Salta & Cafayate Wine Tour: 3 Days in Argentina’s High-Altitude Wine Country

Travel from Salta through the red canyons of the Quebrada de las Conchas to Cafayate, home of Torrontés and some of the highest vineyards in the world. Over three private days with a bilingual sommelier guide, you’ll taste at nine wineries, from family cellars to high-altitude pioneers, and end one day with a sunset tasting over the valley.

Why Salta and Cafayate
In the Calchaquí Valleys of northern Argentina, vineyards grow at around 5,600 feet (1,700 meters) in Cafayate and climb to about 10,000 feet (3,000 meters) around Cachi, among the highest in the world. Intense sunlight, dry air and big swings between day and night temperatures give the wines remarkable aroma, color and freshness. This is the home of Torrontés, Argentina’s signature white, along with powerful high-altitude Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon and Tannat

The Route
Day 1: Salta to Cafayate through the Quebrada de las Conchas, with tastings at Tierra Colorada (with empanadas), Viña en Flor (lunch) and Dalborgo.
Day 2: Yacochuya, lunch at Piattelli, El Esteco, and a sunset tasting at Amalaya.
Day 3: Finca El Recreo and El Porvenir, then back to Salta at around 2:00 pm (flexible).

Lunches are not included and are ordered à la carte at the wineries.

Make More of Your Trip
Add a Salta city tour and a peña night with folk music and regional food, a day in Jujuy and the Quebrada de Humahuaca, or a night in Cachi among the highest vineyards.

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We leave Salta at 8:30 am for one of the most beautiful drives in the country, through the red rock formations of the Quebrada de las Conchas. In Cafayate, we start at Tierra Colorada with a tasting paired with traditional empanadas, continue to Viña en Flor for a high-end tasting and lunch, and finish at Dalborgo with six wines and a cheese board. Drop-off at your hotel in Cafayate.

Pickup at your hotel at 10:15 am. We begin at Yacochuya, one of the valley’s high-altitude pioneers, with a tasting and cheese board and sweeping views. Lunch is at Piattelli Vineyards, followed by a high-end tasting at El Esteco, one of Cafayate’s historic wineries. The day ends at Amalaya with wine and cheese as the sun sets over the valley.

Morning pickup at your hotel for tastings at Finca El Recreo and El Porvenir. Then we drive back to Salta through the Quebrada de las Conchas, arriving at around 2:00 pm. Timing is flexible: if you’d rather stay for lunch at El Recreo among the vineyards, we simply return later in the afternoon.