4 days - 3 nights in camp
Trek to Gólgota Hill (3.500 mts.) and Pacuy Hill (4.200 mts.) This trekking is for those who are in good shape and are fit to walk 6/7 hours per day at an average elevation of 3.000 Mts. above sea level with a rise and fall of 1.000 Mts.
Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: We start the trip by car from Salta City at the morning and, after two hours driving we get to Ing. Maury (it´s a small village) on the Bull Gorge (on the track of the train to the clouds). From this place we start the first day of trekking to the Gólgota hill and walking uphill 4 hours. We carry heavy backpacks with all of the heading / camp equipment and 1 1/2 lts. of water for each trekker. After we get to the summit, we descend (3 Hs.) to our camping place in the foothills by the river bed and the Incas ruins.
Day 2: We start the trek up again to the Pacuy Hill with the rise and fall greater than 1100 Mts..(during 5/6 Hs.), and, them we go down to set up the tents for our high camp at 3.200 Mts.. above sea level where we will see the Lerma Valley and Salta City so far away.
Day 3: We start the descent to the Lerma Valley spending 6/7 hours. We will hear the sounds of the mountain rivers running down the hills and the fresh smell of the green vegetation so missed the previous days when we were walking amongst arid mountains. Them we make the last camp on the river bed.
Day 4: This is the last day and a very exiting one. We have 7 hours to get walking to San Lorenzo Village situated at only 13 minutes from Salta downtown. We have the first hour trekking up , them flat, them a little bit up an finally, the last 2 hours are looking the valley (if the weather is good) over the rain forest.
It´s a trip with strong sensations: physical effort, weariness, spectacular landscapes with a contrasting characteristics, meetings with local people from the mountains, bad weather, good weather, cold at night, warm during the day, the clouds below us, the satisfaction of getting to the summit and the happiness of reaching at the end of the trip to a small village.
This trip we can do in 3 days and 2 night if you do not want to trek up to the summit (Pacuy Hill). It will be less hard. Definitely recommended if you are not in your best way.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
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