| s a beautiful zone located at the northwest of | | | | Encantado zone. Here the tourists can enjoy the |
| Argentina, with wonderful landscapes that atracts | | | | mistery of old cave paintings and the archeological |
| many tourists of the entire world. The name Salta is | | | | ruins in the hills; besides of trekking and other |
| formed by two aymara words, meaning place for rest | | | | excursions in the red mountains of the surroundings. |
| or beautiful place, that is why it is known as Nice Salta. | | | | Salta is rich in stories and traditions because of the |
| This zone limits with Bolivia, Paraguay and Chile at the | | | | diversity of its population. It is also a place with many |
| west. For its geographical location, the weather is hot | | | | curiosities, such as having the most countries and |
| during the entire year, with temperatures that goes | | | | provinces in its limits and the higher and lower point of |
| from 37 Celsius degrees as maximum and 3 Celsius | | | | Argentina, in the Lluillaco volcano, with more than 6700 |
| degrees as minimum. | | | | meters of height, the highest mountain of |
| In Salta there are many touristic places like Cachi, | | | | Southamerica and the Rivadavia plain, with just 300 |
| Cafayate and the Valles Calchaquíes, a trip that is a | | | | meters of altitude. |
| must for the visitors to discover this beautiful and fertile | | | | In this zone there are many traditions of the quechua |
| zones, full of contrasts from the height of the | | | | population, the first inhabitants of the sector. Some of |
| mountains of more than 6 thousand meters to the | | | | them are the Pachamama feast, or the celebration of |
| deep canyons like Valle Encantado. | | | | Mother Earth on every August, the Carnival with its |
| In Salta there are National Parks too, where the visitors | | | | purification rituals like throwing water and other dances |
| can discover the many types of vegetation of this | | | | and ceremonies to Pachamama, that the villagers |
| zone. Some of them are the Del Rey National Park, | | | | prefer to keep in secret from the foreigners. |
| located at west of the mountain ranges of the zone, | | | | One of the most important traditions of the zone is El |
| which has tropical vegetation and animals such as | | | | Milagro, where the population celebrate with |
| monkeys and toucans. There is also the Baritú | | | | processions and prayers every September and adore |
| National Park, located in the bolivian frontier. This park is | | | | the Virgin of Los Milagros and the image of Crucified |
| still an unexplored land, because there is no roads | | | | Christ. The legend says that the images would had |
| inside it and the only way to access is navigating | | | | stopped a wave of earthquakes in the colonial time. |
| through Pescado river. In Baritú there are no wide | | | | This devotion shows the mixing of catholicism and |
| terrains or valleys, only non-uniform mountain ranges | | | | local cults that coexist on Salta zone. |
| and deep vegetation such as laurels and oaks and | | | | Travel to Salta and discover a magical world, where |
| animals like tapirs, yaguaretes and red squirrels, which | | | | the past and present are living at the same time, with |
| are the symbol of Baritu. | | | | wonderful landscapes and beautiful traditions. This is |
| Salta has also the Los Cardones National Park, a | | | | just the beggining of the mistery of argentinean north. |
| place with dry climate and where is the famous Valle | | | | |