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Full-day Cachi and Los Cardones National Park from Salta

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Salta, Argentina
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5+ bookings last month.
  • 11 hours (approx.)
  • Pickup offered
  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English

Overview

Explore the wild landscapes of northwest Argentina on this full-day Cachi tour from Salta. Journey through the Escoipe Gorge and the Enchanted Valley, drive the winding mountain road of Cuesta del Obispo, and marvel at the giant cacti of the Los Cardones National Park, then admire the colonial architecture and browse the handicrafts market of Cachi.
  • Full-day Cachi and Los Cardones National Park from Salta
  • Admire spectacular views of the Escoipe Gorge and the Enchanted Valley
  • Discover the wild landscapes of the Los Cardones National Park
  • Learn about Cachi’s indigenous heritage and colonial history on a guided tour
  • Great-value tour includes hotel pickup and round-trip transport
  • Small-group tour limited to 15 people ensures a personalized experience

What's Included

  • National Park fees
  • Professional guide and driver
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Food and drinks

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

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Pickup details

Normally the Schedule of Search of the Passengers for their Hotels or Accommodations in the Group Services is between 7:00 and 7:45 am. We Do Pickup from others Hoteles, but they must be at 20 Block from the Main Square of the City of Salta "Plaza 9 de Julio" (Esquina Caseros & Bartolomé Mitre, Salta, Argentina) IF THE PASSENGERS HAVE AN ACCOMMODATION THAT IS NOT A HOTEL OR HOSTAL, IT IS NECESSARY THAT THE PASSENGERS INDICATE TO US THE FULL INFORMATION OF THEIR ACCOMMODATION (STREET NAME AND ADDRESS NUMBER). We Do Pickup from thes pleaces, but they must be at 20 Block from the Main Square of the City of Salta "Plaza 9 de Julio". (Esquina Caseros & Bartolomé Mitre, Salta, Argentina) If the passengers are staying in an apartment building, it would be necessary that they indicate to us the number of the apartment in which they are going to stay. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If passengers stay in Hotels / Hostels / Accommodations Outside the Search Area, passengers must show up at our Offices (Calle Buenos Aires Nº 186) at 7:00 am on the day of the Excursion. In the Schedule between 7:00 and 7:15 am.

Itinerary

1

Parque Nacional Los Cardones

30 minutesAdmission Ticket Included

2

Cuesta del Obispo

15 minutesAdmission Ticket Included

3

Recta del Tin Tin

30 minutesAdmission Ticket Included

4

Cachi

2 hours Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Infants must sit on laps
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • A maximum of 15 people per booking
  • Most travelers can participate
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 19 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

4.4
based on 126 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

All the sites were nice...

Clarisse_C, Jul 2025
All the sites were nice but the guide was rushing us all the time. Calling and messaging us before and during the tour with directive messages

History/Ecotour/Culture

Kathy_S, Jul 2025
Amazing landscape with history and geograhical significance combined. Opportunities to souvenir shop and sample local food are provided.

No stop at great location

Alexandra_S, Feb 2025
Let s say it is a road trip in fact a bus trip. Nevers stop on great location. 2 times 20 minutes at the banos parada.

It's one of the best...

Liudmila_A, Feb 2025
It's one of the best excursions! Great views, nature and time to enjoy! Gide was helpful, answered all the questions. We even had stopped on a local festival!

The sites were all worth...

Mark_S, Jan 2025
The sites were all worth the trip, but the bus was unfortunately very uncomfortable for a 12 hour day.

Most picturesque tour in the Salta region.

Veronica_C, Nov 2024
This was my fourth day of doing all day tours in the Salta region. This tour was my favorite. The tour guide Jasmine went out of her way to explain things to me, even though I was the only English speaking person on the bus. The scenery from start to finish was spectacular. It was truly a wonderful day. I would highly recommend this tour.

Amazing guide Ximena ❤️

Marta_G, Oct 2024
Ximena, the guide, was simply amazing. I was the only person in the group who wasn't from a Spanish speaking country, but I was okay listening to the explanation in Spanish to practice. Xime made sure I understood everything and was so attentive. She had a great connection with the whole group, making sure everyone was enjoying the tour. It was like being with friends. The itinerary was well constructed and there was ample time to see everything and relax in Cachi. Perfect.

The overall tour was...

Ester_N, Oct 2024
The overall tour was great, saw a lot of nice places, small markets, nature, tried different foods/snacks on the way to Cachi, and had enough time in the nature park. Our guide did not really give explanations in English (for us was not a problem because we understand good amount of spanish, but she spoke 80% of the time in Spanish and only gave very short information in English. This was still a bit sad. Additionally in Cachi they recommend a restaurant, but if you really want to get good value for your money and eat amazing food I suggest you look around the main streets, because the place was shortly "awful" with prices, service and we found hair and insect in our food to which they did nothing. There are lots of good places around with much better deals;)

Beautiful gorge tour

Maytal_S, Sep 2024
The guide cesar was a really nice guy and shared a lot of interesting information along the tour. The landscape is beautiful, changes from green to a colorful desert

Great guide, good locations, death wish driver

Anthony_M, Sep 2024
The guide was friendly and knowledgeable, the locations often very scenic, however, the driver speeding around switch back mountain roads, more or less all the time exceeding the speed limit, was rather frightening.

Beautiful National park!

Kristin_C, Jun 2024
Beautiful trip through Los Cardones! Fernando was extremely knowledgeable about the area’s history, including historical, geological, and evolutionary. His insight was extremely interesting and insightful, and greatly added to our experience. Beautiful area - definitely recommend this trip, as well as Fernando!

Book this trip. You won’t be disappointed

chris_m, May 2024
This trip is incredible value for money. Driver and tour guide were exceptional and everything happened as advertised. The national park and views are literally breathtaking. It doesn’t explain you will be above the clouds with views you just can’t believe are real.

Long day on the road

Bianca_U, Apr 2024
More a foto stop and shopping tour than an excursion. Most of the day you sit in the car while admiring the landscape, then two hours leisure time in Cachi (cute!). A real stop (like one hour) in the Cardones National Park would have been nice.

Great trip :)

Victoria_H, Mar 2024
We had a great time on the trip to Cachi! Our guide Vanessa was very knowledgeable and was fluent in English , which was great for getting the best insights into the landscape and the city! Our driver Pablo drove us safely to and from cachi - and the road was sometimes very bumpy ;) Overall great value for money and we’d recommend this to everyone!

Great trip

Greg_G, Feb 2024
Our tour guide as great. Landscape is beautiful. It's a good amount of time on a bus, but the landscape and the dialogue from our guide made the time go by fast.

Great day out

Tracy_O, Feb 2024
Great day out with amazing scenery and information thanks to our guide Fernando. Excellent English and Spanish tour and a very good driver.

Cactus, cactus, cactus

Cornelia_S, Oct 2023
If you like cactus, this is the trip for you. I loved every bit of it. Our guide Eduardo did a great job and was full of interesting information. Cachi is the final stop. We had 2 h to explore it. A little bit more time would have been nice.

Time well spent and friendly service!

Kaman_C, Apr 2023
We really like the different viewpoints! Our tour guide marcelllo was amazing - he explained all the spots history what’s important etc. we really enjoyed the National park and Cachi where we had lunch! Time was well spent in each of the locations - thanks so much to the driver and the tourguide!

Knowledgeable guide

Monan_L, Nov 2022
Fernando was an amazing guide who knew way more than I'd expect from a tour. He was very fluent in English as well as Spanish. He was both the driver AND the tour guide, which is an amazing feat. Exhausting, I'm sure!

Interesting visit to Los Cardones park.

Brian_F, Jan 2022
Visit to los cardones park was very interesting. It is good to learn that this species of cactus in the park is protected.

De gids gaf zeer...

DieterDeBreuker, Mar 2025
De gids gaf zeer uitgebreid toelichting over de landschappen in verschillende talen, waarbij gepast halt gehouden werd om ze te bewonderen.

Unbedingt diese Tour plane

Gerhard_F, Mar 2025
Tolle Tour Julio super Fahrer und Guide herrliche Fahrt durch die Landschaft, genügend Zeit um Fotos ohne Stress zu machen Gracias

Jestem pod wrażeniem...

Karolina_O, Jan 2025
Jestem pod wrażeniem przewodnika, który prowadząc bus jednoczasowo opowiadał o przyrodzie i geografii regionu w dwóch językach. Krajobraz trasy jest przecudowny, naprawdę warto.

Passeio não efetuado por pessimo atendimento da agência Tiamar. HORRÍVEL!!!

suelimassae_n, Nov 2024
Experiência horrível. A van nos pegou no hotel para efetuar o passeio e, apesar de ter 4 lugares vagos na frente, a guia não nos deixou sentar nestes lugares dizendo que estavam reservados. Estávamos em 4 pessoas e só havia disponibilidade no fundo da van, sendo que duas pessoas tiveram que sentar na última fileira. Impossível fazer uma viagem longa na última fileira, cujos assentos não reclinavam e eram muito duros, principalmente que éramos 4 pessoas com mais de 60 anos e uma delas com problemas de hérnia de disco. Um absurdo disponibilizarem estes tipos de assentos para viagens longas e ainda mais absurdo informarem que os assentos da frente estavam reservados para passageiros que falavam inglês. Decidimos não prosseguir na viagem, pois não teríamos como viajar nestas condições, além de nos sentirmos discriminados por não nos permitirem sentar nos assentos da frente que estavam vagos quando entramos e pela justificativa apresentada. Fomos à agência Tiamar informar sobre o ocorrido e solicitar reembolso dos valores pagos e a agência nos respondeu que não poderiam fazer nada a respeito e que deveríamos procurar a Viator.

Color y canción

SUSANA_S, Nov 2024
El viaje fue espléndido, todo estuvo a tiempo, las paradas acertadas con el tiempo necesario para tomar hermosas fotos en los puntos más pintorescos, además acompañado de música local a través de la voz de un guía y cantor maravilloso que nos brindó sus conocimientos y también nos amenizó las horas de viaje con canciones de esta hermosa tierra , y a eso sumado los paisajes impresionantes llenos de colores de la tierra y en companía de las protectoras jarillas y de los incolumes cardones , muy buena experiencia de viaje!!!

No debería venderse la última fila del bus

Vicente_G, Nov 2024
Tuvimos la desgracia de ser recogidos en último lugar por lo que nos acomodaron en la última fila de asientos. Estos no tienen las mínimas condiciones ni por espacio, ni por vistas, apenas un trocito de ventanilla. Comunicado al guía la respuesta de la empresa fue que podíamos haber cogido el bus en sus oficinas y así se hubieran perjudicado otros (literal). Sobre las visita, está es interesante pero se echa en falta una visita mayor al PN Los Cardones (la parada no llegó a 20 minutos) y alguna explicación por parte del guía (como hacían otros operadors) hubiera sido de agradecer. La visita a Cachi también merece la pena , sobre todo su museo que llama la atención en una población tan pequeña.

Um dia mágico!

ana_j, Sep 2024
Excursão maravilhosa,lugares lindos,paisagens deslumbrantes...muito bonito o caminho para cachi. E a empresa escolhida foi muito profissional, uma guia profissional maravilhosa que nos contou muitas histórias, enfim um dia mágico!!!!

Super!

Martina_R, Apr 2024
Tour ben organizzato, trasporto comodo e puntuale. Posti bellissimi da visitare e la nostra guida Marcelo è stato super , fornendo informazioni molto interessanti e si è mostrato anche molto simpatico e amichevole, è questo è molto importante in un tuor dove si passano molte ore nel trasporto ! Lo consiglio vivamente!

¡Muy fascinante!

AnneEve_M, Apr 2024
Fue muy impresionante cómo partimos bajo la lluvia y las nubes estaban tan bajas que no podíamos ver nada en el punto más alto de las montañas. Al poco tiempo se aclaró y tuvimos muy buenas impresiones del autobús. Los enormes campos de cactus y las coloridas montañas que los rodeaban me impresionaron mucho. Cuando llegamos a Cachi hacía mucho calor, el sol brillaba en un cielo azul claro y tuvimos tiempo de visitar el hermoso lugar.

Magnifique!

Ariane_L, Apr 2024
Wow! Beaucoup d’informations données tout au long du trajet aller, par notre guide entraînante, drôle qui aime son travail. Les paysages sont magnifiques, nous avons fait des arrêts pour photos et etc, avons pu goûter et acheter des produits de la ferme (fromages, saucissons, etc), et la petite ville de Cachi est bien charmante, authentique avec quelques artisans à la Plaza central! Une superbe journée, merci!!! Je recommande absolument!

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