Tour Features
Northwestern Argentina is a land full of spectacular landscapes and with a vast cultural heritage. Remnants of buildings and roads from the “Great Inca Empire of the Sun” can still be found everywhere here, and many cultural events and pre-Hispanic rituals, such as that in honor of the “Pacha Mama” (Mother Earth), are still celebrated by the locals. Andean music is heard everywhere, and people still play their traditional instruments. This incredibly varied region has a great diversity of natural habitats, ranging from Yungas Cloudforest to dry Chaco Woodlands and High Andean Lagoons. The three provinces in the northwesternmost part of Argentina, Jujuy, Salta and Tucumán, host some pristine representatives of these habitats, all worth visiting for birders to find both diversity and good numbers of native species.
Tour Highlights
White-browed and Zimmer’s Tapaculo, Tucuman Mountain Finch, Yellow-striped Brushfinch, Sandy Gallito, White-throated Cacholote, Moreno’s Ground Dove, Rufous-bellied Saltator, Rufous-throated Dipper, Spot-winged Falconet, Torrent Duck, Tucuman Amazon, White-throated Antpitta, Stripe-backed Antbird, Yungas Manakin, Puna Tinamou, Black-backed Grosbeak, Red-faced Guan, Lyre-tailed Nightjar, Black-and-chestnut Eagle, White-tipped Plantcutter, Red-backed Sierra Finch, Fulvous-headed Brushfinch, Buff-breasted Earthcreeper, Cordilleran and Puna canasteros, Wedge-tailed Hillstar, Slender-billed Miner.
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Itinerary ( 15 days )
Day
1
Arrival
Morning meeting at Tucumán Airport. Drive to Tafí del Valle. O/N Tafí.
Day
2
Tafí del Valle
Full day birding Tafí del Valle. O/N Tafí.
Day
3
Cafayate
Tafí del Valle to Cafayate. O/N Cafayate.
Day
4
Cabra Corral
Cafayate to Cabra Corral. O/N Cabra Corral.
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5
Cachi Road.
Full day Cachi Road. O/N Cabra Corral.
Day
6
Las Lajitas.
Cabra Corral to Las Lajitas. O/N Las Lajitas.
Day
7
Chaco habitats
Full day birding Chaco habitats. O/N Las Lajitas.
Day
8
Libertador Gral
Las Lajitas to Libertador Gral. San Martín. O/N Lib. Gral. San Martín.
Day
9
Calilegua National Park.
Full day birding Calilegua National Park. O/N Lib. Gral. San Martín.
Day
10
Purmamarca
Lib. Gral. San Martín to Purmamarca. O/N Purmamarca.
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11
Yala & Purmamarca.
Full day birding Yala and Purmamarca. O/N Purmamarca.
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12
Huacalera.
Purmamarca to Huacalera, O/N Huacalera.
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13
La Quiaca.
Huacalera to La Quiaca via Pozuelos. O/N La Quiaca.
Day
14
Yavi & High Andean Puna.
Full day birding Yavi and High Andean Puna. O/N La Quiaca.
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15
Tour conclusion.
La Quiaca to Jujuy or Salta. Tour conclusion.
From our gallery
Brown-capped Whitestart © Luis Segura
Rufous-throated Dipper © Nicolás Olejnik
Andean Goose © Luis Segura
Burrowing Parrot © Luis Segura
Sandy Gallito © Luis Segura
Greenish Yellow Finch © Luis Segura
Andean Avocet © Luis Segura
Buff-breasted Earthcreeper © Luis Segura
Mountain Caracara © Luis Segura
