The Calchaqui Valley Winery and Scenery Tour in Cafayate
Description
A walk through a reddish ravine offers beautiful postcards of the foothills, a prelude to Cafayate, the heart of the Calchaquí Valley where the sun shines and the best wine awaits. Cafayate, the land of the sun and wine, is located in the Calchaquí Valley, 180 km from Salta's capital, along one of Northern Argentina's most renowned routes. Departing from Salta, you'll tour the Lerma Valley before entering the Quebrada de las Conchas Natural Reserve. A 90 km road takes you through a narrow valley surrounded by colorful hills, dominated by orange and red. You'll encounter natural geoforms like La Garganta del Diablo, El Amphitheater, Las Ventanas, Los Castillos, La Yesera, and El Sapo. In Cafayate, visit a winery for tastings of the best local wines. Though Torrontés is renowned, the region also boasts many hectares of red grapes such as Malbec, Tannat, and Cabernet Sauvignon. After lunch (not included), return to Salta by the same route.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Departure from Salta (downtown) – 1180 masl (6:30 am – 7:15 am) Route 68: Camino de Asfalto We will tour the Lerma Valley: Cerrillos, La Merced, El Carril, Coronel Moldes, La Viña
Stop at Posta de Las Cabras – 1144 masl Route 68: Camino de Cornisa Quebrada de las Conchas: Alemanía, Puente Morales. 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. A walk through a reddish ravine, where each geological formation carved by the wind and water will give you beautiful postcards of the foothills, a more than deserved prelude to Cafayate, the heart of the Calchaquí Valley where the sun always shines and the best wine awaits you.
Stop at Garganta del Diablo – 1400 masl Route 68: Camino de Cornisa asfaltado Quebrada de las Conchas
Stop at Anfiteatro – 1400 masl Route 68: Camino de Cornisa asfaltado Quebrada de las Conchas
Stop at Tres Cruces– 1500 msnm Route 68: Camino de Cornisa asfaltado Quebrada de las Conchas: various geological formations
Stop at a Winery with tasting– 1550 msnm Route 68 and Route 40 Valle Calchaquí: Los médanos
Stop at Cafayate – 1683 msnm Route 40 and Route 68: Camino Asfaltado 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.
Stop at La Yesera
Stop at Posta de las Cabras
Return to Salta (downtown) (6:00 pm – 6:30 pm)
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Departs from downtown Salta hotels
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Minimum age to drink wine is 18 years
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
Reviews(15)
Amazing tour with beautiful landscapes! It's very worth it. But although the title is wine, there is only one stop at a winemaker.
The visit was OK, only too long and too many kilometers, valles calchaquíes are interesting, but not much different from what you see in Catamarca and La Rioja The winery was OK but I visited others in Mendoza with much higher technology. Gata Flora is a very old winery in the area, and quite traditional in its methods.
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.
Beautiful experience, lots of punctuality. The guide, Claudio made us live a journey with great joy , suitability and respect!!! He helped us to portray these spectacular landscapes. And the tamb driver very attentive and drove right!!! Very nice everything!!!🥰
The route is excellent and very well maintained. The scenery is breathtaking. It's for taking pictures all the time
Beautiful place, amazing landscapes! Very dear guide and knew everything about the place! Tired, but worth it!
<p>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.</p>
<p>I didn't expect such a dynamic scenery, so I was always saying wow! wow!.<br/> A guide and a driver were so kind and helpful.</p>
<p>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.</p>
