To the northwest of the country, the Quebrada de Humahuaca, created by the Río Grande, is a canyon framed by reliefs with polychrome strata. A superb landscape, rich with ancestral Amerindian culture, littered with picturesque villages along Ruta 9, ..

The Salinas Grandes (212km 2 ) are easily reached from Purmamarca by following Ruta 52 towards Chile. The salt pan, formed by the evaporation of the waters of a lake 10 million years ago, lies at over 3 000m above sea level. Salt is still extracted..