It was supposed to be a quick 190km to Cafayate, a small town near Salta! We picked up the car and after a jittery start which may have involved some very irritated Argentinian drivers in the no-longer-quiet town, we were on the open road.
So we set off towards Cafayate in search of the mysterious Quebrada de Cafayate that we'd been told was 'not to be missed'. Except it wasn't clear exactly where it was so we hoped we would get more information in town. We reached Cafayate a little before sunset after a 6 hour drive. It took us 5 hours to drive the 70km of the Quebrada de Cafayate, a stunning gorge.
At every corner the landscape seemed to change until we figured that it simply couldn't get any more beautiful. And then of course it did. We took an endless stream of photos, almost all of them right from the side of the road. There were so many, we should put them together into a video and we'd have a pretty complete picture of the drive, which must be one of the most beautiful in the world.
By the end of the day we were wondering how any other place we would visit in Argentina could compare. Until the following afternoon that is!
We had to walk away from the road only twice. Spot the little person in the
Garganta del Diablo (Devil's Throat).
And then in
El Anfiteatro (The Amphitheatre).
What do you do when there's a stunning view everywhere you look? You take a panoramic video! Thank your lucky stars that we are not travelling with a real video camera.
But wait, there's more!
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