Breakfast at the Hotel. City Tour in Salta. Ascent of Cerro San Bernardo. We will visit the Cathedral, the Church of San Francisco, the Town Hall and the Historic Museum of the North, the craft market and the San Bernardo Hill.

The Church of San Francisco is a magnificent Franciscan temple with fine architecture ornaments. The Town Hall was built in different periods, but has a predominant Baroque style. Looms and silver objects can be bought at the handicraft market.

Breakfast at the hotel. Train to the Clouds - transfers to the station included (the train is open all Saturdays from April to November. The rest of the year it is replaced by the Safari to the Clouds (4x4 trucks), Salinas Grandes y Purmamarca are included in the journey. We'll take the Train of the Clouds to go to the viaduct La Polvorilla, ascending up to 4,220 metres above the sea level.

This railroad of incredible engineering was created in 1941 to be used by heavy trains to carry minerals. It travels 220 km crossing valleys, canyons and the Puna and goes through places like the Quebrada del Toro, the zigzag of Alisal station and the La Polvorilla viaduct.

At the Alisal station, the train changes to a parallel track and the locomotive goes to the back of the train to lead it inside a tunnel. Once it crosses the tunnel the locomotive goes back to normal position. During the year, the aborigines sell their crafts, especially ponchos.

Quebrada de Humahuaca - Iruya
Breakfast at the hotel. Full-day excursion to Quebrada de Humahuaca and pre-Hispanic towns. We'll leave Salta to make for San Salvador de Jujuy, where we will briefly visit the city. Then we will go on to the road that communicates Reyes with the lagoons of Yala, our first stop, to visit the lagoon in the base of the Chani Hill.

These 12 lagoons are 2000 metres above the sea level, surrounded by forests of pine trees. We'll leave Yala and El Volcán, towns that are next to the hills of Abra Blanca, Santuyo and Manzano, behind to go to Tumbaya, a place where the Omaguacas lived. Purmamarca: Here we will be able to delight in one of the greatest beauties of the Northwest: Cerro de los Siete Colores ("Hill of the Seven Colours").

First we will pass through Posta de Hornillos and Maimará, in the centre of the canyon. We'll see the multicoloured hills that complete the "Paleta del Pintor" (Painter´s Palet). We'll turn north, to go to Tilcara where we will visit the fabled Pucará.

Pucará is the reconstruction of the town of the pre-Hispanic Omaguacas, a culture that lived 900 years ago. Before reaching Humahuaca, we'll take a quick look at Huacalera and Uquía.

Then we will go to Iruya trough the Iturbe town, and the Condor bay (which is 4.200m above sea level), where we will be able to appreciate the cultivation terraces used by the citizens of the area.

Once in Iruya, we will make a city tour and will spend the night there. Iruya is a dreamed town. The church, houses, and stone little streets talk about the typical lifestyle of the people who live there, protecting the town from the din of the big cities.