Salinas by Purmamarca + Humahuaca in 2 Days

Salta, Argentina

2 days (approx.)
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

What's Included

Air-conditioned vehicle

All Fees and Taxes
Food
accommodation

Meeting and Pickup

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Pickup details

Day 1: The search of the passengers for the Hotels or Lodgings is between 7:00 & 7:45 am. It is important to know that the search for passengers for their accommodation is within a radius of 20 blocks from the Main Square of the City of Salta "9 de Julio". In the event that passengers are staying outside the search radius, a meeting point will be coordinated with the passengers. Day 2 : The pick up of the passengers in the town of Purmamarca is between 10:30 & 11:30 am.

Operating hours
.7:00 am

Itinerary

Day 1

Salta - Salinas Grandes - Purmamarca

8 Stops

Salta

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Purmamarca

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Cuesta de Lipan

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Salinas Grandes

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Purmamarca

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Paseo de los Colorados

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

The Hill of Seven Colors

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Purmamarca (Pass By)

Accommodation: Not included

Meals: Not included

Day 2

Purmamarca - Tilcara - Humahuaca - Salta Capital

7 Stops

Cabildo de Humahuaca

2 hours • Admission Ticket Not Included

Purmamarca (Pass By)

Quebrada de Humahuaca

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Tilcara

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Paleta Del Pintor

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Uquia

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Salta (Pass By)

Accommodation: Not included

Meals: Not included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Infant seats available
Not recommended for travelers with back problems

Not recommended for pregnant travelers
No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 23 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

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

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Reviews

4.0

based on 42 reviews

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Stay overnight

Clive_H, Oct 2023

Salinas grandes for the pics of course. But the best was staying overnight and going to a bar which has a really vibrant music scene. All sorts for all tastes.

Great guid but overall too long and too little to see and do

Pascal_B, Oct 2023

First of all: Our tour guide, Monserrat, was great! Super friendly, spoke very good English, was knowledgeable and had a very positive energy about her! So, the rest of the review is not linked to her performance. A few things you should know when considering this tour: - This is in fact not a 2 days trip but two different tours on two consecutive days. That means you will travel with two groups and potentially even two guides. It also took some coordination effort to organize our pickup in Purmamarca on the second day (but the operators speak English and can be contacted through WhatsApp, so it all worked out in the end). - This trip has close to no physical activity. That means you will sit for hours and hours on a bus, get off every now and then to click a few pictures, then get on again. The only longer stops are in villages to get something to eat, the salt mines in the first day and at a pottery workshop on the second day. - What we learned during our stay in Argentina: Most probably you will get the same tour much cheaper when booking locally (eg through your hostel) than booking through a platform like this. This is simply an effect of different exchange rates but over the course of the trip this can sum up to several hundred dollars. - While you will find bathrooms throughout this trip (and the guide helps with always announcing the next bathroom options) please bote that there often not in good condition. Toilet paper and soap are not a given. So, if you go make sure to carry some paper and some disinfectant with you. Now for the trip as such: What is truly stunning are the views you will have on this tour pretty much from the second you enter into Jujuy. That alone is worth a trip from Salta up north. The mountain of seven colors is great but does not look as nice in really life as in some pictures you might find online. However, you will see these different colorings throughout the trip so the overall phenomenon is impressive. The salt mines are primarily great for pictures. Make sure to take sunglasses, otherwise you will be pretty much bkinded there. The appeal of Purmamarca was only revealed to us at night (and thereby not as part of the organized trip) when we discovered the surprising and amazing live music scene this village has to offer. On the next day the pottery workshop (tour only in Spanish unfortunately, but our guide gave us the most important information upfront) and the stop at the tropic of Capricorn felt to us a bit like filling activities and in the first case a chance to buy souvenirs. Humahuaca was to us quite frankly a bit underwhelming (again, guides tour only in Spanish). There ia a restaurant organized there with cheap food and a very authentic experience, a band came and played a few songs, the other guests enthusiastically sang along. If you consider going to that restaurant: Unfortunately, the place served dirty plates (and we are not talking about water stains, these plates were seriously dirty) and both in the salad and in the empanadas were sand. The next village, Tilcara, we liked much better, it also seemed to be in better shape. Unfortunately, we only got 30 minutes there. If you are looking for a proper and fully functioning bathroom, this is the place (eg cafe A La Payla). We did not cover the church of Uquia even though it was part of the description. So, can we recommend it? Not in this 2 day setup. The second day was not too interesting for us and in hindsight we probably would have found something more relevant for our taste. What we can recommend is doing just the first day and either coming back to Salta in the evening or (if you have the slightest interest in live music) staying the night in Purmamarca and then coming straight back the next morning.

Trip of a lifetime

Genevieve_E, Feb 2023

Staying overnight at Purmamarca was amazing. Really great stop at ancient settlement at Tilcara. The guide was very knowledgable and fluent in many languages.

The two days tour to...

JAIME_V, Nov 2022

The two days tour to Salinas Grandes and Humahuaca implies traveling the same long road (500 km) twice in two days, without chance of visiting the city of Jujuy as we expected. Seems badly conceived, at least for senior citizens. The tour operator never explained us the details of our tour until last minute and finally refused to make any changes on the schedule. We requested a change for the second day, but they never offered any alternative, insisting that we should do the tour as it was agreed. We rate this experience as quite unsatisfactory.

Two day tour - mixed bag

Sightseer728205, Dec 2019

Overall this tour gave us a good understanding of the area however it was somewhat dampened by the lack of English translation and a grumpy guide on the first day. The tour guide that we had on the first day, Walter, was dismissive and would give lots of commentary and information in Spanish but omitted lots of information when translating to English. The restaurant that we were taken to for lunch on this day was very overpriced and clearly a tourist trap. The tour guide on the second day was thorough and approachable and we enjoyed this day much more. The ruins at Tilcara we’re a highlight along with the brief stop at the Salinas Grandes.

Beautiful but much misinformation of the agency TIAMOR

Adriana_A, May 2025

Salinas is u. Unbelievable place, Purmamarca also unfortunately the tour in two days are handled by different agencies the guide of the day 1 did not answer my questions, nor was he aware of my departure the next day from Purmamarca. TIAMOR agency does not respond in a timely manner. On the day of the departure from Purmamarca they did not communicate early to inform me of the departure time , they called me about the weather and I was not ready and due to the lack of prior information I decided not to do the second day and stay in Purmamarca. The agency did not reimburse me and it was very unpleasant when I told them about my inconveniences. Unfortunate because the places are beautiful. The truth between agencies is derived passengers and it is difficult to obtain prior information. I do not advise taking the two-day tour. I advise to get to Purmamarca and from there hire the salt pans. It's better to go straight through the agencies, I really liked Nordic. DO NOT HIRE WITH TIAMOR are unpleasant and do not give information Advice to contract with agencies directly and not go through platforms like this that are not agencies directly. I knew my agency was TIAMOR (lousy, not responding in a timely manner) and the guide who contacted me was contracted to another agency ZAINO. So there is a lot of uncoordination because the passengers are exchanged and the guides are lost. She didn't have my information on her spreadsheet.

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Si viaggia in quota

Roberto_B, Jun 2024

Purmamarca pueblo bellissimo in un contesto fantastico, montagne dai colori incredibili. Con una bella escursione facile da fare

Très belle excursion. Un...

isabelle_v, Mar 2023

Très belle excursion. Un conseil : il vaut mieux dormir sur place à purmamarca le 1er soir, pour éviter de redescendre sur Salta (2h30) de bus, idem le lendemain matin, puisqu'on vient vous récupérer de toute façon à purmamarca

NO CONTRATEN TIAMAR NI VIATOR

Maria_S, Feb 2023

No recomiendo PARA NADA “Viator” (la compañía de trip advisor), ni tampoco “Tiamar” que es la compañía que utilizan en Salta mediante Viator, y a continuación cuento el motivo. Teníamos esta excursión de 2 días, la cual contratamos 8 meses atrás. Nos pasaron a buscar últimos, por lo que los únicos asientos disponibles eran los del fondo, que no habría problema si éstos tuviesen las mismas características que el resto de los asientos, pero NO. Estos asientos NO TIENEN VENTANAS, lo cual es ridículo porque uno de los atractivos turísticos del paseo es poder ver toda la escenografía mientras viajamos alrededor de los cerros; y aparte de esto, los asiento del fondo NO se reclinan pero sí el resto, entonces tenemos menos espacio para movernos, mi marido es australiano, es grande de tamaño, fue un viaje horrendo desde salta a Purmamarca. Al día siguiente, nos pasan a buscar y nos dan los mismos asientos, explicamos la situación y nadie, ninguna de las 2 agencias, respondió con una solución viable y empática hacia nuestro pedido. Nosotros mismos tuvimos que tomarnos un micro hasta San Salvador de jujuy y luego otro micro hasta Salta Capital. Espantoso todo, no lo recomiendo a nadie, a absolutamente nadie.

Consigliata

Greta_G, Dec 2022

Gita di due giorni per combinare due escursioni ugualmente distanti da Salta. Si vede tutto con calma e si ottimizzano i tempi con un semplice pernottamento a Purmamarca. Entrambe le guide molto preparate sia in inglese che in spagnolo.

Roteiro no Norte c/ Pernoite em Pumamarca

Sandro_B, Aug 2022

Muito interessante a região, vale a pena conhecer! Foi ótimo ter dormido em Pumamarca para aproveitar mais a cidade e reduzir o deslocamento no 2o dia. Pontos a melhorar: o guia no 1o dia não acompanhou o grupo em Pumamarca, após a parada do almoço, acho que poderia ter feito isso. No 2o dia, no roteiro para Humauca e Tilcara, o local do almoço em Humauaca foi muito ruim! Gostaria de ter ido visitar o Ornocal, o que achei que estava incluso. O melhor da cidade de Humauca é o Ornocal, sugiro investir seu tempo para visitar esse ponto, vale mais a pena que a cidade. O guia do 2o dia, Jaime foi muito bom! Vans confortáveis!

Imperdible

Maria_I, May 2022

Salinas grandes una maravilla y quedarse en Purmamarca una experiencia inolvidable! El viaje es precioso y pernoctar en Purmamarca y el cerro de los 7 colores maravilloso!