North Argentina Bite-Sized Trips

Like a Gaucho in Sunny Salta

Itinerary:
Salta - Chicoana - Salta
Duration:
3 days / 2 nights (flexible)
Price:
from £348 per person (excluding flights)

Ride horseback through the green valleys and tobacco plantations of sunny Salta, steeped in folklore, colonial charm and traditional Gaucho spirit. Sit around shady plazas, grab some steaming empanadas at the street stalls and enjoy a classic Argentine barbecue. Salta is sunny in both weather and atmosphere, with a festive vibe and folk music drifting through the streets. Nestled in the basin of the beautiful Lerma valleys, it’s a lovely area to explore. During this trip, you’ll spend 2 nights in the city, and spend a day on a working ranch.

Andes Outback Drive

Itinerary:
Salta - Purmamarca - Salta
Duration:
3 days / 2 nights (flexible)
Price:
from £435 per person (excluding flights)

Drive through white-washed villages, cacti-scattered plains and rainbow coloured hills on a road trip across Argentina’s altiplano, staying in friendly local refugios. It’s a beautiful and varied road trip into a wilderness peppered with salt lakes, Inca ruins and traditional clay houses. You’ll spend three days exploring the remote pockets of the high plains, filled with Inca folklore and fascinating scenery. Explore rocky isolated canyons, hike to the surreal Seven Coloured Hills, meet the locals and cross the Tropic of Capricorns, all with the freedom of your own four wheels. It’s a real outback adventure.

iSalud! On the Wine Route

Itinerary:
Cafayate - Cachi
Duration:
3 days / 2 nights (flexible)
Price:
from £515 per person (excluding flights)

Drive through rusty rock canyons, cycle between sun-kissed grapevines, gaze up at giant cacti and drink a drop (or two) of local wine in the altiplano. Staying in traditional posadas, you’ll explore vineyards, tucked-away villages and surreal valleys with rocks that shift colours in the sunshine. This is a three-day road trip that will take you through the beautiful and bizarre scenery of Argentina’s high plains, scattered with mammoth cacti, tiny communities and remote canyons surrounded with striped rocks. You’ll make your way by road to lively Cafayate, known for its local wines and bodegas, where you’ll hop on a bike and cycle from vineyard to vineyard.

Iguazu Falls in the Rainforest

Itinerary:
Puerto Iguazú
Duration:
4 days / 3 nights (flexible)
Price:
from £378 per person (excluding flights)

Feel the spray of roaring Iguazu Falls, make a brief hop over the the Brazilian side and explore to the surrounding rainforest, where raccoon-like coatis play. A cluster of hun-dreds of cascades set within the UNESCO World Heritage National Park, Iguazu Falls will leave you deafened and utterly speechless. This is a tropical getaway into a world of frothy waterfalls criss-crossed by rainbows in Argentina’s rainforest. It’s somewhere marked with a touch of magic. You’ll visit both the Argentinean and Brazilian side of the Falls and get a close up encounter with the local coatis – small raccoon-like creatures.

Train to the Clouds in Salta

Itinerary:
Salta - La Puna - Salta
Duration:
3 days / 2 nights (flexible)
Price:
from £489 per person (excluding flights)

Tucked away in the north-western corner of Argentina, where the high desert meets the Andes mountains, is a historic train that travels 13,850 feet above sea level. Zigzagging up steep mountains this route passes over 29 bridges and through 21 tunnels, showcasing the rugged terrain and desert surroundings. You will be based in Salta during your stay and have the evenings to explore this lesser known lively Bohemian city.

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Like a Gaucho in Sunny Salta

Andes Outback Drive

iSalud! On the Wine Route

Iguazu Falls in the Rainforest

Train to the Clouds in Salta