The 6 Best Day Trips in Salta

1.Full-Day Trip to Salinas Grandes and Purmamarca

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 914 reviews · 13 hours · from $38Our pick

Review the 13-hour Salta tour to Purmamarca and Salinas Grandes, with practical tips on altitude, transport, costs, guides, and timing.

“The tour was good overall. The combi van that collected us was very small, and hard to fit the legs into the available space (even for average height people). But it had good air conditioning. The guide did a reasonable job - they provide some info along the way although more explanation and info would have been nice. Tour returned into Salta at approx 20:45.”

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2.Cafayate Day Trip with Wine Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 226 reviews · 12 hours · from $40

Explore Salta’s red-rock Quebrada de las Conchas, visit Cafayate, and taste Torrontés wine on a scenic 12-hour day trip.

“Very cool excursion! We were very lucky with our guide - Angie is very charming and extremely interesting to listen to. The excursion itself was interactive, there was no time to get bored. We were introduced not only to the most beautiful places, but also to culture and folklore. And all this with humor and ease. The guide spoke excellent Spanish (her native language, of course), but also English, there were no problems in understanding. Thanks a lot! I highly recommend this excursion!”

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3.One Day Tour of Cachi and Calchaquí Valleys from Salta

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 102 reviews · from $35

Travel from Salta to Cachi through Calchaquí Valleys, Los Cardones, and Bishop’s Cliff on a scenic, budget-friendly full-day tour.

“Great tour. Highly professional and very informative guide. Lots of stops on the way up, with time to take photos. Comfortable bus, good price. As others have said: you might want to go eat lunch in Salta itself, say at one of the restauraRead more”

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4.Day Trip to Cachi and the Calchaquí Valleys

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 67 reviews · 12 hours · from $31Best value

Ride from Salta to Cachi through Cuesta del Obispo, Los Cardones, and high Andean valleys on a scenic 12-hour day trip.

“Gostei do grupo, incrível! a guia Gabriela muito acessível e conhecedora. fiquei desiludida porque não paramos na recta de Tintin nem na ida nem na volta. sempre chovendo quando fomos pela costa del obispo para lá mas quando voltamos já não chovia tanto, podíamos ter parado também. no geral valeu o dinheiro.”

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5.4-Day Trip in Salta Province & Salinas Grandes

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 54 reviews · from $183

Four days across Salta, Cafayate, Salinas Grandes, Hornocal, and Humahuaca, with dramatic scenery, wine, and guided transport.

“For the most part, teehee that this is more like a chaperoned excursion than something which is actively guided, but they do a good job of taking you plenty of amazing places.”

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6.Day Trip to Quebrada de Humahuaca

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 48 reviews · 13h 30m · from $39

Review of Salta’s 13.5-hour Quebrada de Humahuaca tour, with Purmamarca, Tilcara, Uquía, the Tropic of Capricorn, and practical value tips.

“Horrible horrible tour, First of all the company is completely disorganized. I asked for an English tour and they put me in the Spanish one without even ask. Second, the people working there don't know anything and are super rude. The tour it self for the cost is not worth it. You sit in a bus for the whole day listening the guide talking no stop, but really no stop, is unbelievable, I've never seen anything like that and I had the worst headache praying he would stop to talk even just for a sec. In the end was the worst tour I've ever been. Is my last time using…”

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