Laguna Verde; Valley of Dali; the Geysers Sol de Maand#241;ana (Morning Sun) and Laguna Colorada where you can watch flamingos. Arrival overnight. Lunch and Dinner
- DAY 10: Malku Cueva Hotel | Colchani Departure to the town of Colchani to visit the Great Salt. Visit to the Incahuasis Island Tour; known as Isla Pescado (Fish Island) where you can see the giant cactus. Lunch. In the afternoon you will arrive at Colchani; accommodation. Dinner
- DAY 11: Colchani | Tupiza Departure to Tupiza. Overnight at Tupiza. Lunch and dinner.
- DAY 12: Tupiza | La Quiaca | Iruya In the morning; transfer to the border with Bolivia. Arrival at Villazon and after customs formalities; continue to La Quiaca from where we will travel to Iruya. After endless series of switchbacks and always going up; we reach the highest point during the trip; Abra del Condor with 4000 masl. The view before arrive to the village is impressive and that is why it is called a hanging village in the mountain
- DAY 13: Iruya | Humahuaca Gorge | Tilcara Morning at leisure and departure towards Humahuaca. After visiting the town we will continue towards the Humahuaca Gorge; visiting typical and colorful villages. Arrival at Tilcara. Accommodation
- DAY 14: Tilcara | Purmamarca | Buenos Aires In the morning we will visit the village of Tilcara and its Pucara. Then we will go to Purmamarca where we will have lunch (not included) and have time to visit the handcraft fair. We return to Salta in the afternoon to board the flight to Buenos Aires. Arrival and transfer to the selected hotel
- DAY 15: Buenos Aires Time at leisure. In due time; transfer to the airport to board the scheduled departure flight.
- 2 Meals daily
- Airline Levy
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