Salta

Full-day Cafayate, Lerma Valley, and Wine Tasting from Salta

Badge of ExcellenceSalta, Argentina
Excursion a Cafayate de Dia Completo Tour to Cafayate Full Day
  • 12 hours
  • Pickup offered
  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English

Overview

Discover the diverse landscapes of northwest Argentina on this full-day Cafayate tour from Salta. Journey through the Valley of Lerma, stop at a tobacco plantation to watch traditional production methods, and admire the dramatic red rock mountains of Quebrada de las Conchas, then enjoy wine tasting in Cafayate Town.
  • Full-day Cafayate, Lerma Valley, and Wine Tasting from Salta
  • Sample Argentine wines during an expert-led wine tasting in Cafayate
  • Great-value tour includes hotel pickup and round-trip transport
  • Small group tour limited to 15 people ensures a personalized experience

What's Included

  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Transportation
  • Guide
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off (if option not selected)

Meeting and Pickup

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

Meeting point

  • Caseros 420, A4400DMJ Salta, Argentina

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Start time

07:00 AM

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

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 2 Km 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 2 Km from the Main Square of the City of Salta "Plaza 9 de Julio". 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 Caseros Nº 420 - Salta City) at 7:00 am on the day of the Excursion. The Schedule it will be between 7:00 and 7:15 am.

What To Expect

Quebrada del Rio de las Conchas

2 hours Admission Ticket Free

Tiamar Travel (Pass By)

La Garganta del Diablo

20 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

El Anfiteatro

20 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

Cafayate

1 hour Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Maximum 23 passengers
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Stroller accessible
  • Near public transportation
  • Infants must sit on laps
  • Not recommended for travelers with back problems
  • Most travelers can participate
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers

Cancellation Policy

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

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

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Erin_M
FANTASTIC trip!! Our guide, Monica, was knowledgeable, friendly, funny, and had fantastic information about the region. Sergio, our driver, had a whole playlist to accompany the monuments we visited! Gorgeous scenery, and great winery. Highly recommended.

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Gorgeous scenery, great wines, and EXTRAORDINARY guide
Erin_M, Mar 2024
FANTASTIC trip!! Our guide, Monica, was knowledgeable, friendly, funny, and had fantastic information about the region. Sergio, our driver, had a whole playlist to accompany the monuments we visited! Gorgeous scenery, and great winery. Highly recommended.
Great, fun tour
Viola_K, Feb 2024
Our tour guide Maru(hope I write it right) was excellent. She spoke Spanish and English very well. She clearly enjoys her job and she explained things very well. The only thing that was not that great was the wine tour. They were cleaning stuff so certain parts of the winery were not open. Also, when we asked to try a different wine and we would pay extra, they declined. (It was not a top notch wine, just their Rose, which can be skipped)! All in all the tour was great! Highly recommended it.
Great guide, stunning scenery, uncomfortable bus ride
Jeremy_K, Aug 2023
Monica was a great guide! She was very personable and kind and told us tons of very interesting information along the way. If anything, I think she may have talked a bit *too* much, haha. There were times during the day when most people wanted to sleep, and she continued talking although most guests were trying to sleep. The pickup process seemed to be very orderly from what I saw - on group bus tours, I’ve often had this part of the day be a disaster. The bus for our excursion was quite small - it held 20 people (including the driver and the guide), and EVERY SINGLE SEAT was occupied, even though I went on this tour in the off season. The bus was more than tight, it was at times downright uncomfortable with no one having any room to spread out. The tour was overall very good - the places you see on the tour (Garganta del Diablo, el Anfiteatro, etc.) are impressive and very much worth seeing. My favorites were the first stop at Quebrada de las Conchas and the stop at Mirador Tres Cruces - the scenery at that stop was breathtaking. Cafayate is a nice town to visit; I enjoyed the ~2 hours of free time we had there. On my tour, Monica told us (very honestly) that the winery included in our tour was sort of meh, not terribly impressive, and that they only offer 2 wines for tasting. She ended up giving my group the option to go to a different winery that would cost us each around 1000 ARS, which the entire group eagerly accepted. That winery (Nanni) was fantastic - we got to taste 5 great wines for 1400 ARS (or they offered a lower cost option as well). In the past, I have not been a fan of torrontés wine, but I liked the one at Nanni so much that I bought a bottle, instead of purchasing a Malbec or another red that I usually prefer. During the free time, I also visited and did a tasting at a second winery, El Tránsito, which was also quite good (4 wines in the tasting for 1000 ARS). The restaurant Monica recommended for lunch was no frills but good and fast, and reasonably priced. I loved the fact that they stopped at all many places for us to take photos - that was fantastic. We probably made 8-9 stops during the day. Aside from the bus, the only part of the day that really annoyed me is that we went way out of our way on the return trip to take 2 passengers to the Salta airport. This delayed our return to town by at least 30-40 minutes. I don’t know how these passengers arranged this airport drop off, but I found it unprofessional for a tour company to do this and inconvenience 18 other people. Overall - the tour and guide were great, the bus was packed and uncomfortable. This tour is worth what they ask for it, but I would not pay any more than this, as you could otherwise rent a car and do the trip on your own much more comfortably, and on your own schedule.
Only half in english
Morten_V, Jun 2023
I booked a tour in english but the entire tour around the vineyard was in spanish only. The guide was lovely and spoke fine english. But kinda disappointed about the vineyard experience. The bus was fine. The amount of breaks was fine as well.
Nice tour including both...
Sylvie_B, Dec 2022
Nice tour including both landscape-stops and village-stop(s). The guide was very friendly and explained everything in both Spanish and English.
A trip to another planet
Sven_G, May 2022
Very good tour, well planned. We saw awesome mars like landscapes, stopped at a small bodega which was not as touristy as the others. Big thanks to awesome tour guide Ramiro!
Great!
Marloes_V, May 2022
I would recommend this tour, very informative tour which great sights to explore and see. The winery visit was also great!
Very picturesque landscape.
Brian_F, Dec 2021
Very beautiful and interesting landscape and vistas. Very pleasant trip. Cafayate is a beautiful little town with colonial style buildings in the city center. The central park was undergoing repairs. A wide variety of artesinal works are available for purchase.
I guess it was reasonable value but had alot of problems
DONALD_Z, Dec 2019
The tour itinerary stated we would go to a tobacco farm, we did not. The vineyard was a bit underwhelming. We were the last to be picked up and I decided if I ended up having to sit with the wheel hub cramping my legs, I would just not go. The entire row of back seats were open so I decided to go. The back was a bit bumpy, but as luck would have it, some new passengers were put on the bus on the way back, and I ended up in the wheel well seat and the arm rest was also not functional. I cancelled the trip the future trip that I had booked and instead rented a car and was much happier and more comfortable.
Unique mountains with red colour and shapes.
IsmaelG_B, Mar 2019
It was wonderful! the tourist guide was very pleasant and knowledgeable of the tour. We learned a lot ! we really enjoyed it.
Beautiful views, a nice guide and a lot of time in a bus
estalitac, Nov 2018
We liked the tour and especially Carolina. She is very kind and knows a lot! Like other people mention, you do drive a lot so if sitting in a car for hours isn´t your cup of tea.. we wouldn´t recommend this tour. However the distance in Salta is big so there is not much you can do about it. The only thing we didn´t like was that we had to drive salta city voor 1h30 min to pick people up. We passed the square at our hotel 4 times.. we could have slept for an hour more. But the views are really amazing and you do get a lot for your money. ps. The wine tasting contains 1 glass of wine so it´s good to know that.
Perhaps one of the more underrated...
Jonathan G, Sep 2018
Perhaps one of the more underrated tours you can take, run by a local company out of Salta. A really personal experience. In the small group of 15 or fewer people, you really experience the landscape and culture as if you were driving yourself, listening to an audiobook. Our tour guide Eduardo was extremely knowledgeable and certainly had a good answer for any and all questions you have. His English was excellent, and gave the tour in both English and Spanish. Sometimes tour guides will slowly move towards one language during the tour but he treated the whole group equally the entire time. Such a spectacular drive, gorgeous scenery, a real taste of the local culture. The wine tour and tasting was good, but what really made the tour special were all the little experiences we had along the way.
Great trip with professional guide...
Niina_M, Jan 2018
Great trip with professional guide who spoke very good English. He also had interesting stories regarding the places, landscapes, history etc. We only visited one winery in Cafayate and the visit was quite quick. I would have appreciated visiting one more winery. We did not even tasted the Torrontes wine. A lot of time spent sitting in the car. However, the trip was worth it. Landscapes were really impressive and we made several stops for photographing them.
The trip was good, but not...
Dan, Oct 2017
The trip was good, but not breathtaking. It felt like we spent more time driving that anything else. The wine tasting was good, it was a highlight of the tour.
This is an excellent tour, where you...
Jason A, Jan 2017
This is an excellent tour, where you get to see magnificent scenery. The price is good as well. The guide was excellent and spoke excellent English. The stops are excellent and you have plenty of free time at them. Cafayate was a lovely little town and you have enough time to look around at your leisure. the visit to the winery was a bonus as well. The wine was excellent!
My plan in heading north to the...
Kyle S, Aug 2016
My plan in heading north to the Salta region was to see some of the spectacular scenery there and this was a great way to do it. I was picked up at my hotel and we were treated to a bilingual tour of the Quebrada de Cafayate, to a beautiful winery and wine-tasting on the outskirts of Cafayate, and then to lunch and time to wander in Cafayate itself. Our guide was very knowledgeable about the geology and even treated us to an impromptu song in the appropriately named Anfiteatro formation. The wine tour and tasting were also great--both informative and useful in understanding how the Salta region gets its particular terroir. Cafayate itself is a lovely colonial town with a huge central square bordered by shops and restaurants. By day's end we were all quiet and tired and happy from the day's tour.
I would of liked to visit some more...
KimR_C, Jul 2016
I would of liked to visit some more winery's but the scenery was amazing !!!
We really enjoyed this tour and the...
Tatjana A, Mar 2016
We really enjoyed this tour and the places we visited. The scenery in this area is really quite unique and stunning, the town of Cafayete is very quaint and a great place to walk around and shop, and the visit to the winery was a lot of fun. Our guide Monica was excellent - she was very informative, keen, and friendly. Our driver was also excellent and always drove safely.
Ottimo
Martina_R, Apr 2024
Ottimo tour, trasporto comodo, la nostra guida Monica fantastica! I posti visitati sono bellissimi, si fanno molte fermate per scattare splendide foto e la degustazione nella bottega è stata una bella esperienza, breve , circa 20 minuti ma con esaustive spiegazioni sul vino che si assaggia! Lo consiglio!
Solo panorama
Giuseppe_C, Mar 2024
Brevi fermate per qualche foto, lunghe fermate per shopping nei posti imposti, pranzo terribile nel ristorante dove ti scaricano e le restanti 10 ore in viaggio su un furgone

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