Although the extraordinary fantastic thing about the Quebrada

QUEBRADA de HUMAHUACA

Although the extraordinary fantastic thing about the Quebrada de Humahuaca gorge options so usually in holidaymaker literature, posters and coffee-table books that a number of the surprise component is removed, a visit along it's nevertheless unforgettable and moving expertise. Stunning, the various scenery is on display all the far from the valley bottom, simply northwest of San Salvador de Jujuy, to the namesake city of Humahuaca, 125km north of the capital. while most day-trips on the gorge from Jujuy and Salta take you up and down by the same route, the RN-9, you’re really treated to 2 spectacles: you’ll have your attention fastened on the western side within the morning, and on the eastern flank within the afternoon, once the sun lights up all sides respectively and picks out the superb geological characteristic: polychrome strata, buttes and mesas, eroded crags and pinnacles . What’s additional, the 2 sides are quite completely different, the western mountains rising steeply, typically patterned with vivid colours, whereas the slightly lower, rounded range to the east is, for the foremost part, gentler, additional mellow, but just as colourful.

 Most (day) tours organized out of Salta and Jujuy solely go as way as Humahuaca so head back, however, this still gets you 2 tracking-shot views of colorful mountains, the highlight of which is the attractive Cerro de Los Siete Colores, overhanging the picturesque center of Purmamarca. From Purmamarca, a dramatic path leads across splendid altiplano landscapes,

 via pretty very little Susques, to the Chilean border at the Paso de Jama, high within the Andes. Purmamarca has enough accommodation choices to create it an attainable stopover, particularly if you're forging on towards Chile. two-thirds of the way to Humahuaca, the tiny city of Tilcara is another potential stopover;

 

 it boasts the best range of lodgings and eateries within the whole space, and a remarkable archaeological repository and a stunning pre-Inca fortress, or pukará. beyond Humahuaca, the RN-9 crosses bleak however spectacularly stunning altiplano landscapes all the way up to La Quiaca on the Bolivian border, approximately 2000m higher yet solely 150km more on. 

 

A side road off the RN-9 climbs to the unbelievably isolated and extremely picturesque hamlet of Iruya if you actually wish to get off the overwhelmed track.

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