Salta: Calchaquí Valley and Cafayate Winery Day Trip
Overview
It will depart from the city of Salta, touring the center and south of the Lerma Valley, to then enter the Quebrada de las Conchas Natural Reserve. A 90 km low cornice road will take you through a narrow valley surrounded by colorful hills, dominated by orange and red. There you will find geoforms carved by Mother Nature such as La Garganta del Diablo, El Amphitheater, Las Ventanas, Los Castillos, La Yesera, El Sapo, etc.
In Cafayate you will have the chance to visit a winery, with tastings of the best wines in the area. Although the region always refers to Torrontés, the place has a large number of hectares devoted to red grapes such as Malbec, Tannat or Cabernet Sauvignon.
After lunch (not included) you will return to Salta by the same route.
Inclusions
- Roundtrip transportation from Downtown Salta Hotels
- Bilingual English and Spanish professional Tour Guide
What to expect
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Quebrada del Rio de las Conchas, Ruta Nacional 68, Cafayate Argentina
It is a natural reserve that is located within the Calchaquíes Valleys.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: La Garganta del Diablo, Ruta Nacional 68, Cafayate Argentina
The Devil's Throat in Cafayate is not just another of the formations in the Quebrada de las Conchas, it is the most surprising. The immense walls of reddish rock form a vertical tube similar to the devil's mouth itself. At the end of the tube you can see the blue sky of Cafayate.
Duration: 3 hours
Additional information
- Minimum age to drink wine is 18 years
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Infants must sit on laps
- Most travelers can participate
- Face masks required for travelers in public areas
- Face masks required for guides in public areas
- Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
- Social distancing enforced throughout experience
- Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
- Gear/equipment sanitized between use
- Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
- Guides required to regularly wash hands
- Regular temperature checks for staff
- Temperature checks for travelers upon arrival
- Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
- Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travelers
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
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Cancellation
Description said the tour was in English, it wasn’t. Guide spoke next to no English. We got lucky on the winery tour as they had an English speaker in the sales team who gave us a private tour. Nevertheless the wine tour itself was way too short, was only about 30 minutes. We stopped at some ta...
Description said the tour was in English, it wasn’t. Guide spoke next to no English. We got lucky on the winery tour as they had an English speaker in the sales team who gave us a private tour. Nevertheless the wine tour itself was way too short, was only about 30 minutes. We stopped at some tacky gift shop (compulsory stop) for longer than the time we spent at the vineyard. The time for lunch before returning was two hours which was way too long and pointless. Some of the landscapes were interesting but overall it was a very long waste of a day.Just the drive through the coutryside. Not crazy about tourist stop in Cafayate, and thought that lunch was included but it turned out not to be.
Just the drive through the coutryside. Not crazy about tourist stop in Cafayate, and thought that lunch was included but it turned out not to be.
It was a fantastic trip with a very scenic drive - the stops were sometimes to short. Our guide was really briefed and wanted us to have a full experience of the trip. At the winery the guided tour was a bit stressful. The whole image from the trip is anyway fantastic.
It was a fantastic trip with a very scenic drive - the stops were sometimes to short. Our guide was really briefed and wanted us to have a full experience of the trip. At the winery the guided tour was a bit stressful. The whole image from the trip is anyway fantastic.
I didn't expect such a dynamic scenery, so I was always saying wow! wow!.
A guide and a driver were so kind and helpful.
I didn't expect such a dynamic scenery, so I was always saying wow! wow!.
A guide and a driver were so kind and helpful.
We were very disappointed with how our trip went. It started off with getting picked up over 30 min after our confirmed pick up time. On the voucher it clearly states an English tour. No one, including the tour guide spoke English. And the wine tasting was only walk around and try a sip of 2 w...
We were very disappointed with how our trip went. It started off with getting picked up over 30 min after our confirmed pick up time. On the voucher it clearly states an English tour. No one, including the tour guide spoke English. And the wine tasting was only walk around and try a sip of 2 wines.
The views were fabulous! Our tour guide was courteous and tried to include us in the conversation, as we were the only English speaking people on the tour. The group consisted of 26ppl, which is larger than I prefer. What I didn't enjoy was the stops at random shops feeling pressured to buy.
The views were fabulous! Our tour guide was courteous and tried to include us in the conversation, as we were the only English speaking people on the tour. The group consisted of 26ppl, which is larger than I prefer. What I didn't enjoy was the stops at random shops feeling pressured to buy.