Steppes Travel | Discover The Puna Region of Argentina
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Experience dusty villages and ghost towns, striking oases in high altitude deserts, red mountains, pumice fields and some 19,000 pink flamingos. Visit authentic Puna villages home to ancient traditions and cultures and dine in the homes of local shepherds on shimmering salt flats.
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- 1. Space Travel – Argentine Puna
- 3. Vinas de Cafayate Wine Resort 22 rooms – 10 standard and 12 superior Rack from approx. USD140
- 4. Vinas de Cafayate Wine Resort 22 rooms – 10 standard and 12 superior Rack from approx. USD140
- 7. Ojos de Mar
- 9. Dona Corina
- 10. Laguna GrandeSalar de Antofalla Oasis de Antofallita
- 12. Route 40 – Salta to Molinos to Cafayate Canaries Canaries Canaries Canaries
- 13. Mixture of sealed road and established dirt track Calchaqui Valley – Ruta 40 Il Castello – Ruta 40 nr Cafayate
- 14. All vehicles have satellite phones and an emergency satellite coordinate communicator on board. Oxygen tanks St. Lucia TOYOTA 4 X 4 HI LUX & LANDCRUISERS
- 15. St. Lucia
- 16. Molinos – Hacienda de Molinos Canaries Canaries Canaries Canaries
- 17. Grace - Cafayate
- 19. El Penon Canaries Canaries Canaries Canaries
- 20. Duna de Blanco Duna de Blanco
- 21. Vinas de Cafayate Wine Resort 22 rooms – 10 standard and 12 superior Rack from approx. USD140
- 22. Laguna Grande
- 23. Laguna Grande
- 24. Campo de Piedra Pomez
- 25. Duna de Blanco Duna de Blanco
- 26. Vinas de Cafayate Wine Resort 22 rooms – 10 standard and 12 superior Rack from approx. USD140
- 27. Laguna GrandeSalar de Antofalla
- 28. Salar de Arizaro
- 29. Laguna GrandeSalar de Antofalla Oasis de Antofalla Cono de Arita A lava cone as black as stout floats like a mirage on a vast ocean of salt.
- 30. Casa Andina in Tolar Grande
- 32. Laguna GrandeSalar de Antofalla Oasis de AntofallaCono de Arita
- 33. Vinas de Cafayate Wine Resort 22 rooms – 10 standard and 12 superior Rack from approx. USD140
- 34. Laguna GrandeSalar de Antofalla Oasis de AntofallaCono de Arita Labyrinth Desert
- 36. Laguna GrandeSalar de Antofalla Oasis de AntofallaCono de Arita
- 37. Laguna GrandeSalar de Antofalla Oasis de AntofallaCono de Arita ‘’ The landscape is harsh and the environment is hostile. The air is devoid of moisture and thin on oxygen while the dust stings and the wind bites hard. Yet in spite of this, the puna is soul touchingly beautiful and it would take a heart of granite not to feel moved by its simple splendour.’’
Editor's Notes
- Cono de Arita
- Campo de Piedra Pumez - 30C to -30C…in 24 hours/Altitude/UV levels 165% of that at sea level/biting, sand blast winds
- Salar de Antofalla
- Ojos de Mar
- Our guide Fabrizio tells me the story of this remarkable woman. How she loves the land of her ancestors and takes strength from the solitude; how her brother built a small house on the oasis, next door to her but she chose not to speak to him; how she is making provision to secure a future for the small holding after her death; and how she has a younger man drop into her help her from time to time – “he is her helper 360 degrees” he laughs, with a glint in his eye.
- Ruta 40 runs from the southern most tip of Patagonia to the very north of the country, across the Puna – approx. 5,000 kms
- 6 hours travelling from Salta 1545 the conquistadors left Peru with the objective of connecting the alto with the Atlantic - Some of the first Spanish settlements in Argentina were around Molinos (1550s) 18th century hacienda
- Home to the world’s highest vineyards – excellent Malbec and Torrontes
- 3400 mts
- El Penon means rocky 3400 mts – 200 people
- Standard have shared terrace Superior have private terrace
- Home to approx. 20,000 flamingos – best time between Oct to May
- Every year up to 20,000 flamingos fly south from Bolivia and east from Chile to feed on the algae rich waters of Laguna Grande. They are the stealth flyers of the bird world, arriving at the lake at the dead of night, undetected - one day the lake will be devoid of birds and then the next day as the sun comes up the lake is teeming with flamingos
- Galan volcano, approx. 70 miles away, exploded over 2 million years ago and created Campo de Piedra Pomez
- Campo de Piedra Pumez – geological and climatic forces
- Ivory coloured pumice stones stand like giant pavlovas, whipped into elaborate shapes by the wind and toasted on top by an unrelenting sun. I climb on top of the flattest, highest rock I can see, being careful not to break the honeycomb structure and try to look beyond the heat haze for signs of life. The panorama is as remarkable for what isn’t visible as what is.
- “Where vultures eat the dead”
- A lava cone as black as stout floats like a mirage on a vast ocean of salt.
- Five times more saline than the ocean with lethal measures of arsenic.
- 10 million year old fossil dunes, sediments from the sea
- Volcano Meniques – Little Finger – first mountain of the Andes Sico pass is approx gets upto approx. 4600mts
- The landscape is harsh and the environment is hostile. The air is devoid of moisture and thin on oxygen while the dust stings and the wind bites hard. Yet in spite of this, the puna is soul touchingly beautiful and it would take a heart of granite not to feel moved by its simple splendour.