Northern Argentina - La Puna

We hired a car for a couple of days to explore the famous valleys sourrounding Salta and Juyjuy in the very north of Argentina. The landscapes are absolutely amazing and it surprised me that very few people come up this far. It is stunning and driving across these vast plains on unpaved roads is great fun! As long as you can stay clear of Llamas and cows!


I have posted a little clip on U Tube, let me know if you can see it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW-FQdxpZOU

There is a National Park for Cacti - it looks fantastic, a forest of cacti!!!
Makes me feel like I got shrunk!

We drove about 1100 km in a little formerly white Corsa in 4 days, and did about4 km in height up and down. Very exciting driving! Every time we entered into a new valley we were amazed again and the size, colours and the winding roads that zig zag up those giant hills climbing 2000 meters each time. FANTASTIC!

I had no idea that Northern Argentina was so beautiful!




The rocks form all kinds of fascinating shapes. This one is an ANFITEATRO with great acustics and I could have stayed there for hours listening to the chaps singing and playing the guitar. Very peaceful.