Argentina · SALTA TOURS
Salta is a base, not a destination: the good days are all long drives north into Jujuy or south to the wine. These 15 compare the salt flat runs, the painted hills and the Cafayate route on price, altitude and hours in the van.
See Purmamarca, 7 Color Hill, and Salinas Grandes on a scenic 13-hour trip from Salta with bilingual guides and hotel pickup.
“We very much enjoyed our trip with Veronica as our guide. We felt we got the value for our money and had a good time and also got to meet some other people. The photos from Salinas Grande make a great and affordable souvenir.”
Review of Salta’s 13-hour Cafayate tour, with Quebrada de las Conchas scenery, bilingual guides, winery visit, costs, and practical tips.
“Excellent tour, outstanding hosts! Edu and Iván showed us around one of the most gorgeous regions of the North-West of Argentina: Cafayate. All the way from Salta City, we got to discover several natural landscapes and their breathtaking beauty. Do not hesitate and book this tour! Fingers crossed, you’ll be as lucky as we were and come across these great tour guides.”
Review of Salinas Grandes, Purmamarca, and Los Colorados from Salta, with altitude tips, itinerary details, costs, and honest advice.
“Really great excursion! I was informed that the excursion would be in Spanish, which was fine for me since I speak Spanish. Both Martín and Mauricio did a splendid job, and overall it was such a great way to see the incredible spots in Jujuy!”
Review of Salta’s Cafayate day trip, with red-rock formations, wine tasting, bilingual guides, practical costs, timing, and travel tips.
“I really appreciated the guiding in English and learned a lot about the landscape we drove through. The guide was great and the driving was very comfortable. 10/10 itinerary, even though I am not a vine-entusiast I liked to learn and taste it at the vinery/museum. Thank you, i recommend this to others”
Explore Salta’s Quebrada de las Conchas, visit Cafayate, and taste Torrontés wine on a scenic, good-value 14-hour day tour.
“The scenery was great but there was not enough English translation on the tour. The tour guide spent a lot more time speaking in Spanish than in English. Yes, the places we stopped were explained in English but not to the same extent as in Spanish. On the way back from the tour, she spoke for an hour in Spanish and I did not get any translation of what was said.”
Review of Salta’s 12-hour Hornocal tour, with Purmamarca, Tilcara, Uquía, Humahuaca, 7 Colors and 14 Colors viewpoints.
“It's a beautiful tour. The mountains in Hornocal are magnificent. Beautiful views throughout the tour. The tour was conducted in two languages: Spanish and English. The time flew by. The bus was very late and the guide did not warn us about it, although we left all contacts. We did not have time to visit the cities mentioned in the description, we only saw Hornocal and Humahuaca.”
Review of Salta’s Cachi and Los Cardones tour, with mountain roads, giant cacti, colonial Cachi, costs, stops, and practical tips.
“Definitely recommended, if you want to see breathtaking sceneries and amazing national park Los Cardones.”
Review of Salta’s 12-hour Cafayate wine tour, with red-rock scenery, Quebrada de las Conchas stops, tasting tips, costs, and practical advice.
“Angie is the best guide one could ever ask for. She knows so many stories and she brought a backpack full of things to show us, she even played us music. This was the best tour I have ever been on. Together with Erik they made an amazing team. Highly recommend this tour, 10/10.”
Review of Salta’s full-day tour to Salinas Grandes, Purmamarca, and the Hill of Seven Colors, with practical tips on altitude, timing, and value.
“Excursión muy larga, más de 12 horas , y muy restrictivos en las paradas. Por ejemplo, al llegar al salar estuvimos escasos 20 minutos”
Review of Salta’s Cachi day tour: mountain roads, condors, cactus parks, colonial streets, practical tips, value, and honest drawbacks.
“It was a beautiful drive up the windy mountains. Seats are very small and a lot of gravel road driving. 4 out of 5”
Review of Salta’s full-day Humahuaca tour, with Purmamarca, Hill of 7 Colors, artisan markets, mountain scenery, price, route, and practical tips.
“We had an incredible trip!our guide did a phenomenal job speak in both English and Spanish to not only make everyone included but also helped with communicating amongst the group! She had an incredebly deep knowledge of the area, its history, geography and geology! We learned a lot about the history of each town we passed, stopped along the way to see a beautiful view of the mountains and felt welcomed with Argentinian hospitality every step of the way! This is an awesome day trip from Salta!”
Review of the full-day Cachi and Los Cardones tour from Salta, with mountain views, cactus country, practical tips, costs, and drawbacks.
“We had a great time on the trip to Cachi! Our guide Vanessa was very knowledgeable and was fluent in English , which was great for getting the best insights into the landscape and the city! Our driver Pablo drove us safely to and from cachi - and the road was sometimes very bumpy ;) Overall great value for money and we’d recommend this to everyone!”
Review of Salta’s full-day trip to Purmamarca and Salinas Grandes, with route details, altitude advice, guide notes, costs, and practical tips.
“it’s was a good experience. Salinas Grandes and Pumamarca really worth a visit. The tour runs without any issues. The time that we spent in Salinas was quite good, enough to know the place and take fun pics. But the experience in Purmamarca definitely was a down point. The plan was stay there for 2h and the practice was 1h30, that wasn’t enough to eat and get around the city (that is small). In addition, the guide strongly recommended us a restaurant (Peña Marito) which has a very slow service and lack of options. We ordered a portion of baked potato with cheese that spent almost 40min to be delivered.…”
Explore Salta’s Lerma Valley and Quebrada de las Conchas, visit Cafayate, and taste Argentine wine on a budget-friendly day trip.
“Very beautiful and interesting landscape and vistas. Very pleasant trip. Cafayate is a beautiful little town with colonial style buildings in the city center. The central park was undergoing repairs. A wide variety of artesinal works are available for purchase.”
Review of Salta’s Cachi and Calchaquí Valleys tour, with mountain scenery, giant cacti, lunch in Cachi, guide tips, price, and practical advice.
“Great tour. Highly professional and very informative guide. Lots of stops on the way up, with time to take photos. Comfortable bus, good price. As others have said: you might want to go eat lunch in Salta itself, say at one of the restauraRead more”
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