The 15 Best Tours in Salta & the Northwest

From Salta: Full-Day Trip to Salinas Grandes and Purmamarca - Purmamarca and the 7 Color Hill

★★★★★★★★★★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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From Salta: Full-Day Tour to Cafayate with Wine Tasting

2.Full-Day Tour to Cafayate with Wine Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 478 reviews · 13 hours · from $29Best value

Review of Salta to Cafayate day tour: red-rock gorges, tobacco country, bilingual guides, wine tasting, transport, costs, and practical tips.

“Monica is a fantastic guide, I love her! She is very knowledgeable, engaging, fun and she cares a lot about the guests. Probably one of the best guides I had in Argentina. The landscape and the stops were very beautiful and the wine tasting fun! A long trip in the van but it's worth it!”

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From Salta: Salinas Grandes, Purmamarca & Los Colorados Hike

3.Salinas Grandes, Purmamarca & Los Colorados Hike

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 356 reviews · 12h 30m · from $43

Review of Salinas Grandes, Purmamarca, and Los Colorados from Salta, with practical advice on altitude, timing, transport, and value.

“Good experince, timely pickup, comfortable van, fair price and enough time to enjoy each stop; despite the guide is kind & willing to share information its EN level is quite poor”

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From Salta: Cafayate, land of wines and imposing ravines

4.Cafayate, land of wines and imposing ravines

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 347 reviews · 12 hours · from $29

Explore Salta to Cafayate for red-rock ravines, dramatic formations, high-altitude wine, and a full day of scenic stops for $29.

“Our tour guide, Lourdes, was fantastic! She had a great sense of humor and was quite knowledgeable. I really feel like I learned quite a few things today! The transportation coach had nice AC which was a big plus. It was a long day, but it didn't really feel like it. My only comment for improvement would be to inform the guests when you're running late. Overall, I would definitely recommend this trip to anyone who wants to see the wine country.”

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Full-Day Tour Cafayate Calchaqui Valleys with Wine

5.Full-Day Tour Cafayate Calchaqui Valleys with Wine

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 347 reviews · 14 hours (approx.) · from $32

Explore Salta’s Quebrada de las Conchas, red-rock formations, Cafayate, and Torrontés wine on a long, low-cost day trip.

“The tour guide Ximena and the driver Mario were both fantastic. The drive is beautiful and we found a lovely place to try local food and wines in Cafayate on our own. I wish there was a tour that made more stops and spent more time in the scenic places. This itinerary seems pretty typical but I think instead of trying to do a little bit of everything (scenic stops, wine tour, shopping) having more focused tours would be better, even though it’s still obviously a limited time and there’s only so much that’s possible on such a far day trip. I understand why people say to rent a car…”

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From Salta: Serranías del Hornocal & Hill of 14 Colors Tour

6.Serranías del Hornocal & Hill of 14 Colors Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 339 reviews · 12 hours · from $63

Review of Salta's 12-hour Hornocal tour, with Purmamarca, Tilcara, Uquía, Humahuaca, 7 Colors and 14 Colors mountains.

“It was a great day of sightseeing and learning about the indigenous culture. I highly recommend, but I would have liked to spend more time at the Hill of 14 colours. As it takes more time to drive up the mountain than the 20 minutes we had to take it all in, I felt very rushed to take pictures and enjoy the view before we were rushed back to the car to leave. And by doing this part of the tour you will miss out on the free time in Humahuaca that I was also very much looking forward to. The Hill of 7 colours and Permamarca is a phenomenal…”

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From Salta: Cachi and Los Cardones National Park Tour

7.Cachi and Los Cardones National Park Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 285 reviews · 12 hours · from $30

Ride from Salta to Cachi through Cuesta del Obispo, Los Cardones National Park, Inca roads, high passes, and colonial streets.

“it was good despite it was only Spanish speaking guide (which I knew about it). Spanish guide was really informative.”

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From Salta: Cafayate Day Trip with Wine Tasting

8.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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Full-Day Tour Salinas Grandes and Purmamarca from Salta

9.Full-Day Tour Salinas Grandes and Purmamarca from Salta

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 220 reviews · from $35

Review of Salta’s full-day trip to Salinas Grandes and Purmamarca, with colorful mountains, salt-flat photos, mountain roads, costs, and practical tips.

“A varied, interesting and long day. Plenty of stops to take photos. Excellent lunch (not included in the price). Our tour was booked as english-speaking and, although our guide was excellent, most of the commentary was in Spanish.”

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From Salta: Full-Day Scenic Tour to Cachi

10.Full-Day Scenic Tour to Cachi

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 213 reviews · 13 hours · from $29

Review of Salta’s Cachi day tour, with Cuesta del Obispo, Los Cardones, condors, mountain scenery, practical tips, and honest value advice.

“The guide and driver were great? really made the trip enjoyable”

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Salinas Grandes and Purmamarca: Full Day Excursion from Salta Capital

11.Salinas Grandes and Purmamarca: Full Day Excursion from Salta Capital

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 207 reviews · 13 hours (approx.) · from $34

See Purmamarca, Cerro de Siete Colores, Cuesta de Lipán, and Salinas Grandes on a scenic, budget-friendly day trip from Salta.

“Great day , worth every $. Highly recommend this trip, a number of stops on the way with great scenery. Way too many pictures taken that now I have to sort”

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Full-Day Tour to Humahuaca, Purmamarca and Tilcara

12.Full-Day Tour to Humahuaca, Purmamarca and Tilcara

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 203 reviews · 12 hours (approx.) · from $43

Review of Salta’s full-day Humahuaca tour, covering Purmamarca, Tilcara, colorful Andean scenery, ruins, churches, transport, and value.

“The tour is a nice way to see the villages and the Hill of Seven Colours. Note that although this tour goes very close to it, it does not include a visit to the 14-coloured mountain! I was informed a day before the tour that it will be in Spanish only, even though I booked it in English (with the option to re-schedule).”

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Tour to Cafayate from Salta

13.Tour to Cafayate from Salta

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 193 reviews · 12 hours (approx.) · from $31Top rated

Explore Salta to Cafayate by air-conditioned minibus, with red-rock scenery, a winery visit, wine tasting, and free time in town.

“Sergio was great. Plenty to see to make the ~12 hour day worth it. Cafayate was maybe the destination but the journey is the best part.”

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Purmamarca Walk with Llamas

14.Purmamarca Walk with Llamas

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 167 reviews · 1 hour 45 minutes (approx.) · from $50

Walk Purmamarca with friendly llamas, visit Seven Colors Hill and Paseo de los Colorados, and enjoy a private, flexible Jujuy outing.

“This was one of the highlights of the trip. Both the area and the experience with the Llamas were one of a kind.”

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Tour to Salinas Grandes and Purmamarca

15.Tour to Salinas Grandes and Purmamarca

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 144 reviews · 14 hours (approx.) · from $37

Review of the Salinas Grandes and Purmamarca day tour from Salta, with mountain roads, salt flats, free time, costs, and practical tips.

“Excellent full day tour. The scenery is beautiful. Everything was punctual and well organized. Augustine the guide very attentive and fun. Places to visit beautiful 100% recommended.Auto-translated”

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