We're here in Cafayate. It's been quite a journey traveling almost 1000 miles into northern Argentina, much of that on small two lane roads, but we've made it safe and sound. The drive from Tucuman to Cafayate was the best leg of our trek from Buenos Aires, which ended up being four travel days over the period of one week. We had no idea of what to expect heading up into the mountains leaving Tucuman, but what we saw greatly exceeded our expectations. We started out heading up the mountain on a beautifully paved road through lush vegetation, rivers, and waterfalls that was on par with any of the most beautiful places you could imagine. Unfortunately we didn't get many good pictures, as we had no idea how abruptly the landscape would change.
As we crested the climb out of the lush mountain side we came into a large valley called Tafi del Valle. It was a pretty amazing tourist destination at close to 7,000 ft. that we had never even heard of. We climbed a little more to the top of the valley above Tafi before starting our descent into the next valley, where Cafayate is located, and where there was another dramatic change in the landscape. This time transitioning to a very arid desert landscape. We were hoping to make a stop at the Incan ruins of Quilmes before arriving in Cafayate, but they were unfortunately closed.
It's after midnight now, and I'm fading fast- good night!
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