Category Argentina

Place where the caravans of mules, horses and oxen, which pulled carts laden with trade in the direction of Peru, refreshed and changed animals.

Tilcara is the city with the greatest tourist turnout in the region with more than 100 hostels and hotels.

Maimara’ is an agricultural country with small growers also of grapes and wine. Without massive tourism, but a spectacular carnival in late February. The walls of the houses are made of adobe brick, mud, straw and small stones: this material is of low cost and thermally insulating both from cold and heat. It is also used on roofs on dry cactus or reed river wood.

Camino de Cornisa on the Ruta National N.9 is the ancient road that led from Jujuy to Salta and which is now used only for tourism purposes. Its dense forest is sub-tropical, hot, humid and rainy, rich in fauna and flora.
The region and the city of Salta are twice the size of the region and the city of Jujuy respectively. Salta Capital is heavily touristy, while Jujuy’s attractions are not in the capital but in its surroundings.