Cafayate Wine Trail Excursion: Explore Salta's Vineyards

Salta, Argentina

10 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Group discounts
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Savor the delicious wines of one of the highest wine routes in the world during this day trip to Cafayate's vineyards. Explore this growing wine region with stops at two wineries for tastings, and enjoy hotel pickup and drop-off from selected Salta accommodations. Take in mountain landscapes and the picturesque Las Conchas River Gorge without worrying about driving.

Skip the hassle of car hire and driving after imbibing
Travel the scenic Route 68 without having to drive yourself
Taste multiple wines at some of the area's most renowned wineries
Enjoy hotel pickup and drop-off from selected Salta accommodations for convenience

What's Included

Wine tasting
Local guide
Hotel pickup and drop-off (selected hotels only)
Air-conditioned vehicle
Alcoholic Beverages

Lunch

Meeting and Pickup

You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

The pick up transfer is only from selected centrally located hotels. If your hotel is outside the geographic area, we will confirm you the closest meeting point. Indicate the name and address of your hotel.

Meeting point

Salta, Salta, Province of Salta, Northern Argentina
Departure Point: Centrally located Salta hotels.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Operating hours
.7:00 am

Itinerary

Salta (Pass By)

Quebrada del Rio de las Conchas

3 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Museo de la Vid y el Vino

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Cafayate

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Salta (Pass By)

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Minimum drinking age is 18 years

A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 99 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

3.6

based on 12 reviews

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Not advertised properly or worth the money

Meghan_M, Jan 2024

I wish I had listened to Steve H’s review below. While it may seem like an outlier experience, ours was almost identical. The only reason this is getting one star is for Pamela and the natural beauty of the landscapes viewed during the drive from Salta to Cafayete. This was advertised incorrectly. It is primarily a landscape viewing tour with VERY brief stops at 2 wineries and a wine museum. We sat on a bus most of the tour and were given an unclear agenda for the day despite multiple attempts asking for at least a rough timeline (e.g., drive time, time spent at each planned stop, time allotted for lunch and lunch location). What was meant to be a 10 hour tour turned into 13 because we had to pick up new guests along the way, with their pick up time continuing to change throughout the day as well. As a result, we were rushed through our first winery stop, had an abbreviated stop at the second winery, and were encouraged to “have a quick lunch - like an empanada”. In lieu of having lunch on the go, we opted to skip the wine museum (a planned stop we paid for as part of this overall tour), have a proper lunch and see a bit of the town of Cafayete (stretch our legs after being on the bus for several hours). Additionally, after being given a 45 minute break for lunch and a stressed meet up time to drive to the second winery, the bus was 30 minutes late causing us to miss out on additional time we could have enjoyed Cafayete or even gone to the museum if the full available time was communicated. Overall lack of organization and communication between the tour company, tour guides, and to the guests. The first winery we stopped at was disorganized and rushed. The staff and family who owned the winery were kind and polite. If you want to have a true Cafayete winery experience- this is not the tour for you. Pamela did do her best to get us back to our dinner reservation, which we made prior to knowing the 10 hour tour would turn into 13.

Response from Host, Mar 2024

Dear Meghan_M, We sincerely appreciate your detailed comments about your experience on our Cafayate Wine Route tour. We are very sorry to hear that your experience did not meet your expectations and that you experienced difficulties during the tour. We understand your concerns regarding the length of the tour, pick-up times and communication of the day's schedule. It is important to note that our tour is designed to offer participants a combination of wine and scenic experiences in the Cafayate region. During the tour, the services of a professional guide and hotel transfers are included, as well as the visit and tasting at a local winery. The duration of the tour is approximately 12 to 13 hours, taking into account any unforeseen events that may occur. In addition, it is important to note that certain items, such as entrance fees, food and beverages, as well as extras not mentioned in the itinerary, are not included in the cost of the tour. We make every effort to provide accurate descriptions of our excursions and regret any confusion that may have occurred in this case. However, we are committed to internally reviewing our processes to ensure better communication and organization during the tour. We appreciate your compliments to Pamela and are glad to hear that she did everything she could to help you get to your dinner reservation on time. Your satisfaction and comfort are our top priority, and we regret any inconvenience that arose during the tour. Thank you for your feedback, which is invaluable to us in our ongoing commitment to excellence in customer service. Best regards, Tangol Tours

Scenic Trip to Cafayate Wine Country

Robert_G, Jan 2024

Landscape from Salta to Cafayate was very scenic, an unexpected part of the tour. Learned a lot about wine production in Cafayate.

Poor experience not worth the money. Stay away.

Steve_H, Nov 2023

First, let me start with the positive: 1. Pamela (the tour guide) 2. Breathtaking scenery Outside of these, the tour was poor. I'll outline the highlights below: 1. Poor organization: Throughout this tour, we learned a lot about how this agency works. They have multiple tour itineraries on various sites through which they collect customers and aggregate them altogether on the same tour bus. They then freelance out tour guides, who are not given logistical details about the various tours until the day of. The result was chaos. There were 4 different groups of tourists (~20 people) with different itineraries and amenities as part of their tour package. There was an incredible amount of wasted time, which lead to an extremely delayed ~15 hour tour (7am pick up, 21:30 drop off). For example, we had ~5-6 stops to view the scenery on the way from Salta to Cafayate. It was absolutely beautiful; however, for some inexplicable reason, the tour organizer decided it appropriate to pick up a new group of tourists in Cafayate who were on a similar but reversed schedule. This meant that for the 95% of us that started the experience in Salta, we were taken to the same exact spots that we'd previously stopped on the first leg of the trip. Most of us stayed on the tour bus tired after a long day of touring, waiting for this new group of individuals to take pictures and explore around the stops -- which must have made them uncomfortable too. This is just one example of the bloat, not to mention the additional time wasted to drop multiple groups of 3 or 4 off at a destination particular to their experience, but not ours, etc. The only explanation I can give come up with is to grab more cash, which leads to my second takeaway: 2. Not worth the money: This was by all means an expensive tour. It was ~$85 USD per person, which can take you far in Argentina. For this price, we expected a much more intimate tour -- not to be crammed onto a full length tour bus and taken around to multiple destinations that were irrelevant to our itinerary. Honestly, the wine portion of the tour didn't offer what we'd expected either. We were taken to low quality touristy wineries, where we were taken to Spanish-only tours (though thankfully despite being caught off guard, Pamela saved the day in a pinch doing her best to translate among professional industry vocabulary that she was unfamiliar with). In the first winery, we were charged an additional fee for tasting 4 wines. In the second, we tasted 2 wines as part of the tour. Keep in mind that these were tastings and not full glasses. The wines and wineries overall were of poor quality and, given the fact that our tour guide came away with a free gift set from the first winery (the same place where we were unexpectedly upcharged to participate in the tasting), which makes me believe that the agency behind this tour is not acting in the best interest of the tour participants and instead choosing places where they get kickbacks. Out of our ~15 hour chaotic tour, only ~45 minutes were spent on the actual grounds of wineries, which made me question the value of a tour that markets itself (and charges) as a premier experience. Anyway, I was nervous coming into this tour with only 5 reviews. I ultimately decided to choose it because there were few other options on Viator and this seemed to be one of the only wine-focused tours. I would've been more than happy to pay the premium had this been a premier experience; but instead it was anything but. Lesson learned. Look on other platforms and stay away from this organizing agency at all cost. Doing nothing would be better than this experience. Two stars only because of the natural scenery and out of kindness to our tour guide and driver. Would give negative stars to the agency if possible.

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Gabriela_H, Jun 2024

Todo lo que compre se hizo la mitad. 10hs sentada en un micro. Y te recomiendan restaurant. Consejo elijan ustedes. Excelente la guía Luciana y el chófer cantor. Pague 160 mil pesos Mínimo devuelvan el 50%

Response from Host, Aug 2024

Hola, Muchas gracias por compartir su experiencia. Para revisar su caso y poder solicitar un reembolso, le pedimos si puede indicarnos su número de reserva, ya que no hemos podido localizar una que coincida con lo descripto. Saludos cordiales, Martin

Vinos y paseos

lionel_o, Nov 2023

Muy lindo el tour. El Guia, Gaucho Mike un 10. Los viñedos muy bonitos. La agendamos para el Lunes, los museos cierran el Lunes, asique no nos llevaron al museo

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